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Seongnam
Seongnam (; ) is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. It consists of three administrative districts: Bundang District, Jungwon District, and Sujeong District. Seongnam, one of the foremost planned cities in South Korean history, was conceived during the era of President Park Chung Hee for the purpose of industrializing the nation by concentrating electronic, textile, and petrochemical facilities there during the 1970s and 1980s. The city featured a network of roads, to Seoul and other major cities like Gwangju, Gyeonggi, from the early 1970s on. Today, Seongnam has merged with the metropolitan network of Seoul. Seongnam has also served as a ′test bed′ of South Korea's urban planning history. Bundang, one of the successful new town projects in the country, has been settled in a southern half of Seongnam since 1991. The city is also home to K League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seongnam FC
Seongnam Football Club () is a South Korean professional football (soccer), football club based in Seongnam that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. It is one of the most successful clubs in South Korea and the Asian Football Confederation, having won seven K League 1 titles and 2 AFC Champions League Elite, AFC Champions League titles. History Ilhwa Chunma era (1989–2013) Foundation In 1975, Sun Myung Moon, the owner of Tongil Group, wanted to found a professional football club in South Korea. After the Korean Super League was founded in 1983, he tried to establish a club to participate in the league but Choi Soon-Young, Choi Soon-young, the head of Korea Football Association, ignored Moon's interest due to religious reasons. Nevertheless, Tongil Group prepared the foundation of a new football club from 1986 and finally obtained a license from Korea Football Association as a club based in Seoul. Tongil Group had initially considered es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundang District
Bundang District () is the largest and most populous district (''Administrative divisions of South Korea, gu'') of Seongnam, a major city in the Seoul Capital Area, South Korea. Bundang District is one of South Korea's wealthiest and highest developed areas, being the nation's first and largest completely artificial city built in the early 1990s. Many high-rise luxury condos moved in the early 2000s, with a second planned city built in the late 2000s called Pangyo, Seongnam, Pangyo in the same district. Apartment prices are the second highest in Gyeonggi Province after Gwacheon and 7th highest nationwide, higher than many central Seoul districts such as Mapo District or Jongno District. Apartments around Pangyo station and the high-rise luxury condos around Jeongja station and Sunae station rival prices in the most expensive areas in the country. Unlike older cities such as Seoul, Bundang has no telephone poles overground, resulting in a clean cityscape with well-designed streets. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K League
K League () is South Korea's professional football league. It includes the first division K League 1 and the second division K League 2. Clubs competing in the K League have won a record total of twelve AFC Champions League Elite, AFC Champions League titles, the top continental competition for Asian clubs. History Until the 1970s, South Korean football operated two major football leagues, the Korean National Semi-Professional Football League, National Semi-professional Football League and the Korean National University Football League, National University Football League, but these were not professional leagues in which footballers could focus on only football. In 1979, however, the Korea Football Association (KFA)'s president Choi Soon-young planned to found a professional football league, and made South Korea's first professional football club Hallelujah FC the next year. After the South Korean professional baseball league KBO League was founded in 1982, the KFA was aware of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyeonggi Province
Gyeonggi Province (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a provincial-level ''special city'' since 1946. Incheon, the nation's third-largest city, is on the coast of the province and has been similarly administered as a provincial-level ''metropolitan city'' since 1981. The three jurisdictions are collectively referred to as '' Sudogwon'' and cover , with a combined population of over 26 million - amounting to over half (50.25%) of the entire population of South Korea, and a third of the population of the Korean peninsula at the 2020 census. Etymology Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi Province'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". History Gyeonggi Province has been a politically important area since 18 BCE, when Korea was divided into three nations durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pangyo, Seongnam
Pangyo () or Pangyo New Town is a planned district composed of several ''dongs'' or neighborhoods of Seongnam, South Korea. It contains Pangyo-dong, Baekhyeon-dong, Unjung-dong, and Sampyeong-dong of Bundang District and Siheung-dong and Sasong-dong of Sujeong District (Seongnam). The area is surrounded by the mountains Cheonggyesan and Geumtosan to the North and Barasan to the south, with ''Unjungcheon'' and Geumtocheon, tributaries of Tancheon, flowing through the center of the city. This area is 9,307,000 m2 (2,815,000 pyeong) and can hold up to 80,412 people with 29,350 families. Gyeongbu Expressway separates the town into two unofficial regions: Seopangyo (literally, ''West Pangyo'') and Dongpangyo (literally, ''East Pangyo''). Origin The origin of the name of Pangyo (Board Footbridge) was 'Neodeori' or 'Neoldari', meaning a footbridge made of planks of wood over the ''Unjungcheon'' (Cloud Staying Brook) which runs west to east in front of Pangyo, which according to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundang
