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South Korea
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South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. The earliest Korean pottery dates to 8000 BC, with three kingdoms flourishing in the 1st century BC and its rich and vibrant culture left 19 UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritages of Humanity, the third largest in the world, along with 12 World Heritage Sites. Annexed into Imperial Japan in 1910, Korea was divided after its surrender in 1945, peace has since mostly continued with the two agreeing to work peacefully for reunification and the South solidifying peace as a regional power with the worlds 10th largest defence budget. South Koreas tiger economy soared at an average of 10% for over 30 years in a period of rapid transformation called the Miracle on the Han River. A long legacy of openness and focus on innovation made it successful, today, it is the worlds fifth largest exporter with the G20s largest budget surplus and highest credit rating of any country in East Asia. It has free trade agreements with 75% of the economy and is the only G20 nation trading freely with China, the US. Since 1988, its constitution guarantees a liberal democracy with high government transparency, high personal freedoms led to the rise of a globally influential pop culture such as K-pop and K-drama, a phenomenon called the Korean Wave, known for its distinctive fashionable and trendy style. Home of the UN Green Climate Fund and GGGI, South Korea is a leader in low carbon growth, committed to helping developing countries as a major DAC. It is the third least ignorant country in the Index of Ignorance, ranking eighth highest for peaceful tolerance. It is the worlds largest spender on R&D per GDP, leading the OECD in graduates in science, the name Korea derives from the name Goryeo. The name Goryeo itself was first used by the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo in the 5th century as a form of its name. The 10th-century kingdom of Goryeo succeeded Goguryeo, and thus inherited its name, the modern spelling of Korea first appeared in the late 17th century in the travel writings of the Dutch East India Companys Hendrick Hamel. After Goryeo was replaced by Joseon in 1392, Joseon became the name for the entire territory. The new official name has its origin in the ancient country of Gojoseon, in 1897, the Joseon dynasty changed the official name of the country from Joseon to Daehan Jeguk. The name Daehan, which means great Han literally, derives from Samhan, however, the name Joseon was still widely used by Koreans to refer to their country, though it was no longer the official name. Under Japanese rule, the two names Han and Joseon coexisted, there were several groups who fought for independence, the most notable being the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. Following the surrender of Japan, in 1945, the Republic of Korea was adopted as the name for the new country. Since the government only controlled the part of the Korean Peninsula
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Seoul Capital Area
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The Seoul Capital Area is the metropolitan area centered on Seoul located in the north-west of South Korea. It is referred to as Sudogwon or Gyeonggi region in Korean, the Seoul Capital Area has a population of 24 million and is ranked as the fourth largest metropolitan area in the world. Its area is about 11,704 km2 and it forms the cultural, commercial, financial, industrial, and residential center of South Korea. The largest city is Seoul, with a population of approximately 10 million people, followed by Incheon, the Capital Area occupies a plain in the Han River valley. It contains some of the most fertile land on the Korean peninsula, the Gimpo Plain, one of the countrys larger expanses of level arable land, covers much of the area of the cities of Gimpo and Bucheon. The Capital Area has been home to a Korean capital for around 2,000 years and its central location and relatively gentle landscape have given it a central role in the countrys affairs. The first capital to be constructed in the region was that of Baekje, the countrys first capital was built in 19 BC and was named Wiryeseong. This is believed to have been constructed near the boundary of Seoul. However, Baekje was unable to hold territory, and surrendered the Han River valley to Goguryeo in the 5th century. The land was taken over by Silla in the 6th century. After the fall of Silla, Taejo of Goryeo established the capital of his kingdom in Kaesŏng, after the fall of Goryeo Dynasty in 1392, the newly founded Joeson Dynasty had its capital, less than 100 km south of the old dynastys capital, Kaesŏng. During the new rule, extensive road systems, administrative buildings, royal palaces. During the Korean Empire period, Hanseongs public transportation was improved with the installation of streetcars, horse carriage systems similar to the ones in Europe were also established. Following the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910, Hanseong was renamed Keijo, upon Koreas liberation from Japan in 1945, the former colonial capital was renamed Seoul and became capital of South Korea. In the Korean War, the Capital Area became the focus of battles so destructive that most of Seoul, Seoul was especially hit hard, since it exchanged hands four times during the course of the war. During the latter half of the 20th century, the Capital Area began to develop as South Koreas economic wealth expanded. Population expanded fourfold since the Korean War, in 2001, the new Incheon International Airport took over all international flights to Seoul. Covering only about 12% of the area, the Seoul Capital Area is home to more than 48. 2% of the national population
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Administrative divisions of South Korea
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South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions,6 metropolitan cities,1 special city,1 special self-governing city, and 9 provinces, including one special self-governing province. These are further subdivided into a variety of entities, including cities, counties, districts, towns, townships, neighborhoods and villages. The governors of the divisions are elected every four years. A si is one of the divisions of a province, along with gun, cities have a population of at least 150,000, once a county attains that population, it becomes a city. Cities with a population of over 500,000 are divided into districts, Gimhae, Hwaseong, gus are then further divided into neighborhoods, cities with a population of less than 500,000 do not have wards – these cities are directly divided into neighborhoods. A gun is one of the divisions of a province, and of the cities of Busan, Daegu, Incheon. A gun has a population of less than 150,000, is densely populated than a gu. Gun are comparable to British non-metropolitan districts, counties are divided into towns and districts. Specially, the size of a gun is less than a US county, a gu is equivalent to district in the West. Most cities are divided into gu, though the cities of Busan, Daegu, Incheon. Gu are similar to boroughs in some Western countries, and a gu office handles many of the functions that would be handled by the city in other jurisdictions, an eup is similar to the unit of town. Along with myeon, an eup is one of the divisions of a county, the main town or towns in a county—or the secondary town or towns within a citys territory—are designated as eup. In order to form an eup, the population required is 20,000. A myeon is one of the divisions – along with eup – of a county, myeons have smaller populations than eup and represent the rural areas of a county or city. The minimum population limit is 6,000, a dong is the primary division of districts, and of those cities which are not divided into districts. The dong is the smallest level of government to have its own office. In some cases, a legal dong is divided into several administrative dong. Administrative dong are usually distinguished from one another by number, in such cases, each administrative dong has its own office and staff
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Gyeonggi Province
