Gangnam
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Gangnam or Kangnam is a Sino-Korean place name meaning "south of the river". It may refer to:
- Gangnam-guGangnam-guGangnam-gu is one of the 25 gu which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the most affluent areas of Seoul and is located in the southeast of the city...
, local government district south of the Han River in Seoul, South Korea - Kangnam-gunKangnam-gunKangnam-gun is a county of North Hwanghae province, formerly one of the four suburban counties of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is north-west of Songrim, north-east of Hwangju County, west of Chunghwa County, and south of Nakrang-guyok, Pyongyang. It is the location of cooperative farms and smaller...
, county of North Hwanghae, North Korea - Kangnam MountainsKangnam MountainsThe Kangnam Mountains are a mountain range of North Korea, in the central part of the country's northern region. They run parallel to the Amnok River which forms the border with China. They lie west of the Rangrim Mountains, which is the drainage divide between northwestern and northeastern Korea....
, North Pyong'an, North Korea - Kangnam UniversityKangnam UniversityKangnam University is a private Christian university located in Yongin, South Korea. Founded July 1, 1946, by Reverend Yi Ho-bin as the Choong-ang Theology Institute, the school initially met at a lecture hall in the local Seoul YMCA in Seoul, South Korea. The institution eventually moved in 1967...
, Yongin, South Korea - Kang Nam 1Kang Nam 1The Kang Nam 1 is a 2,000 ton North Korean cargo ship.It is one of a series of five vessels, owned by the North Korean government, named Kang Nam 1 through Kang Nam 5....
, North Korean cargo ship
See also
- Gangnam StationGangnam StationGangnam Station is a station in the Gangnam district of Seoul, on the Seoul Subway Line 2. As of 2007, it is the busiest subway station in the whole Seoul Metropolitan Subway system, with approximately 123,000 daily passengers using it on average....
, Seoul, South Korea - Gangnam-gu Office StationGangnam-gu Office StationGangnam-gu Office Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 7 in the Gangnam district of Seoul.The intersection outside the station is undergoing construction and will be late 2011 for the planned extension of the Bundang Line from its current terminus at Seolleung Station. However construction...
, Seoul, South Korea - Gangnam, Seocho and Songpa, three districts in southeast (Gangnam-guGangnam-guGangnam-gu is one of the 25 gu which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the most affluent areas of Seoul and is located in the southeast of the city...
, Songpa-guSongpa-guSongpa-gu is a district of Seoul, South Korea. Songpa is located at the southeastern part of Seoul, the capital of Korea, Songpa is a district with the largest population...
) and south (Seocho-guSeocho-guSeocho-gu is a gu of Seoul, South Korea. It is a popular residential area for the mid- or upper-class residents in Seoul and home to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. Seocho Samsung Town in Seocho-dong, near Gangnam Station, is the headquarter of the several corporations of the...
) Seoul - Han RiverHan River (Korea)The Han River is a major river in South Korea and the fourth longest river on the Korean peninsula after the Amnok, Duman, and Nakdong rivers. It is formed by the confluence of the Namhan River , which originates in Mount Daedeok, and the Bukhan River , which originates on the slopes of Mount...