Seongnam

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. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul. It is largely a residential city located immediately southeast of Seoul and belongs to the Seoul Capital Area.

Seongnam, the first planned city in Korea's 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, from the early 1970s on. Today, Seongnam has merged with the metropolitan network of Seoul. Bundang, one of the districts in Seongnam, was developed in the 1990s.

To accelerate the dispersion of Seoul's population to its suburbs and relieve the congested Seoul metropolitan area, the Korean government has provided stimulus packages to large public corporations and private companies to be headquartered in the Bundang district. Bundang-gu is now home to prominent companies such as KT (formerly Korea Telecom).

In recent years, a movement to have Seongnam designated a metropolitan city capable of governing itself has arisen.

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

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Administrative districts
Seongnam is divided into 3 "gu" (구, "ward"):
 * Bundang-gu
 * Jungwon-gu
 * Sujeong-gu

Economy
Nowcom has its headquarters in Bundang, Seongnam.

Pangyo Techno Valley is the premier industrial complex in Seongnam.

Sports

 * Seongnam FC is a professional football club that currently plays in the K League 2.

Education
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

 * Sujeong Public Library
 * Seongnam Jungwon Library
 * Seongnam Gumi Library
 * Seongnam Bundang Library
 * Unjoong Library
 * Central Library (Seongnam)
 * Pangyo Library
 * Jungwon Children's Library
 * Haeoreum Library

Tourism and culture

 * Seongnam Arts Center

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.

Transportation

 * Subway/Train
 * 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-gu or Jung-gu, Seoul
 * (Green Bus)- Gyeonggi Bus
 * Green bus to Seoul, Gwangju, Yongin, western Gyeonggi, 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:
 * 🇺🇸 Aurora, United States (1992)
 * 🇧🇷 Piracicaba, Brazil (1986)
 * 🇨🇳 Shenyang, China (1998)

Notable people from Seongnam

 * Lee Yo-won, South Korean actress
 * Lee Yeon-hee, South Korean actress and model
 * Ra Yoon-chan, South Korean child actor.
 * Jo Jong-hwan, member of K-pop boy group 100% and the sub-unit 100% V
 * Dahyun, member of K-pop girl group Twice
 * Solbin, member of K-pop girl group LABOUM
 * Kino, member of K-pop boy group Pentagon
 * Choi Yeon-jun, member of K-pop boy group TXT
 * Jeon Hee-jin, member of K-pop girl group Loona
 * Heo Chan, member of K-pop boy group Victon
 * Jang Seung-yeon, member of K-pop girl group CLC
 * Hong Seong-jun, member of K-pop boy group BDC
 * Kim Sun-woo, member of K-pop boy group The Boyz
 * Jimin, former member of AOA
 * Lee Ga-hyeon, member of K-pop girl group Dreamcatcher
 * Cho Seung-Youn, South Korean solo artist