Bundang () is a planned community in Bundang District, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It was developed to encourage affordable housing and urban decentralization. The community has a sports complex, a park and a youth center. Origin Bundang was developed during the late 1980s to address rising housing prices, and excessive population density in Seoul, and to support the middle class. Tancheon Tancheon is a stream which flows through central Seongnam in Gyeonggi Province. A tributary of the Han River (Korea), Han River, it flows into the Han near Seoul. Tancheon is a fast-moving stream with an area of and a length of . The Tancheon Project Night Workshop is a collection of city projects to increase the Tancheon's popularity by sponsoring local arts. During the late 1990s, development in Yongin abruptly degraded the Tancheon's water quality with sewage and construction soil. Seongnam and Yongin implemented river-restoration projects, and the Tancheon's surrounding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jungwon District
Jungwon District () is a district ( gu) in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province Gyeonggi Province (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a provincial-level ''special city'' since 1946. Incheon, ..., South Korea. As of 2023, the district had a population of 210,848. References {{coord, 37.430392, 127.137124, region:KR_type:city, display=title Districts of Seongnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seongnam Arts Center
The Seongnam Arts Center (성남아트센터) is the largest venue for cultural events in the city of Seongnam. It is in Yatap-dong in Bundang, within a few minutes' walk of Imae Station. And it is situated near the Taewon High school. So students of this school often visit Seongnam Arts Center. The Seongnam Arts Center was first opened on 14 October 2005 by the Seongam Cultural Foundation. Performing venues The Seongnam Arts Center is able to put on any kind of performance from ballet, to opera, to jazz, in its three main performance areas: *The Opera House seats 1,805 and is capable of hosting operas, musicals, plays, ballets, and concerts. It is intended as a link between local and international culture. *The Concert Hall was acoustically designed with classical music performances in mind. This two-story facility seats 996. *The Ensemble Theatre, seats 398, in addition to the regular stage, has a T-stage wrapping itself around the seats, allowing the performance to come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sujeong District
Sujeong District () is a district ( gu) in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. ''Dong'' Stations (excludes Bokjeong station) Seoul Subway Line 8 *821 Sanseong *822 Namhansanseong (before 1998: Dandae) *823 Dandaeogeori *824 Sinheung *825 Sujin *826 Moran Bundang Line *K223 Gachon Univ. *K224 Taepyeong *K225 Moran Universities *Gachon University * Dong Seoul College Other schools *Seoul International School Military Facilities *Seoul Air Base Seoul Air Base (sometimes K-16 Air Base, Seoul Airport or Seongnam Air Base) is located in Seongnam city near Seoul in South Korea. Runway 19 and 20 are equipped with an Instrument landing system, ILS. History It was constructed when Korea unde ... (K-16) References External links * Gyeonggi Women's Development Center {{Coord, 37.450377, 127.145833, region:KR_type:city, display=title Districts of Seongnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pangyo Techno Valley
Pangyo Techno Valley (PTV) is an industrial complex in the city of Pangyo, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is also known as the Silicon Valley of Korea. The complex focuses on information technology, biotech, cultural technology and fusion technology. One of the benefits of the diversity of fields and businesses is the maximized growth potential in the field of high-tech technology through exchanges between the companies. The location within a major metropolitan area creates synergy effects because of the proximity to other techno valleys or adjacent knowledge-based infrastructure clusters in the province. The business environment of the PTV is supported by the government of the Gyeonggi Province through the implementation of various support facilities as for examples a R&D center or public support center. Techno Valleys in Korea are playing an important role in innovation, creating new jobs and as hubs for technology start-ups. They are supported by the government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul Capital Area
The Seoul Metropolitan Area (Sudogwon; , ) or Gyeonggi (region), Gyeonggi region (), is the metropolitan area of Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province, located in north-western South Korea. Its population of 26 million (as of 2024) is ranked as the List of largest cities#List, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the world. Its area is about . It forms the cultural, commercial, financial, industrial, and residential center of South Korea. The largest city is Seoul, with a population of approximately 10 million people, followed by Incheon, with three million inhabitants. Geography and climate The Metropolitan Area occupies a plain in the Han River (Korea), Han River valley. History Demographics Covering only about 12% of the country's area, the Seoul Metropolitan Area is home to more than 48.2% of the national population, and is the world's List of largest cities#List, ninth-largest urban area. This percentage has risen steadily since the mid-20th century, and the tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunae-dong
Sunae-dong (수내동, 藪內洞) is a ''Dong (administrative division), dong'' in Bundang District, Bundang-gu in the city of Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is officially divided into Sunae-1-dong, Sunae-2-dong and Sunae-3-dong. As of 2024, the population of these three ''dongs'' combined is 41,610, spanning 16,017 households. They consists of 2.92km2 or 2.79% of Bundang-gu. Sunae means 'within the forest', which originally refers to Budangcheon, a tributary of Tancheon. Before October 2000, Sunae-1-dong and Sunae-2-dong is known as Chorim-dong (초림동; 草林洞) and Naejeong-dong (내정동; 内亭洞) respectively. It is served by Sunae Station on the Bundang Line. Education Educational institutions in Sunae-dong is as follows: Sunae-1-dong * Chorim Elementary School [:ko:초림초등학교, ko] (초림초등학교; 草林初等學校) * Bundang High School [:ko:분당고등학교, ko] (분당고등학교; 盆唐高等學校) Sunae-2-dong * Naejeon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
