page_title: Yongsan District
hierarchical_section_title: Yongsan District
caption_attribution_description: Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea.
context_page_description: Yongsan District is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea.
  Yongsan has a population of 313,814 and has a geographic area of 17.6 km², and is divided into 19 dong. Yongsan is located in central Seoul on the northern bank of the Han River, bordering the city districts of Jung to the north, Mapo to the west, Yeongdeungpo and Dongjak to the southwest, Seocho and Gangnam District to the southeast, and Seongdong to the east.
  Yongsan is part of the Seongjeosimni area immediately south of Seoul's historic center in Jung on the southern side of Namsan. Yongsan is home to notable locations such as the National Museum of Korea, the War Memorial of Korea, Itaewon district, the Yongsan Electronics Market, and Haebangchon, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Seoul.
  Seong Jang-Hyeon of the Democratic Party has been the mayor of Yongsan since July 2010.
context_section_description: Yongsan District (Korean: 용산구, romanized: Yongsan-gu) is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea.
  Yongsan has a population of 313,814 (2010) and has a geographic area of 17.6 km² (8.4 sq mi), and is divided into 19 dong (administrative neighborhoods). Yongsan is located in central Seoul on the northern bank of the Han River, bordering the city districts of Jung to the north, Mapo to the west, Yeongdeungpo and Dongjak to the southwest, Seocho and Gangnam District to the southeast, and Seongdong to the east.
  Yongsan is part of the Seongjeosimni (Outer old Seoul) area immediately south of Seoul's historic center in Jung on the southern side of Namsan. Yongsan is home to notable locations such as the National Museum of Korea, the War Memorial of Korea, Itaewon district, the Yongsan Electronics Market, and Haebangchon, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Seoul.
  Seong Jang-Hyeon (성장현) of the Democratic Party has been the mayor of Yongsan since July 2010.
caption: Haebangchon hill neighborhood in Yongsan
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