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Gyeonggi-do is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, Gyeonggi means the surrounding capital. Thus Gyeonggi-do can be translated as province surrounding Seoul, seoul—South Koreas largest city and national capital—is in the heart of the province but has been separately administered as a provincial-level special city since 1946. Incheon—South Koreas third largest city—is on the coast of the province and has been administered as a provincial-level metropolitan city since 1981. The three jurisdictions collectively cover 11,730 km2, with a population of 25.6 million—amounting to over half of the entire population of South Korea. Gyeonggi-do has been an important area since 18 BCE, when Korea was divided into three nations during the Three Kingdoms period. Afterward, the current location of Gyeonggi-do, one of the nine states of Later Silla, was called Hansanju, the Gyeonggi region started to rise as the central region of Goryeo as King Taejo of Goryeo set up the capital in Gaesong. Since 1018, this area has been officially called Gyeonggi, since the period of King Taejong and Sejong the Great, the Gyeonggi region has been very similar to the current administrative area of Gyeonggi-do. In 1895 the 23-Bu system, which reorganized administrative areas, was effected, the Gyeonggi region was divided into Hanseong, Incheon, Chungju, Gongju, and Kaesong. During the Japanese colonial period Hanseong-bu was incorporated into Gyeonggi-do, on October 1,1910, it was renamed Keijo and a provincial government was placed in Keijo according to the reorganization of administrative districts. After liberation and the foundation of two Korean governments, Gyeonggi-do and its capital, Seoul, were separated with partial regions of Gyeonggi-do being incorporated into Seoul thereafter. Additionally, Kaesong became North Korean territory, the city to change control after the countries were divided at the 38th parallel. In 1967 the seat of the Gyeonggi provincial government was transferred from Seoul to Suwon, after Incheon separated from Gyeonggi-do in 1981, Gyeonggi regions such as Ongjin County and Ganghwa County were incorporated into Incheon in 1995. Gyeonggi-do is the central region of the Korean Peninsula, which is vertically situated in Northeast Asia and is between east longitude of 126 and 127, and north latitude of 36 and 38. Its dimension is 10% of Korea’s territory,10,171 square kilometres and its provincial government is in Suwon, but some of its government buildings are in Uijeongbu for the administrative conveniences of the northern region. The climate of Gyeonggi-do is the climate, which has a severe differentiation of temperature between summer and winter, and has distinctions of four seasons. Spring is warm, summer is hot and humid, autumn is cool, the annual average temperature is between 11–13 °C, where the temperature in the mountainous areas to the northeast is lower and the coastal areas to the southwest is higher. For January’s average temperature, the Gyeonggi Bay is −4 °C, the Namhangang Basin is −4 – −6 °C, and it becomes colder and higher in temperature differentiation from coastal to inland areas
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Baekje
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Baekje was a kingdom located in southwest Korea. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo, Baekje was founded by Onjo, the third son of Goguryeos founder Jumong and So Seo-no, at Wiryeseong. Baekje, like Goguryeo, claimed to succeed Buyeo, an established in present-day Manchuria around the time of Gojoseons fall. Baekje alternately battled and allied with Goguryeo and Silla as the three kingdoms expanded control over the peninsula and it became a significant regional sea power, with political and trade relations with China and Japan. In 660 it was defeated, by an alliance of Silla and the Chinese Tang Dynasty, Baekje was founded in 18 BC by King Onjo, who led a group of people from Goguryeo south to the Han River basin. According to the Chinese Records of the Three Kingdoms, during the Samhan period, the Samguk Sagi provides a detailed account of Baekjes founding. Jumong had left his son Yuri in Buyeo when he left that kingdom to establish the new kingdom of Goguryeo, Jumong became Divine King Dongmyeong, and had two more sons with So Seo-no, Onjo and Biryu. When Yuri later arrived in Goguryeo, Jumong promptly made him the crown prince, realizing Yuri would become the next king, So Seo-no left Goguryeo, taking her two sons Biryu and Onjo south to found their own kingdoms with their people, along with ten vassals. She is remembered as a key figure in the founding of both Goguryeo and Baekje, Onjo settled in Wiryeseong, and called his country Sipje, while Biryu settled in Michuhol, against the vassals advice. The salty water and marshes in Michuhol made settlement difficult, while the people of Wiryeseong lived prosperously, Biryu then went to his brother Onjo, asking for the throne of Sipje. When Onjo refused, Biryu declared war, but lost, in shame, Biryu committed suicide, and his people moved to Wiryeseong, where King Onjo welcomed them and renamed his country Baekje. King Onjo moved the capital from the south to the north of the Han river, King Gaeru is believed to have moved the capital north of the river to Bukhansanseong in 132, probably in present-day Goyang to the northwest of Seoul. Through the early centuries of the Common Era, sometimes called the Proto–Three Kingdoms Period, during the reign of King Goi, Baekje became a full-fledged kingdom, as it continued consolidating the Mahan confederacy. In 249, according to the ancient Japanese text Nihonshoki, Baekjes expansion reached the Gaya confederacy to its east, Baekje is first described in Chinese records as a kingdom in 345. The first diplomatic missions from Baekje reached Japan around 367, King Geunchogo expanded Baekjes territory to the north through war against Goguryeo, while annexing the remaining Mahan societies in the south. During Geunchogos reign, the territories of Baekje included most of the western Korean Peninsula, Baekje continued substantial trade with Goguryeo, and actively adopted Chinese culture and technology. Buddhism became the state religion in 384. Baekje also became a sea power and continued mutual goodwill relationships with the Japanese rulers of the Kofun period, transmitting continental cultural influences to Japan
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Wiryeseong
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Wiryeseong was the name of two early capitals of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Both are believed to have been in the modern-day Seoul area, the location of Michuhol is usually believed to be present-day Incheon. After some time, Biryu recognized that Michuhols land was too barren and saline to sustain his people, later, Onjo moved further south because of Malgal to the north and Lelang to the east. The former Wiryeseong is called Habuk Wiryeseong and the latter is called Hanam Wiryeseong, the earthen walls of Pungnap Toseong and Mongchon Toseong in Songpa-gu, Seoul are believed by many to be the remains of Hanam Wiryeseong. During the Hanseong period, Baekje grew up against Southern Mahan and Northern Chinese Commanderies including Daifang, in the process, Baekje modified the political systems, and expended its territory to Mahan and Hwanghae region, and it became as a regional power. Wiryeseong served as Baekjes capital until 475, when Goguryeos King Jangsu attacked Baekje and captured Wiryeseong, as well as the whole Han River area, Baekjes next king Munju moved south and set the new capital at Ungjin. List of Korea-related topics History of Korea Castles in Korea Pungnap Toseong Mongchon Toseong Ungjin Sabi
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Seoul
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The Seoul Capital Area houses up to half of the countrys population of 50.22 million people with 678,102 international residents. Situated on the Han River, Seouls history stretches back more than two years when it was founded in 18 BCE by Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. It continued as the capital of Korea under the Joseon Dynasty, the Seoul Capital Area contains five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Changdeok Palace, Hwaseong Fortress, Jongmyo Shrine, Namhansanseong and the Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty. Seoul is surrounded by mountains, the tallest being Mt. Bukhan, in 2015, it was rated Asias most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis. In 2014, the citys GDP per capita of $39,786 was comparable to that of France and Finland. Ranked sixth in the Global Power City Index and Global Financial Centres Index, Seoul is the worlds most wired city and ranked first in technology readiness by PwCs Cities of Opportunity report. It is served by the KTX high-speed rail and the Seoul Subway, providing 4G LTE, WiFi, Seoul is connected via AREX to Incheon International Airport, rated the worlds best airport nine years in a row by Airports Council International. Lotte World Tower, a 556-metre supertall skyscraper with 123 floors, has built in Seoul and become the OECDs tallest in 2016. Its Lotte Cinema houses the worlds largest cinema screen, Seouls COEX Mall is the worlds largest underground shopping mall. Seoul hosted the 1986 Asian Games,1988 Summer Olympics,2002 FIFA World Cup, the Miss Universe 1980 pageant, a UNESCO City of Design, Seoul was named the 2010 World Design Capital. The city has known in the past by the names Wirye-seong, Hanju. During Japans annexation in Korea, Hanseong was renamed to Keijō by the Imperial authorities to prevent confusion with the hanja 漢, in reality, the ancient name of Seoul, Hanseong, originally had the meaning of big or vast. Its current name originated from the Korean word meaning city, which is believed to be derived from the word Seorabeol, which originally referred to Gyeongju. Unlike most place names in Korea, Seoul has no corresponding hanja, on January 18,2005, Seoul government officially changed its official Chinese language name to Shouer from the historic Hancheng, of which use is becoming less common. Settlement of the Han River area, where present-day Seoul is located, Seoul is first recorded as Wiryeseong, the capital of Baekje in the northeastern Seoul area. There are several city walls remaining in the area date from this time. Pungnaptoseong, a wall just outside Seoul, is widely believed to have been at the main Wiryeseong site. As the Three Kingdoms competed for this region, control passed from Baekje to Goguryeo in the 5th century
