Nam-gu is a non-autonomous
district
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in the City of
Pohang
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in
North Gyeongsang Province
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,
South Korea
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. Its name literally means "South District" as it is one of two districts in the city, the other being
Buk-gu or "North District".
Administrative divisions
![Pohangsine-map](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Pohangsine-map.png)
Nam-gu is divided into 3 towns (''eup''), 4 townships (''myeon''), and 7 neighbourhoods (''dong'').
Each town and township are then further divided into numerous villages (''ri'').
See also
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Buk-gu, Pohang
References
External links
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Districts of Pohang
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