Mapo District (kor)

Mapo District

Mapo District ranks 4,526th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind East Lansing, Michigan, San Leandro, California, and Paros. Memorable people born in Mapo District include Bae Yong-joon, Ji Jin-hee, and Kim Bum. Memorable people who died in Mapo District include Choi Kyu-hah. Mapo District has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many politicians. Mapo District is located in South Korea.

Mapo District is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. Mapo has a population of 381,330 (2015) and has a geographic area of 23.87 km2, and is divided into 24 dong. Mapo is located in western Seoul on the northern bank of the Han River, bordering the Gyeonggi Province city of Goyang to the northwest, and the Seoul city districts of Gangseo to the west, Yeongdeungpo to the south, Yongsan to the southeast, Jung to the east, and Seodaemun and Eunpyeong to the north. Read more on Wikipedia