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Namyangju
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Namyangju is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. To the east is Gapyeong County, to the west is Guri City, Namyangju historical character, Jeong Yak-yong, also Jeong Yag-yong or Dasan, was a leading Korean philosopher during the Joseon Dynasty. He is widely regarded as the greatest of the Silhak thinkers, Jeong Yag-yong and his brothers were also among the earliest Korean converts to Roman Catholicism. Jeong was born, and also ended his days, in modern-day Namyangju,1995 January 1 Migeum City and Namyangju County were merged. 2006 January 20 Pungyang branch office opened, It has jurisdiction over Onam-eup, Jinjeob-eup, Toegyewon-myeon, Byeolnae-myeon 2006 November 20 In Hwado-eup,2008 October 7 The population reached 500,000. 2009 December 14 Cheonghak branch office closed,2011 September Namyangju Organic Museum opened, worlds first museum of organic agriculture. The Transportation and Construction Committee of the National Assembly has approved that Line 4 will be extended from Danggogae to Jinjeop, the 2012 Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation drama Arang and the Magistrate, starring Lee Joon-gi, Shin Min-ah and Yeon Woo-jin, were filmed on location in Namyangju. There are 2 campuses of Gyeong Hee graduate school and Gyeong bok college,15 high schools,29 middle schools, Namyangju is rapidly developing a reputation as a regional centre of excellence for organic farming. The Namyangju Organic Museum, the worlds first museum dedicated to the history and development of organic agriculture and it is located west of Seoul and on the shores of the River Han. The museums opening coincided with Namyangju hosting the 17th IFOAM Organic World Congress, the sweet pears are exported to the USA, Japan, Canada. Organic vegetables are cultivated with ecofriendly methods, Gorosoei is a special product made in the Namyangju area. It is medicinal water which has abundant minerals, the term Gorosoei comes from Gollisu meaning water for bones. The sap is extracted at Sudong-Myeon, Mountain Jugeum in Mount Chungnyeong Natural Recreation Forest, Mount Cheonma in Palhyeon, Lee Kwang-soo – actor, entertainer, and model. Dartford, Kent, United Kingdom Changzhou, China Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Gangjin, South Korea Yeongwol, South Korea Vinh, Vietnam List of cities in South Korea City government website
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Gwangju, Gyeonggi
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Gwangju is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, a suburb southeast of Seoul. The city is not to be confused with the much larger Gwangju Metropolitan City, former capital of South Jeolla Province, bunwon-ri in Gwangju took an important role of ceramic production during the Kingdom of Joseon. There had official kilns and produced superb quality of white porcelains for use at the royal court, in 1962,4 myuns including 5 ris were incorporated to Seoul. In 1973,6 of ris were separated and these came to parts of Seongnam city, in 1979, gwangju myun promoted eup. In fact, Gwangju was a county but became a city in 2001, kim Yu-bin, part of the Korean girl group Wonder Girls Choi Sooyoung, part of the Korean girl group Girls Generation Lee Hongki, lead singer of F. T
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Seongnam
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Seongnam is the second largest city in South Koreas Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is one million. Seongnam is a city of Seoul. It is largely a city located immediately southeast of Seoul. The city featured a network of roads, to Seoul and other major cities, today, Seongnam has merged with the metropolitan network of Seoul. Bundang, one of districts in Seongnam, was developed in the 1990s, Bundang-gu is now home to prominent companies such as KT, 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 home to K League football club Seongnam FC. Miscellaneous, Seongnam is divided into 3 gu, Bundang-gu Jungwon-gu Sujeong-gu Nowcom has its headquarters in Bundang, Pangyo Technovalley is the premier industrial complex in Seongnam. Seongnam FC is a football club that currently plays in the K League Classic. The citys only school is Korea International School - Pangyo
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China
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China, officially the Peoples Republic of China, is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia and the worlds most populous country, with a population of over 1.381 billion. The state is governed by the Communist Party of China and its capital is Beijing, the countrys major urban areas include Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Hong Kong. China is a power and a major regional power within Asia. Chinas landscape is vast and diverse, ranging from forest steppes, the Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamir and Tian Shan mountain ranges separate China from much of South and Central Asia. The Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, the third and sixth longest in the world, respectively, Chinas coastline along the Pacific Ocean is 14,500 kilometers long and is bounded by the Bohai, Yellow, East China and South China seas. China emerged as one of the worlds earliest civilizations in the basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. For millennia, Chinas political system was based on hereditary monarchies known as dynasties, in 1912, the Republic of China replaced the last dynasty and ruled the Chinese mainland until 1949, when it was defeated by the communist Peoples Liberation Army in the Chinese Civil War. The Communist Party established the Peoples Republic of China in Beijing on 1 October 1949, both the ROC and PRC continue to claim to be the legitimate government of all China, though the latter has more recognition in the world and controls more territory. China had the largest economy in the world for much of the last two years, during which it has seen cycles of prosperity and decline. Since the introduction of reforms in 1978, China has become one of the worlds fastest-growing major economies. As of 2016, it is the worlds second-largest economy by nominal GDP, China is also the worlds largest exporter and second-largest importer of goods. China is a nuclear weapons state and has the worlds largest standing army. The PRC is a member of the United Nations, as it replaced the ROC as a permanent member of the U. N. Security Council in 1971. China is also a member of numerous formal and informal multilateral organizations, including the WTO, APEC, BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the BCIM, the English name China is first attested in Richard Edens 1555 translation of the 1516 journal of the Portuguese explorer Duarte Barbosa. The demonym, that is, the name for the people, Portuguese China is thought to derive from Persian Chīn, and perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit Cīna. Cīna was first used in early Hindu scripture, including the Mahābhārata, there are, however, other suggestions for the derivation of China. The official name of the state is the Peoples Republic of China. The shorter form is China Zhōngguó, from zhōng and guó and it was then applied to the area around Luoyi during the Eastern Zhou and then to Chinas Central Plain before being used as an occasional synonym for the state under the Qing
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Rushan, Shandong
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Rushan is a county-level city in the prefecture-level city of Weihai, Shandong province, Peoples Republic of China. Rushan borders Yantai to the north and looks out to the Yellow Sea to the south and it derives its name from a breast-shaped hill on the seashore. The county-level city of Rushan administers 14 towns, Rushan City has a long history. The first county in Rushan City was founded in 206 B. C. and it is located on the south-eastern seashore of Shandong Province in China at 36°7′ northern latitude and 121°5′ east of Greenwich. Rushan has a mild, seasonal climate moderated by the Yellow Sea, august is the warmest month with a 24-hour average temperature of 23. 5°C and January the coldest with 24-hour average temperature of 0 °C. It is within 2 hours flight from major Chinese cities such as Beijing, large and medium-sized cities around it are Qingdao, Yantai and Weihai, all within one-hour-drive from Rushan. Qingdao-Weihai Expressway, State Highway 309 and Jinan-Weihai Railway run across Rushan, Rushan has fulfilled 31.31 billion RMB Yuan of GDP in 2010. The total fixed investment was 19.01 RMB Yuan. Rushan is thus ranked No.55 among all the Chinese counties in terms of economic competitiveness, with a coast of 185 kilometers long, Rushan is known for its varieties of shellfishes and rare fish species. The annual seafood production is more than 200 thousand tons, rich in hilly land, Rushan becomes the principal fruit producing base in Jiaodong Peninsula. Rushan has many scenic spots such as Silver Beach Resort and Da Rushan Coastal Resort, Juyushan National Forest Park, Tangshang Hot Spring, major elementary schools include, Rushan Number One Experimental Elementary School（乳山第一实验小学）, Huangshanlu Elementary School （黄山路小学）, and Rushan Number Two Experimental Elementary School （乳山第二实验小学）
