Seo District () was the largest district in Incheon, South Korea. It was established in 1988 and then made defunct on July 1, 2026. Its former area was split into Seohae District and Geomdan District.

It had an area , and it had the largest area of farmland in Incheon. Before Seo District was part of Buk District. In 1988, a part of the ward was separated to form the district.

History

Before formation 1413: Seokgot-myeon, Mowolgot-myeon, Bupyeongdoho-bu 1895: Seokgot-myeon, Mowolgot-myeon, Bupyeong-gun, Incheon-bu 1896: Seokgot-myeon, Mowolgot-myeon, Bupyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do 1914: Seogot-myeon, Bucheon-gun April 1, 1940: Included in Incheon-bu August 15, 1949: Seogot Branch, Incheon January 1, 1968: Segot Branch, Buk-gu, Incheon July 1, 1981: Seogot Branch, Buk-gu, Incheon Direct Governing City

After formation January 1, 1988: Part of Buk-gu absorbed by Seo-gu March 1, 1995: Annex of Geomdan-myeon, Gimpo-gun, Gyeonggi-do. January 1, 2002: Division of Geomdan-dong into Geomdan-1-dong and Geomdan-2-dong. September 1, 2005: Sub-division of Geomdan-1-dong and Geomdan-2-dong into Geomdan-3-dong. September 1, 2006: Geomdan-1-dong sub-divided into Geomdan-1-dong and Geomdan-4-dong. September 17, 2008: Name change of Bulno-dong to Bullo-dong. June 10, 2010: Absorption of Cheongna-dong, of parts of Gyeonseo-dong-Yeonhui-dong-Wonchang-dong. July 9, 2012: Sub-division of Cheongna-dong into Cheongna-1-dong and Cheongna-2-dong. September 2, 2013: Sub-division of parts of Geomdan-1-dong (Oryu-dong, Wanggil-dong) into Geomdan-5-dong, and transfer of metropolitan area landfill from Geomamgyeongseo-dong to Geomdan-5-dong. July 1, 2026: Made defunct and split into Seohae District and Geomdan District

Education International schools: Cheongna Dalton School

Administrative Divisions of Incheon Seo-gu

Geomam-Gyeongseo-dong () Sinhyeon-Wonchang-dong () Yeonhui-dong () Gajeong 1 to 3 Dong (가정1~3동) Seongnam 1 to 3 Dong (석남1~3동) Gajwa 1 to 4 Dong (가좌1~4동) Geomdan 1 to 4 Dong (검단1~4동)

See also Cheongna International City

References

External links

Seo-gu homepage