Sinwol-dong
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	신월동
• Hanja	新月洞
• Revised Romanization	Sinwol-dong
• McCune–Reischauer	Sinwŏl-tong
Country	South Korea
Area
• Total	5.14 km2 (1.98 sq mi)
Population  (2001)[1]
• Total	156,264
• Density	30,401.56/km2 (78,739.7/sq mi)

Sinwol-dong (Korean: 신월동) is a dong (neighbourhood) of Yangcheon District, Seoul, South Korea.^[1][2]

During the Gabo reform during the 31st year of reign of King Gojong, the administrative district was reorganized from Yangcheon-hyeon (縣) to Gun (郡), and when Sinwol was incorporated into Gimpo-gun in 1914, the administrative district changed to Sindang-ri, Yangdong-myeon, Gimpo-gun. The name Sindang-ri derives from the name of the village of "Sinwol and Danggok." The Sindangri region was a scanty mountainous village which had villages such as "Danggok, Koeumwol, Shindae, Shinwol, Gatri". "Danggok" was called Danggol because there was a city shrine (都堂) where they had shrine rituals. "Koeunwol" had a meaning of a town where the moon shines bright which originated from the korean word for beautiful moon. "Shindae" means Newly founded village. ^[3] The words "Sinwol" and "Gateri" derive from the shape of the region, and are said to be the same shape as the half-moon on the east side of Jeungsan (currently Sinwol 3-dong area).^[3]

• Administrative divisions of South Korea

• Yangcheon District official website
• (in Korean) Sinwol 1-dong Resident office center

38°13′N 127°35′E / 38.217°N 127.583°E / 38.217; 127.583

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