Sora-myeon (), also called as Sora Township, or shortly Sora, is a myeon (township) in

Yeosu Yeosu (; ''Yeosu-si''), historically also Yosu, and known to the Japanese as Reisui during the period when Korea was under Japanese rule, is a city located on the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula in South Jeolla Province, South Korea and ...

city of

South Jeolla Province South Jeolla Province (; ''Jeollanam-do''; ), also known as Jeonnam, is a province of South Korea. South Jeolla has a population of 1,902,324 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Honam region at the southwestern tip of the Korean ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. The myeon is located in center-western part of the city. The total area of the myeon is 60.5 square kilometres, and, as of the last day of 2010, the population was 12256 people, 5195 houses. The township hall is located in Deogyang-ri, and address of the township hall is 389, Deogyang-ro, Sora-myeon. Hwayang-myeon is souther and Yulchon-myeon, is norther, Samil-dong and the Gwangyang Bay is north-Easter, Jusam-dong and Yeocheon-dong is Easter, Ssangbong-dong is south-Easter, and the Yeoja Bay is western.

History

* 1899: Gusan-myeon (Northern part) and Deogan-myeon (Southern part) * 1915: Sora-myeon, Yeosu-gun, Jeollanam-do * 15 August 1949: Sora-myeon, Yeocheon-gun, Jeollanam-do: Yeosu-gun was split into Yeosu-si and Yeocheon-gun. * 1 April 1998: Sora-myeon, Yeosu-si, Jeollanam-do: Yeosu-si, Yeocheon-si, and Yeocheon-gun were merged to Yeosu-si.

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It has eight jurisdictions and forty two administrative districts.

Gwangi-ri

Gwangi-ri () has three administrative districts: Gwangi(관기)1~3.

Daepo-ri

Daepo-ri () has four administrative districts: Daepo(대포)1~4. It has Daepo Tunnel with Yulchon-myeon on the

Expo-daero Expo-daero() is the road connecting Dolsan Intersection in Dolsan-eup, Yeosu, South Jeolla and Seongsangyo in Haeryong-myeon, Suncheon, South Jeolla. The all section is part of National Route 17, and from Deogyang Intersection to end of road is ...

Deogyang-ri

Deogyang-ri () has six administrative districts: Deogyang(덕양)1~6. It has Sora township hall. It has Deogyang Station on

Jeolla Line The Jeolla Line is a railway line in North and South Jeolla Provinces in South Korea. The line is served by frequent passenger trains from Seoul (via the Gyeongbu and Honam Lines) to Yeosu. History The first railway along a section of what bec ...

and on Yeocheon Line. It has Deogyang Intersection on

, Yeosun-ro and Deogyang-ro.

Boksan-ri

Boksan-ri () has six administrative districts: Boksan(복산)1~6.

Bongdu-ri

Bongdu-ri () has three administrative districts: Bongdu(봉두)1~3.

Sagok-ri

Sagok-ri () has four administrative districts: Sagok(사곡)1~4.

Jungnim-ri

Jungnim-ri () has thirteen administrative districts: Jungnim(죽림)1~13.

Hyeoncheon-ri

Hyeoncheon-ri () has three administrative districts: Hyeoncheon(현천)1~3.

Transport

It has Deogyang Station on the

and the Yeocheon Line in Deogyang-ri, and address of it is 56, Yeosun-ro. It has a motorway named

, the part of the National Route 17 and the part of the Gukjido 22, is located in Deogyang-ri and Daepo-ri. You can go in or out to this motorway at the Deogyang Intersection, the entrance and the exit of

, in Deogyang-ri by using Yeosun-ro or Deogyang-ro. Hwayang-ro, Dowon-ro and Deogyang-ro are the part of the Gukjido 22, too. Okcheon-ro, Hwayang-ro and Seobu-ro are the part of the Jibangdo 863. It has also Yeosun-ro, former part of the National Route 17.

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