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Little Rock, Arkansas
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Little Rock is the capital and the most populous city of the U. S. state of Arkansas. It is also the county seat of Pulaski County and it was incorporated on November 7,1831, on the south bank of the Arkansas River close to the geographic center of the state. The city derives its name from a rock formation along the river, the capital of the Arkansas Territory was moved to Little Rock from Arkansas Post in 1821. The citys population was 193,524 at the 2010 census, Little Rock is a cultural, economic, government, and transportation center within Arkansas and the South. Little Rocks history is available through history museums, historic districts or neighborhoods like the Quapaw Quarter, the city is the headquarters of Dillards, Windstream Communications, Acxiom, Stephens Inc. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Heifer International, the Clinton Foundation, other large corporations, such as Dassault Falcon Jet and LM Wind Power have large operations in the city. State government is an employer, with many offices being located in downtown Little Rock. Two Interstate highways, Interstate 30 and Interstate 40, meet in Little Rock, Little Rock derives its name from a small rock formation on the south bank of the Arkansas River called le petit rocher. The little rock was used by river traffic as a landmark. The little rock is across the river from big rock, a bluff at the edge of the river. Archeological artifacts provide evidence of Native Americans inhabiting Central Arkansas for thousands of years before Europeans arrived, the early inhabitants may have been the Folsom people, Bluff Dwellers, and Mississippian culture peoples who built earthwork mounds recorded in 1541 by Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. Historical tribes of the area were the Caddo, Quapaw, Osage, Choctaw, Little Rock was named for a stone outcropping on the bank of the Arkansas River used by early travelers as a landmark. Le Petit Rocher, named in 1722 by French explorer and trader Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe, Travelers referred to the area as the Little Rock, and the landmark name stuck. Little Rock is located at 34°44′10″N 92°19′52″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 116.8 square miles, of which,116.2 square miles of it is land and 0.6 square miles of it is water. Little Rock is located on the bank of the Arkansas River in Central Arkansas. Fourche Creek and Rock Creek run through the city, and flow into the river, the western part of the city is located in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains. Northwest of the city limits are Pinnacle Mountain and Lake Maumelle, the city of North Little Rock is located just across the river from Little Rock, but it is a separate city. North Little Rock was once the 8th ward of Little Rock, an Arkansas Supreme Court decision on February 6,1904, allowed the ward to merge with the neighboring town of North Little Rock
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Philippines
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The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. The Philippines has an area of 300,000 square kilometers, and it is the eighth-most populated country in Asia and the 12th most populated country in the world. As of 2013, approximately 10 million additional Filipinos lived overseas, multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands. In prehistoric times, Negritos were some of the archipelagos earliest inhabitants and they were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples. Exchanges with Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Islamic nations occurred, then, various competing maritime states were established under the rule of Datus, Rajahs, Sultans or Lakans. The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan in Homonhon, Eastern Samar in 1521 marked the beginning of Hispanic colonization, in 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain. With the arrival of Miguel López de Legazpi from Mexico City, in 1565, the Philippines became part of the Spanish Empire for more than 300 years. This resulted in Roman Catholicism becoming the dominant religion, during this time, Manila became the western hub of the trans-Pacific trade connecting Asia with Acapulco in the Americas using Manila galleons. Aside from the period of Japanese occupation, the United States retained sovereignty over the islands until after World War II, since then, the Philippines has often had a tumultuous experience with democracy, which included the overthrow of a dictatorship by a non-violent revolution. It is a member of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. It also hosts the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank, the Philippines was named in honor of King Philip II of Spain. Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, during his expedition in 1542, named the islands of Leyte, eventually the name Las Islas Filipinas would be used to cover all the islands of the archipelago. Before that became commonplace, other such as Islas del Poniente. The official name of the Philippines has changed several times in the course of its history, during the Philippine Revolution, the Malolos Congress proclaimed the establishment of the República Filipina or the Philippine Republic. From the 1898 Treaty of Paris, the name Philippines began to appear, since the end of World War II, the official name of the country has been the Republic of the Philippines. The metatarsal of the Callao Man, reliably dated by uranium-series dating to 67,000 years ago is the oldest human remnant found in the archipelago to date and this distinction previously belonged to the Tabon Man of Palawan, carbon-dated to around 26,500 years ago. Negritos were also among the archipelagos earliest inhabitants, but their first settlement in the Philippines has not been reliably dated, there are several opposing theories regarding the origins of ancient Filipinos
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San Pablo, Laguna
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San Pablo is a first class city in the southern portion of Laguna province, Philippines, and is one of the countrys oldest cities. By land area, it is the largest in the province of Laguna, with a population of 266,068 people in the 2015 census, it ranks sixth within the province after the cities of Calamba, Santa Rosa, Biñan, San Pedro, and Cabuyao. San Pablo was part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lipa since 1910, on November 28,1967, it became an independent diocese and became the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo. San Pablos earliest historical record dates back to times when four large barrios bounded by Mount Makiling composed Sampalok. And one of the richest cities in the Philippines. In 1756 it was placed under the jurisdiction of Batangas province but was returned in 1883 to Laguna, in 1899, a municipal government was established, with Atty Innocente Martinez as municipal president. Marcos Paulino was elected president in 1902 when the civil government was set up. From 1926 to 1940, the people of San Pablo worked for its independence from the province of Laguna, on May 7,1940, the Charter Bill sponsored by Assemblyman Tomas D. Dizon was approved by president Manuel L. Quezon. The bill became known as the City Charter of San Pablo or Commonwealth Act No.520 - approved by president Manuel L. Quezon. The city was inaugurated on March 30,1941, with Dr. Potenciano Malvar, succeeding him 1941 as an appointed mayor was Dr. Manuel Quisumbing, in turn followed by Tomas D. Dizon in 1943 as an appointed mayor. The succeeding mayors were elected after 1955,1571 - Arrival of Spanish troops under Captain Juan de Salcedo in the village of Sampalok. 1586 - Sampalok was converted into a parish,1647 - Sampalok was converted to a municipality and renamed San Pablo de los Montes. Bartolome Maghayon, the first governadorcillo 1734 - San Pablo parish was under the control of the Franciscans,1756 - Placed under the jurisdiction of Batangas Province. 1883 - Returned to Laguna Province,1902 - Innocentes Martinez, first appointed municipal president and Don Marcos Paulino was elected first municipal president under American Period. 1940 - Approval of Commonwealth 520 or Charter of the City of San Pablo with Dr. Potenciano Malvar as first appointed city mayor,1955 - Installed its first elected city mayor Cipriano B. Middle of 20th century - Marked the beginning era of the municipality to a first class city in Laguna characterized by commercial developments. Its conversion to resorts and recreation places, both for local and international tourism, San Pablo has a cool climate owing to its location. It is nestled in the foothills of three mountains, Mount Banahaw, Mount Makiling and the Sierra Madre Mountains and these mountains do not only provide attractions for the tourism industry and sources of many forest-based products, but also serve as stewards for the clean air. Its soil is suitable for those seeking opportunities in agriculture and horticulture given its richness, the different barangays have coconut plantation, lanzones fruit - Lansium parasiticum tree plantation and rambutan fruit tree plantation - Rambutan
