Hangul 교동 Revised Romanization Gyo-dong | Hanja 校洞 McCune–Reischauer Kyo-dong | |
Gyo-dong is a dong or neighborhood in the metropolitan city of Daegu, South Korea. It is one of legal dong under its administrative dong Seongnae 1-dong's jurisdiction. The name, Gyo-dong originates from the fact that the area has had a hyanggyo, government-managed Confucian academies during the Joseon Dynasty. It belonged to Dongsang-myeon, Daegu-bu during the Joseon Dynasty
Map of Gyo-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu, South Korea
Gyeong-dong Market is located in the center of the city beside Dong-a Department store. On an alley on the opposite site of the market is clustered with movie theatres, such as Daegu Theatre, Jayu Theatre and Songju Theatre.
References
Gyo-dong, Daegu Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA