Tongyeong

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Tongyeong
Aerial photo of Tongyeong.
Korean name
Hangul 통영시 Hanja 統營市 Revised Romanization Tongyeong-si McCune-Reischauer T'ongyŏng-si
Statistics
Area 236.5 km² (91.3 sq mi) Population (2007) 134,082 [1] Population density 566.9 /km² (1,468 /sq mi) Administrative divisions 1 eup, 6 myeon, 11 dong
Location map

Tongyeong is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was formerly known as Chungmu, after the posthumous name of Admiral Yi Sun-sin. The name Tongyeong means "command post" and is itself associated with Admiral Yi, as it refers to his principal base that was located on nearby Hansan Island.

Contents 1 Famous people 2 Sister Cities 3 See also 4 Notes and references 5 External links

[edit] Famous people

Famous people associated with the city include Yi Sun-sin, whose headquarters were located there, and Yun I-sang, a noted 20th-century composer.

Chungmu Halmae, or "Chungmu Grandmother", is a mythical old woman from Chungmu who gave her name to Chungmu Halmae Kimbap, a common Korean snack food.^{[citation needed]} Chungmu Halmae, though mythical, is one of the most recognized people from the area. The decision to group together a number of entities and incorporate them in to the city of “Tongyong” erased the name Chungmu from the Korean map and removed the home of the mythical grandmother from the peninsula.^[2]

[edit] Sister Cities

• Gangnam, South Korea

Sayama City(Japan), Tamano City(Japan), Reedley City(USA)

[edit] See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of cities in South Korea

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• City government website
• Tongyeong International Music Festival
• Tour2korea (ROK Government's tourist website), Tongyeong page - note three tourist links at bottom.
• Open Directory category

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Coordinates: 34°50′N, 128°25′E