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La Palma, California
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La Palma is a city in Orange County, California, United States. The population was 15,568 at the 2010 Census, up from 15,408 at the 2000 census, in 2013, La Palma was ranked 31st in the Best places to live among small cities in the United States by CNNs Money magazine. In 2007, it was ranked 16th best place to live in the US, the rankings are based on the small-and-friendly neighborhood vibe, high-ranking schools, low crime-rate and the lowest police response time in Orange County. La Palma was incorporated on October 26,1955, La Palma is located at 33°50′58″N 118°2′38″W. It is bordered by Cerritos on the north and west, Cypress on the south and west, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.82 square miles. 1.8 square miles of it is land and 0.02 square miles of it is water and this makes it the smallest city in Orange County in terms of area. The 2010 US Census reported that La Palma had a population of 15,568, the population density was 8,499.1 people per square mile. The racial makeup of La Palma was 5,762 White,802 African American,56 Native American,7,483 Asian,41 Pacific Islander,760 from other races, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,487 persons. The Census reported that 15,548 people lived in households,14 lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, there were 134 unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 26 same-sex married couples or partnerships. 716 households were made up of individuals and 389 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 3.06. There were 4,212 families, the family size was 3.37. The median age was 41.2 years, for every 100 females there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males. There were 5,224 housing units at a density of 2,852.0 per square mile, of which 3,648 were owner-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0. 3%, the vacancy rate was 6. 0%. 11,315 people lived in owner-occupied housing units and 4,233 people lived in housing units. According to the 2010 United States Census, La Palma had a household income of $87,289. As of the census of 2000, there were 15,408 people,4,979 households, the population density was 8,499.3 inhabitants per square mile
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Malaysia
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Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government, with a population of over 30 million, Malaysia is the 44th most populous country. The southernmost point of continental Eurasia, Tanjung Piai, is in Malaysia, located in the tropics, Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries on earth, with large numbers of endemic species. Malaysia has its origins in the Malay kingdoms present in the area which, from the 18th century, the first British territories were known as the Straits Settlements, whose establishment was followed by the Malay kingdoms becoming British protectorates. The territories on Peninsular Malaysia were first unified as the Malayan Union in 1946, Malaya was restructured as the Federation of Malaya in 1948, and achieved independence on 31 August 1957. Malaya united with North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore on 16 September 1963 to become Malaysia, less than two years later in 1965, Singapore was expelled from the federation. The country is multi-ethnic and multi-cultural, which plays a role in politics. About half the population is ethnically Malay, with minorities of Malaysian Chinese, Malaysian Indians. The constitution declares Islam the state religion while allowing freedom of religion for non-Muslims, the government system is closely modelled on the Westminster parliamentary system and the legal system is based on common law. The head of state is the king, known as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and he is an elected monarch chosen from the hereditary rulers of the nine Malay states every five years. The head of government is the prime minister, since its independence, Malaysia has had one of the best economic records in Asia, with its GDP growing at an average of 6. 5% per annum for almost 50 years. The economy has traditionally been fuelled by its resources, but is expanding in the sectors of science, tourism, commerce. Today, Malaysia has a newly industrialised market economy, ranked third largest in Southeast Asia, the name Malaysia is a combination of the word Malay and the Latin-Greek suffix -sia/-σία. The word melayu in Malay may derive from the Tamil words malai and ur meaning mountain and city, land, malayadvipa was the word used by ancient Indian traders when referring to the Malay Peninsula. Whether or not it originated from these roots, the word melayu or mlayu may have used in early Malay/Javanese to mean to steadily accelerate or run. This term was applied to describe the current of the river Melayu in Sumatra. The name was adopted by the Melayu Kingdom that existed in the seventh century on Sumatra
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Shah Alam
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Shah Alam /ʃɑː ˈɑːləm/ is a city and the state capital of Selangor, Malaysia and situated within the Petaling District and a small portion of the neighbouring Klang District. Shah Alam replaced Kuala Lumpur as the city of the state of Selangor in 1978 due to Kuala Lumpurs incorporation into a Federal Territory in 1974. Shah Alam was the first planned city in Malaysia after independence from Britain in 1957, Malaysia grew rapidly after its independence in 1957 under the Father of Modernisation, the second Prime Minister of Malaysia, Allahyarham Tun Abdul Razak Hussein. Shah Alam was once known as Sungai Renggam and was noted for its rubber, later, the same area was identified as Batu Tiga prior to Malaysian independence, and has been a centre of rubber and palm oil trade for centuries. Its current name was chosen by the then state Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, many other monuments, buildings and even a street are named after the late Sultan. Shah Alam was opened in 1963 with the purpose of making it the new centre of Selangor. With the consent of the Sultan, Shah Alam was proclaimed the capital of Selangor on 7 December 1978 with an area of 41.68 km2, Shah Alam had encountered several processes of extending its areas and the last was on 1 January 1997. Through the Gazette Plan 1190, Shah Alam was extended to 293 km2, Shah Alam was granted city status on 10 October 2000 with Dato Haji Abu Sujak Haji Mahmud as the first mayor. He recently served as deputy Menteri Besar, or Chief Minister of Selangor, Abu Sujak declared the vision of making Shah Alam a modern city with a unique identity of a Bandaraya Melayu, showcasing the achievements of the Malay race in all sectors. In line with this identity, Shah Alam was declared the first city in the world with no entertainment outlets to avoid any vice activities, Shah Alam is located within the district of Petaling and a portion of the district of Klang in the state of Selangor. Shah Alam has an urban layout to Petaling Jaya or Subang Jaya with housing areas occupying most of the city. There are 56 sections in total, generally Shah Alam can be divided into three parts, the north, central and south parts. North Shah Alam consists of 18 Sections including Sections U1 and U2, the Central Shah Alam is where all the state administrative buildings and agencies are situated. It consists of Section 1 until Section 24, south Shah Alam consists of 12 sections including Section 25, Section 30, Section 31 and Section 32. In the map, south Shah Alam is seen as the purple coloured areas. The city has a number of shopping malls, vibrant commercial areas are situated mostly at the city centre, Seksyen 13 and Seksyen 9. All of the roads and streets in Shah Alam including the new townships such as Setia Alam. As with other cities across Peninsular Malaysia, Shah Alam experiences a tropical rainforest climate according to the Köppen climate classification, temperatures are consistent throughout the year with an average high temperature of 31.9 °C and an average low temperature of 23.2 °C
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Geography of South Korea
