Myeongil-dong

Myeongil-dong
Hangul	명일동
Hanja	明逸洞
Revised Romanization	Myeongil-dong
McCune–Reischauer	Myongil-tong
Statistics
Area	1.58 km2 (0.6 sq mi)
Population (2001)	51,354 [1]
Population density	32,503/km2 (84,182.4/sq mi)

Myeongil-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Gangdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea.^[1][2]

History

The name of Myeongil was named after 'Myeongil-won' during Goryeo Dynasty in 10th Century.^[3] 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, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do Provice, and then be included into Seoul in 1963. Even in nowdays, the street of Gucheonmyeon-gil is still exist. 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 Korea Land & Housing Corporation), Samick, Woosung, Hanyang and Hyundai Engineering and Construction and developed as one of new town in Seoul, along with Mok-dong and Sanggye-dong in 1990s. In 1995, Seoul Subway Line 5 was passed through this area stopping at Godeok Station, Myeongil Station and Gubeundari Station. Currently, Myeongil-dong was well knowned for the location of Myungsung Presbyterian Church, E-mart Myeongil branch, Home plus Gangdong branch and neighborhood of Hanyoung Foreign Language High School.

Area Information

Current Zip Code of Myeongil-dong is 134-070. 134 is for Gangdong-gu and 070 is for Myeongil-dong.

See also

• Administrative divisions of Gangdong-gu
• Administrative divisions of Seoul
• Administrative divisions of South Korea

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "명일동 (Myeongil-dong 明逸洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=732256&contentno=732256. Retrieved 2008-04-18. 
2. ^ "The origin of Myeongil-dong" (in Korean). Gangdong-gu official site. http://www.gangdong.go.kr/pub/los/los.jsp?sc=los01030101_090300. Retrieved 2008-04-18. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ http://dong.gangdong.go.kr:8081/pub/dong/3240041/01_dong/03/01_dong_03.jsp

External links

• Gangdong-gu official website
• Gangdong-gu map at the Gangdong-gu official website
• (Korean) Gangdong-gu map
• (Korean) The Myeongil 1 dong Resident office