Seongnam

Seongnam 성남 城南
—  Municipal City  —
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	성남시
• Hanja	城南市
• Revised Romanization	Seongnam-si
• McCune-Reischauer	Sŏngnam-si
Bundang district of Seongnam
Emblem of Seongnam
Country	South Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Administrative divisions	3 gu, 44 dong
Area
• Total	141.70 km2 (54.71 sq mi)
Population
• Total	981,390
• Density	6,925.8/km2 (17,938/sq mi)
• Dialect	Seoul

Seongnam is the second largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul. It is largely a residential city located immediately south of Seoul and belongs to the Seoul National Capital Area.

Seongnam, the first planned city in Korea's history, was conceived during the era of President Park Chung-Hee for the purpose of industrializing the nation by concentrating electronic, textile, and petrochemical facilities there during the 1970s and 1980s. The city featured a network of roads, to Seoul and other major cities, from the early 1970s on. Today, Seongnam has merged with the metropolitan network of Seoul. Bundang, one of districts in Seongnam, was developed in the 1990s.

To accelerate the dispersion of Seoul's population to its suburbs and relieve the congested Seoul metropolitan area, the Korean government has provided stimulus packages to large public corporations and private companies to be headquartered in the Bundang district. Bundang-gu is now home to prominent companies such as KT (formerly Korea Telecom), Korea Gas Corporation, KEPCO, and Korea Land Corporation.

In recent years, a movement to have Seongnam designated a metropolitan city capable of governing itself has arisen.

In August 2009, the city of Seongnam decided to merge with the city of Hanam, also in Gyeonggi-do.

The city is also home to K-League soccer club Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.

Statistics

• Miscellaneous:

Government workers:	2,199
Medical centers:	952
Teachers:	7,245
Students per Teacher:	23
Number of Cars:	270,289

Administrative districts

Seongnam is divided into 3 "gu" (구, "ward"):

• Bundang-gu
• Jungwon-gu
• Sujeong-gu
• Pangyo-gu (predicted)

Economy

Nowcom has its headquarters in Bundang, Seongnam.

Sports

• Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma is a professional K-League Soccer team that was the AFC as champion in 1995 and in 2010. It was also the Hana Bank F.A cup champion in 1999 and 2011. Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma was K-League Champion 7 times which is the best league cup winning record in the K-League. Tancheon sports complex is home to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma F.C.

City Problem

• Seongnam is now the 10th largest city in South Korea, but it was the first city to claim Moratorium in South Korea, because of the building of the new city hall at Yatap-dong.
• The opening of the Seoul Metropolitan subway line New Bundang line was delayed for 2 years.

Transportation

- Subway/Train

• Bundang Line
• New Bundang Line
• Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 8
• Jungbu Naeryuk Line (Predicted to open in 2014)

- Bus

• (Red Bus)
• 90OO, 93OO, 94OO(OO means another number ex)01) are going to Gangnam-gu or Jung-gu, Seoul
• (Green Bus)-Gyeonggi Bus
• Green bus is heading to Seoul, Gwangju, Yongin, western side of Gyeonggi Province

- National Road

• National Road number 3 -Gwangju-Yatap-Sangdaewon-Seongnam IC-Gacheon University Station-Seoul

- Expressway

• Seoul Ring Expressway (road number 100)
• Gyeong-bu Expressway (road number 1)
• Yongin-Seoul Expressway (road number 171)
• Bundang-Suseo City Road (road number 81)
• Bundang-Naegok City Road (road number 81)

Sister Cities & Friendly Cities

• Piracicaba, Brazil (May 28, 1986)
• Aurora, Colorado, United States (July 27, 1992)
• Shenyang, China (August 31, 1998)
• Ekaterinburg, Russia (May 23, 2008)
• Changchun, China (September 15, 2009)
• Namangan, Uzbekistan (September 22, 2009)
• Ohrid, Macedonia

See also

• List of cities in South Korea
• Geography of South Korea
• Seoul National Capital Area
• Bundang Line
• New Bundang Line
• Seongnam Central Library