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South Korea is located in East Asia, on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula jutting out from the far east of the Asian land mass. The only country with a border to South Korea is North Korea. South Korea is mostly surrounded by water and has 2,413 kilometres of coast line along three seas, to the west is the Yellow Sea, to the south is the East China Sea, and to the east is Ulleung-do and Liancourt Rocks in the Sea of Japan. Geographically, South Koreas land mass is approximately 100,032 square kilometres,290 square kilometres of South Korea are occupied by water. The approximate coordinates are 37° North, 127°30 East, the Korean Peninsula extends southward from the northeast part of the Asian continental landmass. The Japanese islands of Honshū and Kyūshū are located some 200 km to the southeast across the Korea Strait, the Shandong Peninsula of China lies 190 kilometers to the west. The west coast of the peninsula is bordered by the Korea Bay to the north and the Yellow Sea and Korea Strait to the south, the 8, 640-kilometer coastline is highly indented. Some 3,579 islands lie adjacent to the peninsula, most of them are found along the south and west coasts. The line between the two Korean states was the parallel of latitude. After the Korean War, the Korean Demilitarized Zone formed the boundary between the two, the total land area of the peninsula, including the islands, is 223,170 square kilometers. Some 44.6 percent of total, excluding the area within the DMZ. The combined territories of North Korea and South Korea are about the size as the U. S. state of Minnesota. South Korea alone is about the size of Portugal or Hungary, the largest island, Jeju-do, lies off the southwest corner of the peninsula and has a land area of 1,825 square kilometers. Other important islands include Ulleung and Liancourt Rocks in the Sea of Japan, although the eastern coastline of South Korea is generally unindented, the southern and western coasts are jagged and irregular. The difference is caused by the fact that the eastern coast is gradually rising, early European visitors to Korea remarked that the land resembled a sea in a heavy gale because of the large number of successive mountain ranges that crisscross the peninsula. The highest mountains are in North Korea, the highest mountain peak in South Korea is Hallasan, which is the cone of a volcanic formation constituting Jeju Island. There are three mountain ranges within South Korea, the Taebaek Mountains, and Sobaek ranges. Unlike Japan or the provinces of China, the Korean Peninsula is geologically stable
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Suwon
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Suwon is the capital and largest metropolis of Gyeonggi-do, South Koreas most populous province which surrounds Seoul, the national capital. Suwon lies about 30 kilometres south of Seoul and it is traditionally known as The City of Filial Piety. With a population close to 1.2 million, it is larger than Ulsan, Suwon has existed in various forms throughout Koreas history, growing from a small settlement to become a major industrial and cultural center. It is the remaining completely walled city in South Korea. The city walls are one of the popular tourist destinations in Gyeonggi Province. Samsung Electronics R&D center and headquarters are based in Suwon, the city is served by two motorways, the national railway network, and the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. Suwon is an educational center, home to 11 universities. Suwon is home to football club Suwon Samsung Bluewings, which have won the K-league on four occasions, the KT Wiz of the Korea Baseball Organization also plays in Suwon. In ancient tribal times, Suwon was known as Mosu-guk, during the Three Kingdoms era, however, the area comprising modern Suwon and Hwaseong City was called Maehol-gun. In 757, under King Gyeongdeok of the Unified Silla, the name was changed to Suseong-gun, in 940 during the Goryeo dynasty] changed again in to Suju. King Taejong of the Joseon dynasty renamed the city to Suwon in 1413, in 1592, during the Imjin wars, Commander Yi Kwang attempted to launch his army toward the capital city, Seoul. The army was withdrawn, however, after news that the city had already been sacked reached the commander, later, during the Joseon Dynasty, King Jeongjo made an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to make Suwon the nations capital in 1796. The walls were one of Koreas first examples of paid labour, the walls still exist today, though they were damaged severely during the Korean War. Hwaseong originally was constructed under the guidance of philosopher Jeong Yag-yong, shortly after the death of King Jeongjo, a white paper detailing the construction of the fortress was published. This proved invaluable during its reconstruction in the 1970s, the fortress walls once encircled the entire city, but modern urban growth has seen the city spread out far beyond the fortress. The walls are now a designated UNESCO World Heritage site, the Korean War greatly affected Suwon, as the city changed hands four times. Very shortly after the outbreak of war, the 49th Fighter Wing of the United States Air Force was dispatched to Korea from Japan and its first task was to evacuate civilians from Suwon and Gimpo, but Suwon soon fell to the advancing North Koreans. Shortly before the Battle of Osan, the first conflict between United States and North Korean forces, on July 4,1950, defenses were erected on the road between Suwon and nearby Osan, the next day, Northern troops advanced south
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Ansan
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Ansan is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It lies southwest of Seoul, and is part of the Seoul National Capital Area and it is connected to Seoul by rail via Seoul Subway Line 4. Ansan is situated on the Yellow Sea coast and some islands lie within its jurisdiction, the largest and best-known of these is Daebu Island. Several higher learning institutions are located in Ansan and they include Ansan University, Ansan College of Technology, Seoul Institute of the Arts, and the ERICA campus of Hanyang University. The Korea Transportation Safety Authority, a government agency, is headquartered in Ansan on June 3,2002. With its high number of workers, Wongokbon-dong has been designated a multicultural area. The first humans in Ansan were in the New Stone Age, in the Seonbu-dong and Wolpi-dong area, over 10 stone dolmen tombs can be found. Also in 1995, Old Stone Age relics were found while constructing the Seohaean Expressway, most dolmens in Ansan are north dolmen, but the dolmen in Seonbu-dong is table-shaped and another table-shaped tomb was found in Hakon-dong, Gwangmyeong. There are many ancient relics found in the city, not much evidence or antiquities survive from the Proto-Three Kingdoms and Samhan periods are in Ansan and nearby areas. The Mahan confederacy in Chen Shou in Records of the Three Kingdoms preserves writings about the chiefdom state, Ansan was in communion with Baekje but very little has been saved. In the Later Three Kingdoms era, the Ansan area was owned by Taebong in Silla Hyogongs 4th year. After then, Gung Ye, who was ruler of Taebong, was overthrown by Wang Geon, first the Gung Ye Ganggu-gun was changed to Ansan-gun but the state of the military was preserved. Ansan belonged to Gyeonggijwa-do in the Joseon dynasty, taejos 5th year, Ansan-eoso that is now under direct control of a detached building of Saongwon was set up. After Gyeonggijwa-do and Gyeonggiwo-do were unified in Teajongs 2nd year, Ansan was still called Ansan, under Teajongs 13th, the whole country was detached into eight provinces. Until 1914, Ansan City and the part of todays Siheung city consisted of Ansan County. In 1914, Ansan County was annexed to Siheung County and this region produced high quality salt from ancient times and valuable marine products. Ansan was then a fishing village, in 1986, several towns of Hwaseong county became incorporated, representing the beginning of Ansan as a city. With currently over 700,000 residents, Ansan now has two distinct and separate districts, Danwon, which has 12 dongs as of 2009, and Sangnok, with 13
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Danwon-gu
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Danwon-gu is a district of the city of Ansan in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. The name Danwon is came from nickname of Kim hong do, Ansan is Kim hong dos Hometown. So people of ansan want to inform that Ansan is related with Great artist Kim Hong-dos another name Danwon, danwon-gu is divided into the following dongs, Ansan Sangnok-gu English Website
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Anyang, Gyeonggi
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Anyang is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. With a population of approximately 600,000 persons, it is the 20th largest city in South Korea and it is a satellite city of Seoul and located approximately 21 km south of Seoul, and 19 km north of Suwon. It is connected to Seoul via the Seoul Subway Line 1, the City motto of Anyang is Livable city, Proud citizens. City symbols are Podong-i a grape mascot, Forsythia, Ginkgo, the Emblem of Anyang consists of several different meanings. Together, the four different symbols mean modern development and cultural exchange, the current mayor of Anyang is Lee Phil Woon. Anyang is divided into two halves for administrative purposes, the Manan district to the west and Dongan district to the east, the Manan district is an old and original downtown area centered on Anyang Station. It is dominated by an area with outdoor markets, known as ilbeonga. The Dongan district is a new, wealthy suburb of Pyeongchon, the tallest building in Anyang is the Acro Tower, which was completed in April 2007. It is an office building in the Dongan district, across the street from Anyang City Hall. Anyang is a convenient transportation center between Seoul and other cities across the country. Forest and fields constitute 30.15 km2, urban development constitutes 11.51 km2, dry fields constitute 1.8 km2, rice paddies constitutes 1.25 km2, Anyang is surrounded by mountains on all four sides. These mountains are Gwanak Mountain and Samsung Mountain to the north, Suri Mountain to the southwest, there are eight streams and rivers in Anyang, with a length of 34 kilometres. The main river is Anyang River, which is 32.2 km long and it has a basin area of 275 km2, fed by 21 tributaries. Poem, Anyang in the Republic of Korea, Gyeonggi Central, the center of the overall elliptical basin topography are low and flat. Two exemption pursuant to Article 175 of the Local Autonomy Law, local governments and it runs through the center of Anyang city and it is a popular place for people to walk, jog or ride bikes. The river flows through seven cities in Gyeonggi Province and it is although reason why major issues with pollution come up. River banks are covered up by parking lots, athletic fields, roading problems. As a result, the Anyang Stream Watershed Management Committee for Water Quality Improvement had been established to some of these issues
