Giheung-gu - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Giheung-gu is a one of the gu (districts) in Yongin

Yongin

Yongin is a major city in the Seoul National Capital Area, located in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. With a population of nearly 1 million, the city has developed abrutly since the 21st century, recording the highest population growth of any city in the country. Yongin is home to Everland and...

, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

. It has 10 dong

Administrative divisions of South Korea

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(neighborhoods). Its area is 81.7 km² and it has 321,015 inhabitants (in 2009). Giheung-gu was formed in 2005. It was formed with other gu in Yongin

Yongin

on 2005.

Administrative divisions

Giheung-gu is divided into the following "dong"s.

Giheung-dong (divided in turn into Gomae-dong and Gongse-dong)
Sanggal-dong (divided in turn into Sanggal-dong, Bora-dong and Jigok-dong)
Singal-dong (divided in turn into Singal-dong, Hagal-dong and Yeongdeok-dong)
Guseong-dong (divided in turn into Eonnam-dong and Cheongdeok-dong)
Dongbaek-dong (divided in turn into Dongbaek-dong and Jung-dong)
Seonong-dong (combination of Seocheon-dong and Nongseo-dong)
Gugal-dong
Mabuk-dong
Bojeong-dong
Sangha-dong

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