16 Facts About Koreatown

1.

Koreatown, known as a Little Korea or Little Seoul, is a Korean-dominated ethnic enclave within a city or metropolitan area outside the Korean Peninsula.

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2.

Brazil has several Korean enclaves but, recently a Koreatown was formed in Bom Retiro a densely populated area of Brazil's biggest city, Sao Paulo.

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3.

Koreatown North is the unofficial name for the area situated along Yonge Street from Sheppard Avenue in North York, an administrative area in northern Toronto, to the Clark Avenue in neighboring Thornhill, Ontario.

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4.

Atlanta's Koreatown is mostly centered around the corridor extending from Duluth, Georgia, westward along Buford Highway into northeast Atlanta.

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5.

Boston's Koreatown is in Allston Village and includes parts of Cambridge Street and Brighton, Harvard, and Commonwealth Avenues, with a growing Korean and Korean American residential and commercial presence.

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6.

Koreatown is in the vicinity of Bethel and Henderson Roads in Northwest Columbus.

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7.

Koreatown is on Garden Grove Boulevard between Beach Boulevard and Brookhurst Street in Garden Grove, Orange County, California.

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8.

Koreatown is an officially recognized district of the city and contains probably the heaviest concentration of Korean residents and businesses.

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9.

However, when the term "Koreatown" is used it usually refers to a larger area that includes the adjacent neighborhoods of Wilshire Center, Harvard Heights and Pico Heights.

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10.

In Midtown Manhattan, Koreatown is bordered by 31st and 33rd Streets, Fifth Avenue, and the Avenue of the Americas, close to the Empire State Building and Macy's at Herald Square.

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11.

Koreatown is expanding eastward toward Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.

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12.

Long Island Koreatown is one of the largest and fastest growing ethnic enclaves outside Korea.

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13.

The core of this Koreatown originated in the Flushing neighborhood borough of Queens.

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14.

Second Koreatown, Wudaokou, is in the Haidian district where most of the city's universities are.

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15.

Small Koreatown exists in Zhongxing Street located in Yonghe District, New Taipei City.

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16.

Melbourne's de facto Koreatown is concentrated around the vicinity of La Trobe Street, specifically Healeys Lane.

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