Buam-dong | |
|---|---|
| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 부암동 |
| • Hanja | 付岩洞 |
| • Revised Romanisation | Bu am dong |
| • McCune–Reischauer | Pu am tong |
| Kintra | Sooth Korea |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
| • Total | 13,300 |
| • Density | 5,900/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
Buam-dong is a dong, neebourheid o Jongno-gu in Seoul, Sooth Korea.[1]
A bronze statue o Choi Gyu-sik (최규식) is locatit on Jahamun (Jaha Gate) hill near the Buam-dong residential service office. Choi wis a chief o the Jongno polis station an killed in the line o duty when North Korean spies tree'd tae penetrate intae Cheongwadae, Sooth Korean presidential office an residence in 1968.
Anither attraction tae Buom-dong is the Changuimun Gate, itherwise kent as the Northeast Gate o the Fortress Waw o Seoul. Changuimun is ane of the Aicht Gates o Seoul; an its gatehoose is the auldest amang the “Fower Smaw Gates” (사소문).
The aurie is hame tae a 42 year-auld store, Dongyang Bangagan, that sells Tteok, tradeetional rice cakes. It grinds rice tae mak it at hame an sells mony different varieties, as well as saisonal specialties.[2]