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Bucheon
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Bucheon is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Bucheon is a city of Seoul,25 kilometres away. This city is located between Incheon and Seoul, in 1914, outer areas of Incheon City and Bupyeong County were joined together under the name Bucheon. In 1931, Gyenam township was renamed Sosa township, in 1941, Sosa township promoted to eup status. January 1,1963, when the expansion of Seoul was implemented. In 1988, two districts were established, Bucheon was divided into Nam-gu and Jung-gu along the Seoul-Incheon trainline. Present day Sosa-gu was formerly called Nam-gu, in 1993, Bucheons Jung-gu was separated into two further districts, forming Wonmi and Ojeong Districts. The three districts were abolished in July 2016 as Bucheon decided to become a city without any administrative districts. Bucheon promotes itself as the centre of the Seoul Metropolitan Area. Bucheons institutions of education include, Bucheon College, Yuhan College, Catholic University of Korea Bucheon campus. Bucheon Station has a shopping center, a small Starbucks. In the Jung Dong area there is a Lotte Department store with a HomePlus located just across the street, on the Jung Dong and Sang Dong cusp there are a number of shopping places including the Hyundai Department Store, E-mart, and UPLEX. UPLEX has a CGV movie cinema, the main Bucheon intercity bus terminal is attached to a shopping center called Newcore and it has a grocery store called Kims Club located on the ground floor. There is also a cinema called Primus located in Newcore. There is also a large HomePlus located beside Newcore with a Save Zone shopping center opposite it, songnae Station has a Toona Shopping Mall, which mostly sells clothing. There is also a Homeplus in Northern Bucheon, nearer to Bucheon Stadium, the busiest areas for bars and restaurants are located by Bucheon Station, Lotte Department Store, and Hyundai Department Store. There are a few foreign food restaurants and bars in Bucheon such as Nicolia and 2 bars near Hyundai department store called The Park and Rhythm, both bars are popular with the local expat community and both have events to celebrate various foreign holidays. They both have pool tables and dart boards, live music, DJs, and sports events on TV, there are also three Indian and Nepalese restaurants, Masala and Tandoor are located in Jung Dong near Hyundai Department Store and Annapurna located near Bucheon Station
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Goyang
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Goyang city is located north of Seoul, and the city can be easily accessed through Seoul Ring-Express and Jayuro Expressway within 20 minutes. The city is well-known as the site of Ilsan New Town, several institutions of higher learning are located in Goyang. These include Agricultural Cooperative College, Korea Aerospace University, and Transnational Law, in sports, the city was home to the K League Challenge football team Goyang Zaicro FC until its disbandment in 2016. Challengers League football team Goyang Citizen FC and Korean Basketball League team Goyang Orion Orions are based in the city, time,5, 00-9,00 AM on New Years Day each year Place, The top of the mountain where Haengju Sanseong sits. The Great Battle of Haengju Festival The event is held to commemorate an important victory in Korean history at Haengju Sanseong, elementary school kids and their parents from the neighborhood can watch memorial services for patriotic martyrs of the nation and learn about the history of Haengju Sanseong. -Time, early April each year -Place, Areas surrounding Ilsan Lake Park Goyang Lake Art Festival The event is free-style arts festival held at locations around the Lake Park. Imagination and wits of artists getting out of the constraints imposed by stages fill the streets with vigor, time, October each year Place, locations around the Lake Park Goyang is served by a bike sharing system which stands at around 3,000
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Ilsandong-gu
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Ilsandong-gu is a district in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Ilsan-gu was divided into Ilsandong-gu and Ilsanseo-gu on May 16,2005, Ilsan is also home to Lake Park. The lake covers 72.9 acres and is the largest artificial lake in Asia, there are several recreational facilities such as promenade road, bicycle path, inline skating, walking, and a jogging trail that encircles the lake. Lake Park also features a variety of wild flowers and plants, such as cactus arboretum. It is the venue for the annual Goyang World Flower and the location of Seoul Broadcasting Systems drama Stars Lover. Ilsan is also the site of an annual lights festival. Its dynamic culture and beautiful landscape have attracted production of numerous Korean TV shows. As a result, MBC and SBS, two of the three largest television networks, relocated their production centres to Ilsan, Jeongbalsan Park is located in the center of Ilsan. It is a residential park which features a large hiking hill with trails, a large Buddhist temple, some historical thatched roof houses. The Goyang Aram Complex is also located in Ilsan between Lake Park and Jeongbalsan mountain and it is the only wind-pipe concert hall north of the Han River with more than 1,000 seats. Ilsandong-gu has 33 schools including,19 elementary schools,6 middle schools,7 high schools, baengma is notable for their hagwons, and many hagwons are present in the region
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Hwaseong, Gyeonggi
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Hwaseong is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It has the largest area of farmland of any city or county in Gyeonggi Province, seoul Subway Line 1 passes through Hwaseong, stopping at Byeongjeom Station. On November 27,2007 the city was chosen as the site for the future Universal Studios South Korea theme park, originally set to open in 2016, it will be the worlds largest Universal Studios theme park, being larger than all the other four combined. The USD $3.1 billion park is expected to create at least 58,000 new jobs, in 2014, the project was put on hold. The plan was restarted in 2015, and K-Water was chosen as a business partner, Universal Studios South Korea is projected to open in 2020. Hwaseong city is located in the area of the Korean Peninsula. The temperatures in winter are low along the coast since it is located in the plains and close to the Yellow Sea. Additionally, Siberian air flows directly into the flatlands of the Korean peninsula. Hwaseong is populated by 49% male South Korean citizens, 46% South Korean females, with 236,241 homes, there are on average 2.8 people per registered place of residence in the city. With the exceptions of Byeongjeom 2-dong, Dongtan 2-dong and Dongtan 3-dong, administrative divisions Hwaseong has 4 towns,10 townships and 10 neighborhoods. Each eup and myeon is further divided into villages, in October 2014, Namyang-dong was downgraded to an eup- the first case in South Korea. Many special products are sold in the Hwaseong area that are different from other regions of Gyeonggi-do, there are many facilities that grow products ranging from honey melons to herbs. Additionally, meat and dairy products are also available, hangwa is also made by local companies as a specialty
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Bundang-gu
