Yongin

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Yongin
Hangul:	용인시
Hanja:	龍仁市
Revised Romanization:	Yongin-si
McCune-Reischauer:	Yong'in-si
Area:	592 km²
Population:	655,061 (2005)[1]
Pop. density:	1,106.5 people/km²
Administrative divisions:	3 gu, 22 dong, 1 eup, 6 myeon

Yongin is in the middle of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, approximately 40 km south of Seoul. It is home to Everland, South Korea's most popular amusement park. Yongin is a large city by area, though the city centre itself is rather small. It is also a very disparate city. The more recently developed areas to the north-west, in Suji-gu, which borders Seongnam's Bundang-gu and the city of Suwon, are more affluent, whereas the more southern areas and the city centre itself are notably less so.

Yongin houses several universities. There are Yongin University, noted for its sports courses, Myeongji University's Yongin Campus (the other is in Seoul), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies' Yongin Campus (the other is in Imun Dong, in Seoul's Dongdaemun gu), the Police University, Kangnam University (named for the university's former campus at Gangnam-gu in Seoul), and a planned new campus for Danguk University in Jukjeon Dong, in Suji-gu. A Korean Folk Village, the largest and most expensive to visit of the many around the country, is in Yongin. It is oft-visited, largely because of its proximity to Seoul and Suwon, but is considered more artificial than others in the country.

An IB World School with a boarding program for foreign students, sits on the border of Yongin and Suwon - Gyeonggi Suwon International School