Myeongil-dong
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| area_total_km2 = 1.58
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Myeongil-dong ({{Korean|hangul=명일동}}) is a dong (neighbourhood) of Gangdong District, Seoul, South Korea.{{cite web |url=https://terms.naver.com/entry.naver?docId=1190885&cid=40942&categoryId=34709|script-title=ko:명일동 (Myeongil-dong 明逸洞) |publisher=Doosan Encyclopedia |accessdate=2021-11-16|language=Korean}}
History
The name of Myeongil was named after 'Myeongil-won' during Goryeo Dynasty in the 10th century. Myeongil-won was an accommodation facilities and duty station of renting or transferring horses for the Public officials who go a business trip. In modern times, Myeongil-dong was actually a part of Myeongil-ri, Gucheon-myeon, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do Province, and then be included into Seoul in 1963. Even nowadays, the street of Gucheonmyeon-gil still exists. From the late 1970s to mid-1980s, large scale of falm and orchard were renovated into huge apartments complex built by Korea National Housing Corporation (currently Korea Land & Housing Corporation), Samick, Woosung, Hanyang and Hyundai Engineering and Construction and developed as one of new town in Seoul, along with Mok-dong and Sanggye-dong in the 1990s. In 1995, Seoul Subway Line 5 was passed through this area stopping at Godeok Station, Myeongil Station and Gubeundari Station. Currently, Myeongil-dong is well known for the location of Myungsung Presbyterian Church and neighborhood of Hanyoung Foreign Language High School.
Area information
The new 5-digit postal code for Myeongil-dong is 05257.
The 6-digit postal code, used until 2015, was 134-070. 134 is for Gangdong District and 070 is for Myeongil-dong.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051102035337/http://www.gangdong.go.kr/pub/eng/ Gangdong District official website]
- {{in lang|ko}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722140241/http://map.gangdong.go.kr/map-1.jsp Gangdong District map]
- {{in lang|ko}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20051020024503/http://www.gangdong.go.kr/pub/los/index.jsp?dptcd=090300 The Myeongil 1 dong Resident office]
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Category:Neighborhoods of Gangdong District
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