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Seongnam

City in Gyeonggi, South Korea

Field	Value
name	Seongnam
native_name	성남시
translit_lang1	Korean
settlement_type	Specific city
translit_lang1_type1	Hangul
translit_lang1_info1	성남시
translit_lang1_type2	Hanja
translit_lang1_info2	城南市
translit_lang1_type3	Revised Romanization
translit_lang1_info3	Seongnam-si
translit_lang1_type4	McCune–Reischauer
translit_lang1_info4	Sŏngnam-si
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caption_align	center
border	infobox
total_width	300
perrow	1/2/2/1
color	white
image1	View from Sunae Overpass.jpg
caption1	View from Sunae Overpass at Sunae-dong
image2	봉국사-대광명전-Bongguksa-Daegwangmyeongjeon-1.jpg
caption2	Bongguksa of the Jogye Order
image3	Seongnam Arts Center.jpg
caption3	Seongnam Arts Center
image4	분당 야탑 공무원 아파트 단지 (비싼 동네) - panoramio.jpg
caption4	Yatap-dong
image5	城南市盆唐区板橋駅の駅前広場.jpg
caption5	Pangyo Station Plaza
image6	율동 공원 호수 - panoramio.jpg
caption6	Yuldong Park
image_map	Gyeonggi-Seongnam.svg
map_caption	Location in South Korea
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	South Korea
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Gyeonggi Province (Sudogwon)
population_blank1_title	Dialect
population_blank1	Seoul
area_total_km2	141.70
population_as_of	September 2024
population_total	914,832
population_density_km2	7032.10
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Shin Sang-jin (People Power)
parts_type	Administrative divisions
parts	3 gu, 44 dong
image_blank_emblem	Seongnam logo.jpeg
blank_emblem_type	Emblem of Seongnam
image_flag	Flag of Seongnam.svg

Seongnam (; ) is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. It consists of three administrative districts: Bundang District, Jungwon District, and Sujeong District.

Seongnam, one of the foremost planned cities in South Korean history, was conceived during the era of President Park Chung Hee for the purpose of industrializing the nation by concentrating electronic, textile, and petrochemical facilities there during the 1970s and 1980s. The city featured a network of roads, to Seoul and other major cities like Gwangju, Gyeonggi, from the early 1970s on. Today, Seongnam has merged with the metropolitan network of Seoul. Seongnam has also served as a "test bed" of South Korea's urban planning history. Bundang, one of the successful new town projects in the country, has been settled in the southern half of Seongnam since 1991.

The city is also home to K League football club Seongnam FC.

Statistics

Miscellaneous:

Number of Cars:	270,289

Administrative districts

Bundang District
Jungwon District
Sujeong District

Economy

Numerous major companies have migrated their headquarters from Downtown Seoul to Seongnam to help government's plan to accelerate the dispersion of Seoul's population to its suburbs and relieve the congested Seoul metropolitan area. Seongnam is now home to prominent companies such as KT (formerly Korea Telecom), Naver, and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.

Pangyo Techno Valley is the premier industrial complex in Seongnam. Nowcom has its headquarters in Pangyo. Because of its significance, Pangyo now serves as a core area of Seongnam, replacing the old downtown in northeast Jungwon and Sujeong.

Sports

Seongnam FC is a professional football club based in the city. The club now competes in the K League 2.

Education

Seongnam is well known for one of the highest educational standard. Dong Seoul University and Gachon University are the major universities in the city. Many high schools provide competitive and rigorous education to local students.

Seongnam is under jurisdiction of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education. The municipal office of education reports to Gyeonggi Provincial Superintendent, and is located in Seohyeon-dong, Bundang District.

The city's only international school is Korea International School - Pangyo. Seongnam is home to the Seongnam Foreign Language High School and Gachon University's primary campus.

Libraries

In Seongnam, there is 1 provincial library, and 18 municipal libraries.

Tourism and culture

The Seongnam Arts Center includes three theaters: the opera house, concert hall, and ensemble theater. It also includes the main arts hall and the cube arts hall, an academy, musical fountains, outdoor recreation facilities, and leisure facilities.

Namhansanseong
Pangyo Eco Center
Pangyo Museum
Bundang Central Park

Climate

Seongnam has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dwa), but can be considered a borderline humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa) using the -3 C isotherm.

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Transportation

;Subway/Train

Great Train eXpress Line A
Suin–Bundang Line
Gyeonggang Line
Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 8
Shinbundang Line ;Bus
(Red Bus)
90OO, 93OO, 94OO (OO means another number excl. 01) to Gangnam District or Jung District, Seoul
(Green Bus)- Gyeonggi Bus
Green bus to Seoul, Gwangju, Yongin, western Gyeonggi Province, National Road
National Road number 3-Gwangju-Yatap-Sangdaewon-Seongnam IC-Gachon University Station-Seoul ;Expressway
Seoul Ring Expressway (road number 100)
Gyeongbu Expressway (road number 1)
Yongin-Seoul Expressway (road number 171)
Bundang-Suseo City Road (road number 81)
Bundang-Naegok City Road (road number 81)

Twin towns – sister cities

Seongnam is twinned with:

USA Aurora, United States (1992)
BRA Piracicaba, Brazil (1986)
CHN Shenyang, China (1998)

Notable people from Seongnam

Choi Yeon-jun, member of K-pop boy group TXT
Dahyun, member of K-pop girl group Twice
Heo Chan, member of K-pop boy group Victon
Hong Seong-jun, member of K-pop boy group BDC
Jang Seung-yeon, member of K-pop girl group CLC
Jennie, member of K-pop girl group Blackpink
Jeon Hee-jin, member of K-pop girl group Loona
Jo Jong-hwan, member of K-pop boy group 100%
Kim Sun-woo, member of K-pop boy group The Boyz
Kino, member of K-pop boy group Pentagon
Lee Ga-hyun, member of K-pop girl group Dreamcatcher
Lee Jae Myung, 14th president of South Korea
Lee Yeon-hee, South Korean actress and model
Lee Yo-won, South Korean actress
Ra Yoon-chan, South Korean child actor
Solbin, member of K-pop girl group LABOUM
Jimin, former member of AOA
Woodz, South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter

References

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"Gachon University's Admission Contacts".
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