Myeongil-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of

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History

The name of Myeongil was named after 'Myeongil-won' during Goryeo Dynasty in the 10th century. 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

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

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and developed as one of new town in Seoul, along with

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and

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in the 1990s. In 1995,

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was passed through this area stopping at Godeok Station, Myeongil Station and Gubeundari Station. Currently, Myeongil-dong is well known for the location of

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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

and 070 is for Myeongil-dong.

References

External links

Gangdong-gu official website

Gangdong-gu map

The Myeongil 1 dong Resident office
Neighbourhoods of Gangdong District {{Seoul-geo-stub

History

Area information

See also

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