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Oedong-eup
Oedong-eup is an Administrative divisions of South Korea#Eup (Town), eup or a town in the Subdivisions of Gyeongju, subdivision of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. Its 139 square kilometers are home to about 17, 500 people. It is linked by road and rail to the neighboring metropolis of Ulsan. Due to the feature, the town has been a center of the development of Gyeongju's automotive parts industry. Three industrial complexes are located here. This population is served by six elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school Administrative divisions *Gaegok-ri (개곡리) *Gwaereung-ri (괘릉리) *Gueo-ri (구어리) *Naengcheon-ri (냉천리) *Nokdong-ri (녹동리) *Malbang-ri (말방리) *Mohwa-ri (모화리) *Munsan-ri (문산리) *Bangeo-ri (방어리) *Bukto-ri (북토리) *Seokgye-ri (석계리) *Singye-ri (신계리) *Yeonan-ri (연안리) *Ipsil-ri (입실리) *Jenae-ri (제내리) *Jukdong-ri (죽동리) *Hwalseong-ri (활성리) See also *Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subdivisions Of Gyeongju
The primary subdivisions of Gyeongju in South Korea consist of 4 ''eup'', 8 ''myeon'', and 11 ''dong''. These units are the same into which all of the cities and counties of South Korea are divided. The ''dong'' units occupy the area of the city center, which was formerly occupied by Gyeongju-eup. ''Eup'' refers to a substantial village, whereas the ''myeon'' are more rural. The current divisions are as follows, using the numbers given on the map: Subdivisions Eup Angang-eup (No.4) is the second-largest subdivision of Gyeongju City. Its 139 square kilometers are home to about 35,700 people. Situated next to Gangdong-myeon in the city's northern tip, it is a significant town in its own right. Angang Station is a regular stop on the Donghae Nambu Line. The town center lies on the Hyeongsan River, near where it meets the small Chilpyeongcheon stream. Gampo-eup (No.8) also contains a piece of Gyeongju National Park: the Daebon section which covers the shoreline near the water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyeongju City
Gyeongju ( ko, 경주, ), historically known as ''Seorabeol'' ( ko, 서라벌, ), is a coastal city in the far southeastern corner of North Gyeongsang Province in South Korea. It is the second largest city by area in the province after Andong, covering with a population of 264,091 people (as of December 2012.) Gyeongju is southeast of Seoul, and east of Daegu. The city borders Cheongdo and Yeongcheon to the west, Ulsan to the south and Pohang to the north, while to the east lies the coast of the Sea of Japan. Numerous low mountains—outliers of the Taebaek range—are scattered around the city. Gyeongju was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla (57 BC – 935 AD), which ruled about two-thirds of the Korean Peninsula at its height between the 7th and 9th centuries, for close to one thousand years. Later Silla was a prosperous and wealthy country, and its metropolitan capital of Gyeongju was the fourth largest city in the world. A vast number of archaeological sites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs used to pronounce them, and they are systematically modified to indicate phonetic features; similarly, the vowel letters are systematically modified for related sounds, making Hangul a featural writing system. It has been described as a syllabic alphabet as it combines the features of alphabetic and syllabic writing systems, although it is not necessarily an abugida. Hangul was created in 1443 CE by King Sejong the Great in an attempt to increase literacy by serving as a complement (or alternative) to the logographic Sino-Korean ''Hanja'', which had been used by Koreans as its primary script to write the Korean language since as early as the Gojoseon period (spanni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
