Pohang
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| Pohang |  |
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| Hangul: | 포항시 |
| Hanja: | 浦項市 |
| Revised Romanization: | Pohang-si |
| McCune-Reischauer: | P'ohang-si |
| Statistics | |
| Area: | 1,127.24 km² |
| Population: | 516,105 2005 [1] |
| Pop. density: | 455.5 people/km² |
| Administrative divisions: | 2 gu, 19 dong, 4 eup, 10 myeon |
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Pohang is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The built up area of Pohang is located on the alluvium of the mouth of the Hyeongsan River.
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[edit] History
The earliest evidence of human occupation in the Pohang area is from the Mumun Pottery Period (1500 - 300 BC). Archaeologists have unearthed small villages and megalithic burials (dolmens) from this period.
[edit] Climate and Geography
The mean temperature in the coldest month, January, is relatively mild at 0.7°C. The warmest month is August, when the mean temperature is 25.6°C[2]. On average Pohang receives 1,091 mm of precipitation per year. The driest month is December, when the city receives a scant 25.9 mm of precipitation on average. However, the mean amount of precipitation for the wettest month, August, is 172.4 mm[3].
[edit] Transportation, Economy, and Education
The city is served by several trains a day from Seoul and Daegu. Pohang is the terminus for a number of ferry routes serving the adjacent Sea of Japan (East Sea), including the main tourist route for Ulleung Island. It is also the northern terminus of the Donghae Nambu Line south to Busan.
Pohang is the home of POSCO (the Pohang Steel Company), one of the largest steel producers in the world, and a host of related industries. As a result of the steel industry the port of Pohang is active. The city has a substantial community of scientists from around the world who work as researchers and professors alongside their Korean colleagues at POSCO and the prestigious Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech)[4].
Several flights per day to Seoul Gimpo Airport are available at the Pohang Airport.
[edit] Culture in Pohang
The city is home to K-League soccer club Pohang Steelers.
[edit] Points of Interest
The Jukdo Market is a large, bustling traditional market near the centre of the city, close to the port. It well-known throughout Korea as an important seafood market. There is a large number of raw-fish restaurants in the market.
Bukbu Beach is located in Duho-dong in the north part of the built-up area of Pohang. The beach-front has been the focus of commercial developments such as bars, restaurants, and love hotels similar to other urban Korean examples such as Gwangan and Songjeong Beaches.
A number of Sea of Japan beaches can be found just north of the built-up area of Pohang including Chilpo and Wolpo.
Homigot, a point of land jutting out into the Sea of Japan, is located to the east of urban Pohang in Daebo-myeon. Homigot is one of the easternmost points on the Korean peninsula and as such serves every year as a gathering place for thousands to greet Korea's first sunrise of the New Year.
Bogyeongsa is a major Buddhist temple nestled in a steep green valley at the foot of Mount Naeyeon (710 m asl) in Songna-myeon, an area in the extreme north part of Pohang. The Yeonsan Waterfall is located nearby in the same mountain valley. There are hiking trails leading from the temple up into the mountains. Bogyeongsa also has a number of mountain hermitages in the vicinity.
Oeosa is a temple located in the extreme southern part of Pohang, just inside the mountains south of the coastal plain formed by the Naengcheon River. It is located at the foot of Mt. Unjae (481 m asl) in a steep valley in Daesong-myeon. Signs placed in and around Oeosa claim that the temple was founded by Wonhyo, the well-travelled Silla monk.
[edit] Administrative divisions
- Buk-gu
- Nam-gu
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- City government website
- Pohang at the Open Directory Project (suggest site)
- Pohang on the Galbijim Wiki
- Yahoo group for foreigners living in Pohang
| Administrative divisions of North Gyeongsang province, South Korea | |
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| Capital: | Daegu |
| Cities: | Andong | Gimcheon | Gumi | Gyeongju | Gyeongsan | Mungyeong | Pohang | Sangju | Yeongcheon | Yeongju |
| Counties: | Bonghwa | Cheongdo | Cheongsong | Chilgok | Goryeong | Gunwi | Seongju | Uiseong | Uljin | Ulleung | Yecheon | Yeongdeok | Yeongyang |
