Gimhae

Gimhae
Gimhae; 김해시
	Municipal Ceety
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	김해시
• Hanja	金海市
• Revised Romanization	Gimhae-si
• McCune-Reischauer	Kimhae-si
	West-side Gimhae
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Admeenistrative diveesions	1 eup, 7 myeon, 9 dong
Area
• Total	463.26 km2 (178.87 sq mi)
Population (2011 Aug)
• Total	505,413
• Density	1091/km2 (2,830/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang

Gimhae, commonly spelled Kimhae an aw, is a ceety in Gyeongsangnam-do, Sooth Korea. It is the seat o the muckle Gimhae Kim clan, ane o the mucklest Kim clans in Korea. The Gimhae Kims claim strynd frae the auncient ryal hoose o Geumgwan Gaya, which wis based in Gimhae.^[1]

The ceety haes a Korea Naitional League soccer club cried Gimhae FC.

Gimhae is the birthplace o umwhile President o Sooth Korea an aw, the late Roh Moo-hyun.

Admeenistrative diveesions eedit

Jinyeong-eup (13 ri)
Daedong-myeon (10 ri)
Hallim-myeon (12 ri)
Jangyu-myeon (12 ri)
Jillye-myeon (10 ri)
Juchon-myeon (8 ri)
Saengnim-myeon (8 ri)
Sangdong-myeon (6 ri)
Bukbu-dong (3 legal dong)
Buram-dong (2 legal dong)
Buwon-dong
Chilsanseobu-dong (7 legal dong)
Dongsang-dong
Hoehyeon-dong (2 legal dong)
Hwalcheon-dong (2 legal dong)
Naeoe-dong (2 legal dong)
Saman-dong (2 legal dong)

Climate eedit

Due tae the influence o coastal climate, Gimhae is the mildest region in Korea. The annual average temperatur is aroond 15℃, an annual average precipitation is 1,200mm, which is vera seemilar tae that o the Korean average o 1,274mm.^[2]

Transportation eedit

Busan-Gimhae Light Rail Transit opened tae the public on 9 September 2011

Airport eedit

Gimhae Internaitional Airport is juist east o Gimhae ceety (in Gangseo-gu, Busan) an its annual uisers tot 9.17 million. Various conveniences, especially those for the disabled will be expandit step bi step.^[3]

Railways eedit

Gimhae haes twa stations on the Gyeongjeon Line; Hallimjeong Station (한림정역) an Jinyeong Station (진영역). The Busan-Gimhae Light Rail Transit, which opened in September 2011, connects the ceety tae Busan via the airport. It connects tae the Busan Subway netwirk Template:BSM line links at Daejeo (대저), an Template:BSM line links at Sasang (사상). The closest KTX station frae Gimhae is Gupo Station in Busan.