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The district office has 5 Bureaus, 1 Community Health Center, 36 Divisions, 1 Room, 1 Task Force Team, 16 Community Service Centers. Mapo District Office employs about 1,300 personnels. The entire office is headed by Administrator. Current Administrator is Hong-seop Park (2017).
512:(동) structure was revised in 1985 and 2008. Roughly 53% of Mapo District's area is taken up by residences, many of which are high-rise apartment buildings. Much of the remaining area (43%) is greenspace, including the World Cup Park and additional parkland along the Han River. 519:) administration, some smaller precincts were merged to form larger precincts, effectively reducing the number of precinct administrative offices. As a result, the number of precinct offices decreased to 16 from 24. However, addresses remained the same. 474:
Mapo District Office is located in Seongsan-2 precinct, near World Cup Stadium (5 minutes on foot). Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 6 passes near the office, and it has a station name "Mapo-gu Office" 150 metres (490 ft) east of the office.
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The name "Mapo" comes from the name of an old ferry across the Han River, and can roughly be translated as "hemp ferry."
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Mapo is home to several universities and government buildings, and is well known for the
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Mapo has a population of 381,330 (2015) and has a geographic area of 23.87
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Index

Autonomous District
Hongdae
Hongdae
Flag of Mapo
Location of Mapo-gu in Seoul
Seoul
37°33′50″N 126°54′30″E / 37.5638°N 126.9084°E / 37.5638; 126.9084
Region
Sudogwon
Special City
Seoul
People Power
MNAs
Noh Woong-rae
Democratic
Jung Chung-rae
Democratic
Time zone
UTC+9
Korea Standard Time
Mapo-gu official website
Korean
romanized
districts
Seoul
South Korea
km
sq mi
dong
Han River

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