Bangi-dong

Bangi-dong (Korean: 방이동) is a dong (neighborhood) of Songpa District, Seoul, South Korea.

The village, then known as Bangigol, played a significant role in defending against Qing soldiers attempting to advance towards Namhansanseong.

Local defenders repelled the invaders by shooting arrows and hurling stones from the mountain slopes, thus earning the name "Bangigol," which translates to "blocking the barbarians."

Around 1914, scholars at the village's school reinterpreted the characters in the name: changing "bang" (방) from "defense" to "fragrant," and "i" (이) from "barbarian" to "white mugwort."

During the Japanese colonial period, administrative changes in 1914 led to the incorporation of Bangigol and neighboring strongholds like Utmal and Geonneomal into Bangi-ri.