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Bundang-gu is the largest and most populous district of Seongnam, a major city in the Seoul Capital Area, South Korea. Bundang is one of South Koreas wealthiest and highest developed areas, many high-rise luxury condos moved in the early 2000s, with a second planned city built in the late 2000s called Pangyo in the same district. Apartment prices are the second highest in Gyeonggi-do after Gwacheon and 10th highest nationwide, apartments around Pangyo Station and the high-rise luxury condos around Jeongja Station and Sunae Station rival prices in the most expensive areas in the country. Unlike older cities such as Seoul, Bundang has no telephone poles overground, Bundang is the headquarters of Koreas leading IT companies such as Naver and KT. Pangyos Technovalley is home to the leading game, entertainment and technology companies such as KakaoTalk, Samsung Techwin, AhnLab, Nexon, NCSOFT. The Bundang Line subway connects many of the popular commercial areas to southeast Seoul, Yongin. The city has a bus network reaching Seouls central districts in 30~40 minutes due to being located at an intersection of Gyeongbu Expressway. Bundang is home to many Koreans who lived overseas and the European-styled cafe streets serving brunch and pastas in Pangyo Avenue France, the city has a high percentage of parks and greenspace, most notably Bundang Central Park and Yuldong Park, which is built around the Bundang lake. Also, there is a course with the Tan-cheon stream. The Bundangs Seoul National University Hospital is among the largest in South Korea, the name Bundang came from the central town of Bundang-dong. The name Bundang is a new composite prefabricated name in the 1914 Japanese occupation of the administrative area, however, it was discovered during an investigation undertaken while Bundang was being developed that the character for Dang did not correspond to the one used centuries ago. Soon after Korea was annexed by Japan, in fact, the traditional Chinese character used to write the Dang in Dangwu-ri had been altered. In another land reorganization conducted in 1906, soon after Ito Hirobumi had been appointed Resident General of Korea, the character was changed from 堂 to 唐. The new character means the Tang Dynasty of China, which in 688, while this was the first unification of the peninsula, it was conducted through military conquest by a country conspiring with a foreign power. Since the Joseon Dynasty, the land Bundang currently occupies was a part of Gwangju, at the time, Seongnam only had Sujeong and this largely agricultural area was nothing like the present day, dotted as it was with dozens of small villages. Before the early 1990s, Bundang was a large farmland of rice paddies, the local government announced on April 27,1989, that it would undertake construction of a futuristic and environmentally conscious city with a population of 450,000 people. Sixteen dongs in the area were to be amalgamated into a single city. Bundang was adopted as new districts popular name
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Jangan-gu
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Jangan-gu, established on July 1,1988, is the northern district of the city of Suwon in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Its approximately 15 km. from central Seoul, Jangan-gu lies in the north of Suwon. It is bordered by Uiwang to the north-west, Yongin to the north and east, Yeongtong-gu to the south-east, Paldal-gu to the south, jangan-gus northern border, with Yongin, is the mountain of Gwanggyosan. At 582 metres above sea level, this is Suwons highest point, most of the streams passing through Suwon originate in Jangan-gu, on Gwanggyosan or other nearby peaks. Since Suwon is bounded to the east by hills, the streams, chiefly the Suwoncheon, flow southwards through the city. The entirety of Suwon is drained in this manner, the administrative dong of Jangan-gu are as follow. These differ substantially from the postal dong, Jangan-gu is home to Suwon Civil Stadium, a multi-purpose sports complex which hosted the handball events of the 1988 Summer Olympics. The area also contains Manseok Park, an area surrounding a small reservoir. Jangan-gu has a range of restaurants serving food from a variety of countries. Korean-style bars are in abundance throughout the area, while western-style bars can be found by Manseok Park, Suwon Gwonseon-gu Paldal-gu Yeongtong-gu Suwon Sports Complex Jangan-gu Council of Suwon site
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Yongin
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Yongin is a major city in the Seoul Capital Area, located in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. With a population of nearly 1 million, the city has developed abruptly since the 21st century, Yongin is home to Everland and Caribbean Bay, South Koreas most popular amusement and water parks. The city is home to the Korean Folk Village, the largest of its kind. Yongin is a city almost as large as Seoul by area, consisting of the highly urbanized districts of Suji-gu and Giheung-gu and the semi-urbanized district of Cheoin-gu. The Shinbundang Line with a speed of 110 km/h extended to Suji-gu in January 2016. The Bundang Line extended south to Giheung Station in December 2011, in December 2013, the Bundang Line extended to Suwon Station of Seoul Subway Line 1. The Gyeonggi Suwon International School, an IB World School with a program for foreign students, is situated on the border of Yongin. The city is divided into three gu, Cheoin District Giheung District Suji District Yongin is served by trains on the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. The Bundang Line has been extended into Yongin, calling at Jukjeon, Bojeong, Guseong, Singal, Giheung and Sanggal stations, and it has been extended towards Suwon Station, in Suwon. From 2016 onwards, the inner Suji area will also be served by four new Shinbundang Line stations, Yongin has an intercity bus terminal in the city centre, though the densely settled northern areas are served better by the terminal in Yatap-dong, Seongnam. Although there is evidence of settlement here as far back as the fifth century. Viewing tours are available, which includes traditional games, historical court dress. List of cities in South Korea City government website Yongin, Official Seoul City Tourism
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Giheung-gu
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Giheung-gu is a gu in Yongin, South Korea. Its area is 81.7 km² and it has 321,015 inhabitants and it was formed with other gu in Yongin in 2005. Giheung-gu is divided into the following dongs, giheung-dong Sanggal-dong Singal-dong Guseong-dong Dongbaek-dong Seonong-dong Gugal-dong Mabuk-dong Bojeong-dong Sangha-dong Cheoin-gu Suji-gu
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Suji-gu
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Suji-gu, or Suji, is one of the three city districts in Yongin City, South Korea which is approximately 29 km south of Seoul. Suji became a city district on October 31,2005, about six years after Yongin officially became a city, Suji is one of the most urbanized areas of Yongin, as it borders Seongnam Citys Bundang District and Suwon City, two more well developed areas. Home to the newly built Shinsegae Department Store and Dankook University in one of its towns, Jukjeon, in recent years, the district has attracted upper-class Koreans, with the completion of the Samsung East Palace in 2010. Yong-In City first started as Yongin-hyeon, which was promoted in Yongin-gun under the 23 province system on May 26,1895, and then the 13 providence system on August 4,1896. As South Korea was occupied by the Japanese during the years, new areas, including Yangji-gun. This remained unchanged until 1973, when Jukjeon-ri and Guseong-myeon were incorporated under the President Decree No.6542, on December 24,2001, Suji-eup was promoted to Suji Agency under the Yongin-gun Ordinance No.368. Suji-gu has 23 elementary schools,14 middle schools, and 7 high schools, Suji-gu is also the site of Dankook University in Jukjeon-dong. It was constructed in 1185 and is located in Sinbong-dong, according to the inscription, Hyun-o-guk-sa became a disciple of Buddha at age 15 and the Most Reverend Priest in 1147. This monument represents Hyun-o-guk-sa and the continuum of great priests, Everland is a resort with a famous amusement park and hotel in the outskirts of Suji-gu, in Yongin City, which attracts visitors throughout the year. Situated next to Everland is the waterpark Caribbean Bay, Suji-gu is served well with public transportation, which includes intercity buses and one subway station. The Bundang Line connects Suji-gu to Bundang and the rest of Seoul at Jukjeon-dong, Transit buses are called Wide Area Lines in Seoul and with red color. Some buses operated by companies in Gyeonggi Province are in different colors and those buses are filled to capacity during rush hour. Buses to Seoul are numbered in the 9000s and 9400s in Jukjeon-dong, M4101 and 5500 and these buses serve most districts in Seoul. Suji-gu has many inter-city buses that are denoted with green color and are smaller than the red Transit buses. There is also a bus called the Airport Limousine with direct service to both Incheon International Airport and Gimpo Airport. Bundang Line is a subway line of the Korean National Railroad. It was first constructed for the commuters of Bundang which the name Bundang Line came from and it serves southeastern Seoul and Seongnam. Jukjeon Station and Suji-gu Office station is in Suji-gu, phase 2 Extension of Shinbundang Line is completed in 2016, the subway line connects Gangnam to Seoul Subway Line 1 at Suwon City via Pangyo, Jeongja Station, Suji, and Gwanggyo
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Anseong
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Anseong is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea,80 kilometres south of Seoul. Its geographical location is 37°0′N 127°16′E, Anseong promotes itself as The City of Masters. It is known for producing brassware and arts and crafts, from late spring to fall, Anseong holds its own Namsadang Neuri Festival. The agriculture of Anseong consists of Asian pears grapes, ginseng, in 1963, Gosam town of Yongin was incorporateded by Anseong. At that time, Anseong was a county, in 1983,6 towns ceded by Anseong and attached as a district of Pyeongtak. In 1998, Anseong county became Anseong city
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