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Amsa-dong

Amsa-dong
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul
 • Hanja
 • Revised Romanization Amsa-dong
 • McCune–Reischauer Amsa-tong
Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site
Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site
Country South Korea
Area
 • Total 4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Population (2001)
 • Total 73,377
 • Density 15,612/km2 (40,430/sq mi)

Amsa-dong is a dong (neighbourhood) of Gangdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea. The dong is well known for the Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site, in which Neolithic remains were excavated after a large amount of diagonal-line patterned earthenware was exposed by a flood in 1925.

Coordinates: 37°33′37.78″N 127°7′48.77″E / 37.5604944°N 127.1302139°E / 37.5604944; 127.1302139



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