Myeongil-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of

Gangdong-gu Gangdong District (Gangdong-gu) is one of the 25 '' gu'' which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. Gangdong is literally "east of the (Han) River". It is located on the east side of the city. Jungbu (literally "Central Part") Express Motorw ...

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History

The name of Myeongil was named after 'Myeongil-won' during

Goryeo Dynasty Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificat ...

in the 10th century. Myeongil-won was an accommodation facilities and duty station of renting or transferring horses for the Public officials who go a business trip. In modern times, Myeongil-dong was actually a part of Myeongil-ri, Gucheon-myeon,

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Province, and then be included into

in 1963. Even nowadays, the street of Gucheonmyeon-gil still exists. From the late 1970s to mid-1980s, large scale of falm and orchard were renovated into huge apartments complex built by Korea National Housing Corporation (currently

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), Samick, Woosung, Hanyang and

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and developed as one of new town in Seoul, along with Mok-dong and Sanggye-dong in the 1990s. In 1995, Seoul Subway Line 5 was passed through this area stopping at

Godeok Station Godeok Station is a subway station on Seoul Subway Line 5 in Gangdong-gu, Seoul. It links to Baejae High School, Myungil High School, Gwangmun High School, Hanyoung High School, and Hanyoung Foreign Language High School. It will be part of Seoul S ...

Myeongil Station Myeongil Station is a subway station on Seoul Subway Line 5 in Gangdong-gu, Seoul. Station layout References Railway stations opened in 1995 Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations Metro stations in Gangdong District {{Seoul-metr ...

and Gubeundari Station. Currently, Myeongil-dong is well known for the location of Myungsung Presbyterian Church, E-mart Myeongil branch, Home plus Gangdong branch and neighborhood of

Hanyoung Foreign Language High School Hanyoung Foreign Language High School (Hangeul: 한영외국어고등학교, Hanja: 漢榮外國語高等學校) is a high school in South Korea. Located in southeast Seoul, South Korea, the medium-sized college preparatory school was found ...

Area information

The new 5-digit postal code for Myeongil-dong is 05257. The 6-digit postal code, used until 2015, was 134-070. 134 is for

and 070 is for Myeongil-dong.

References

External links

Gangdong-gu official website

Gangdong-gu map

The Myeongil 1 dong Resident office
Neighbourhoods of Gangdong District {{Seoul-geo-stub

History

Area information

See also

References

External links