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Myeongil-dong
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- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Gangdong District
- Area
- 0.61
- Official website
- dong.gangdong.go.kr/dong/MyeongIl2Dong
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- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Myongil-tong
- Revised Romanization
- Myeongil-dong
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Myeongil-dong () is a dong (neighbourhood) of Gangdong District, Seoul, South Korea.
== 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.
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