Gwangmyeong

Gwangdongmyeong
Gwangdongmyeong; 광명; 光明
	Municipal Ceety
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	광명시
• Hanja	光明市
• Revised Romanization	Gwangmyeong-si
• McCune-Reischauer	Kwangmyŏng-si
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Admeenistrative diveesions	18 dong
Area
• Total	38.5 km2 (14.9 sq mi)
Population (2002)
• Total	341,671
• Density	8874.6/km2 (22,985/sq mi)
• Dialect	Seoul

Gwangmyeong is a ceety in Gyeonggi-do, Sooth Korea. It borders Seoul tae the north an northeast, Anyang tae the east an sooth, an Siheung tae the soothwast.

Seembols

Tree : Ginkgo Tree
Flouer : Rose
Bird : Korean magpie

Destricts

Thare are 18 admeenistrative destricts ("dongs" in Korean) in Gwangmyeong. Specifically, thir are: Gwangmyeong Dong (frae 1-7; Gwangmyeong 6-dong is kent as Okgil dong an aw), Cheolsan Dong (4 dongs), Ha-an Dong (4 dongs), Soha Dong (2 dongs; Soha 2-dong is kent as Iljik dong) an aw, an Hak-on dong (Gahak-dong an No-onsa dong). In 1995, a sma section o Gwangmyeong wis cedit tae Seoul's newly creatit Geumcheon-gu.

Education

Thare are 9 heich schuils, 10 middle schuils, 21 elementary schuils.

Transportation

Railroad

Korail

Seoul Subway Line 1 Gwangmyeong Shuttle

KTX

SMRT

Seoul Subway Line 7

Attractions

The tombs o Yi Sun Shin (no tae be ramfeeselt wi the mair famous admiral o the same name) an Lee Won Ik are in the ceety, juist north o Gwangmyeong Station. Lee Won Ik's cultural relics are on display here an aw. The ceety is hame tae the Gwangmyeong Velodrome an aw, the lairgest domit structur in Sooth Korea.

Industry

The ceety, tho sma, hosts mony firms. In tot, thare are 630 companies employin 11,636 fowk.

The ceety wis offeecially planned tae promote sma businesses. Sic wirkers can tak merits o gettin fee o rent, laund an even costs for investment.^[1]

Kia Motors Sohari Plant

In 1973, The Kia Motors locatit its Sohari Plant in Soha-dong, Gwangmyeong Ceety, becomin the kintra's first integratit automobile assembly plant.^[2]

As Kia's caur factory nearest tae Seoul, it haes convenient access tae labour an ither resoorces an can conveniently provide completit guids tae the Seoul metropolitan aurie.^[3]