Myeongil-dong

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Myeongil-dong
Korean transcription(s)
 •  Hangul 명일동
 •  Hanja 明 逸 洞
 •  Revised Romanization Myeongil-dong
 •  McCune–Reischauer Myongil-tong
Country South Korea
Area
 • Total1.58 km2 (0.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2008) [1]
 • Total48,664

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

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History

The name of Myeongil was named after 'Myeongil-won' during Goryeo Dynasty in the 10th century. [1] 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 Province, and then be included into Seoul 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 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 the 1990s. In 1995, Seoul Subway Line 5 was passed through this area stopping at Godeok Station, Myeongil Station 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.

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 Gangdong-gu and 070 is for Myeongil-dong.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "명일동 (Myeongil-dong 明逸洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2021-11-16.


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