Gwangmyeong
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Gwangmyeong is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It borders Seoul to the north and northwest, Anyang to the east and south, and Siheung to the southwest.
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[edit] Symbols
- Tree : Gingko Tree
- Flower : Rose
- Bird : Korean magpie
[edit] Districts
There are 18 administrative districts ("dongs" in Korean) in Gwangmyeong. Specifically , these are: Gwangmyeong Dong(from 1 to 7), Cheolsan Dong(4 dongs), Haan Dong(4 dongs), Soha Dong(2 dongs), and Hak-on dong.
[edit] Education
There are 9 high schools, 10 middle schools, 21 elementary schools.
[edit] Transportation
[edit] Railroad
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- (Geumcheon-gu, Seoul) ← Gwangmyeong
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- (Seoul) ← Gwangmyeong → (Southern Gyeonggi Province)
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- (Geumcheon-gu, Seoul) ← Cheolsan — Gwangmyeongsageori → (Guro-gu, Seoul)
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[edit] Attractions
The tombs of Yi Sun Shin (not to be confused with the more famous admiral of the same name) and Lee Won Ik are in the city, just north of Gwangmyeong Station. Lee Won Ik's cultural relics are also on display here.
[edit] Industry
The city hosts big firms in spite of being small scale. In total, there are 630 companies employing 11,636 persons.
Kia Motors factory located at Soha-dong, Gwangmyeong City is the first general car factory Because of being nearest car factory to Seoul, it is convenient to find and get labor and resource. It has geographical merit that completed goods can be smoothly provided to metropolitan area.[1]
City officially planned to bring up small businesses. Such workers can take merits of getting fee of rent, land and even costs for investment.[2]
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