Seongnam

Seongnam is a city in Gyeonggi Province in South Korea. With a close proximity to the capital, Seoul Seongnam is one of the most important satellite towns in the metropolitan area Sudogwon.

Seongnam is a residential town with a similar population as other satellite towns such as Goyang and Gwacheon. The most densely populated district is the city plan Bundang -gu, in which a large number of apartment complexes located with many high-rise buildings. Bundang -gu Seongnam is the heart and is connected to the rest of the city by the city's highways and Naegok Bundang Bundang - Suseo that lead up to Gangnam, Seoul.

History

Until the 1980s, Seongnam was a medium sized city with a population less than 500,000. Also of importance of their function as a satellite city of Seongnam was rather secondary in comparison to other cities, such as Incheon, Gwacheon and Suwon and Anyang.

With the new direction of the district Bundang in the early 1990s, the city took on a completely different character. The population doubled, the infrastructure was renewed and especially the far middle bourgeois population shifted to the upper class of society.

In recent years there have been efforts to make Seongnam to Gwangyeoksi ( 광역시, big city ). This would make it administratively dissolved out of Gyeonggi-do and equivalent to a province. Be justified these efforts with the growing population, which has now exceeded the city Ulsan, and the fact that Seongnam slowly developed into an independent city with local industry. The big electronics company Kyung- Dong here has its headquarters.

In July 2010, the city should be merged together with the neighboring cities of Gwangju and Hanam to a new metropolis called Seonggwangha.

Subdivision

Seongnam consists of three administrative districts Sujeong -gu, Jungwon -gu and Bundang -gu.

Others

The city is home of the playing in the K-League football club Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.

The actresses Shin Min -a and Yoo In -na and singer Ha Ri -su were born here, actress Lee Eun -ju committed suicide here.

Twin Cities

  • Piracicaba (Brazil), since May 28, 1986
  • Aurora (United States), since July 27, 1992
  • Shenyang ( China), since 31 August 1998

Friends City:

  • Shimizu (Japan)
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