Dongdo
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Dongdo | |
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City | |
City of Dongdo | |
Motto(s): "창해의 진주" "The Pearl of the Great Sea." | |
Dongdo founded | c.889 AD |
District Division | Special Administrative Region |
Government | |
• Type | Dongdo Municipal Assembly |
• Elected body | Dongdo Municipal Assembly Assembly |
• Mayor | Sooyeon Choi (N) |
• Senator | 5 senators |
Area | |
• City | 107.5 km2 (41.5 sq mi) |
• Land | 98.3 km2 (38.0 sq mi) |
• Water | 9.2 km2 (3.6 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 102.3 m (335.6 ft) |
Lowest elevation | −1.4 m (−4.6 ft) |
Population (2019) | |
• Density | 8,274.2/km2 (21,430/sq mi) |
• Metro | 889,472 |
Demonym | Dongdoan/Easterner |
Time zone | UTC+09:00 (Zhenia Eastern Standard Zone (ZEST)) |
ZIP Code | 14001-14020 |
Zhenia Federal Area Code | 067 |
City Flower | Haedong Peony |
Website | www.cityofdongdo.zhen.gov |
Dongdo (Classic Zhenian: 東都, Modern Zhenian: 동도), formally the City of Dongdo (Classic Zhenian: 東都市, Modern Zhenian: 동도시), is the provincial capital and most populous city in the Haedong Special Administrative Region. Situated on the southwestern coast of Seondo Island, the largest of the Haedong Archipelago and home to almost 900,000 residents, it is one of the most densely populated cities in Zhenia, with an average of 8274.2 residents per square kilometer.