Incheon,formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910,officially the Incheon Metropolitan City,is a city located in northwestern South Korea,bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi to the east. Inhabited since the Neolithic,Incheon was home to just 4,700 people when it became an international port in 1883. Today,about 3 million people live in the city,making it South Korea's third-most-populous city after Seoul and Busan.
Gyeonggi Province is the most populous province in South Korea.
South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions:6 metropolitan cities,1 special city,1 special self-governing city,and 9 provinces,including two special self-governing provinces. These are further subdivided into a variety of smaller entities,including cities,counties,districts,towns,townships,neighborhoods and villages.
Bucheon is a city in Gyeonggi Province,South Korea. Bucheon is located 25 kilometers (16 mi) away from Seoul,of which it is a satellite city. It is located between Incheon and Seoul.
Yeongdeungpo District is an administrative district in southwest Seoul,South Korea. Although the origin of the name is uncertain,the first two syllables are thought to be from "yeongdeung" (靈登) or "divine ascent",a shamanic rite. The third syllable is "po",representing the bank of a river (浦),referring to the district's position on the Han River. The 2006 population was 408,819.
Hyundai Department Store (Korean: 현대백화점) is a major department store chain in South Korea. Its parent company is the Hyundai Department Store Group. It,Lotte Department Store,and Shinsegae are the three largest chains in the country.
Guro District (Guro-gu) is a district of Seoul,South Korea,which was separated from Yeongdeungpo District on April 1,1980. Located in the southwestern part of the city,where besides Yangcheon District and Geumcheon District Guro District has an important position as a transport link which contains railroads,land routes from the rest of Seoul to the south of the country. The Gyeongbu and Gyeongin railway lines connect Seoul to Busan and Incheon. In addition,Seoul Metropolitan Subway lines 1,2,and 7,and major highways intersect in Guro District.
The Yangcheon District (Yangcheon-gu) is a gu,or district,of Seoul,South Korea,located on the southwest side of the Han River. At the centre of this district is the Mok-dong area,which is home to numerous shopping outlets,bars and restaurants,an ice rink,and large residential buildings inhabited by mostly upper-middle and upper-class families.
Seongbuk District is one of the 25 districts of Seoul,South Korea. The district is located in the mid-north part of the city. The current Mayor is Kim Young-bae (김영배),who has been mayor since July 1,2010. Seongbuk-gu was established under Presidential Decree No. 159 on August 13,1949,and was promoted to a autonomous district by implementing a Gu-level local government on May 1,1988.
Dobong District is one of the 25 districts of Seoul,South Korea. As of 2020,Dobong has a population of 315,979 and an area of 20.71 square kilometres (8.00 sq mi),and is divided into four administrative neighborhoods. The district is located in northeastern Seoul,bordering the Gyeonggi Province cities of Yangju and Uijeongbu to the north,and the districts of Gangbuk to the southwest and Nowon to the east.
Seo District (Seo-gu) is the largest district in Incheon,South Korea. It has an area 111.2 square kilometres (42.9 sq mi),and it has the largest area of farmland in Incheon.
Yeonsu District (Korean: 연수구) is a district in southern Incheon,South Korea. To the east is Namdong District (Namdong-gu),on its north border is Nam District (Nam-gu),and the Yellow Sea is on the west and south sides. Munhak Mountain (Munhak-san) rises in the north,and Seunggi Stream (Seunggi-cheon) flows south to the Yellow Sea.
Bupyeong District is one of the 10 administrative divisions that comprise Incheon,South Korea. Bupyeong-gu comprises an area of 12.35 square miles,and has a population of 508,587. It is located north of Namdong-gu,east of Seo-gu,and south of Gyeyang-gu. The city of Bucheon,in neighboring Gyeonggi Province,comprises its eastern limit.
Sosa-gu was a district of the city of Bucheon in Gyeonggi-do,South Korea. 'So' means 'white' and 'sa' means 'sand'. Many years ago,there were many streams in this region which is why it is named so.
Ojeong-gu was a district of the city of Bucheon in Gyeonggi-do,South Korea.
Wonmi-gu was a district of the city of Bucheon in Gyeonggi-do,South Korea. The district was abolished in July 2016 as Bucheon became a unified city without any administrative districts.
The Seoul Capital Area or Gyeonggi region,is the metropolitan area of Seoul,Incheon,and Gyeonggi Province,located in north-west South Korea. Its population of 26 million is ranked as the fourth largest metropolitan area in the world. Its area is about 12,685 km2 (4,898 sq mi). 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 3 million inhabitants.
The 1995 municipal annexation in South Korea was an administrative event in which many cities and counties joined together into "urban-rural integrated" (도농복합시) cities as of 1 January 1995. Some of the annexation were done later as of 10 May 1995. Some of the counties were annexed to certain metropolitan cities (광역시) as of 1 March 2015.
Hagik Station is an under-construction railway station on Suin-Bundang Line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway system.
