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. It consists of three administrative districts: Bundang District, Jungwon District, and Sujeong District.

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Seongnam is the fourth largest city in Gyeonggi Province and the 10th largest in South Korea, with a population of approximately one million people. The city is divided into three administrative districts: Bundang District, Jungwon District, and Sujeong District.

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Settlement.name: Seongnam
Settlement.translit_lang1: Korean
Settlement.settlement_type: Specific city
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Hangul
Settlement.translit_lang1_type2: Hanja
Settlement.translit_lang1_info3: Seongnam-si
Settlement.translit_lang1_info4: Sŏngnam-si
Settlement.image_map: Gyeonggi-Seongnam.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in South Korea
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gyeonggi Province (Sudogwon)
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Dialect
Settlement.population_blank1: Seoul
Settlement.area_total_km2: 141.70
Settlement.population_as_of: September 2024
Settlement.population_total: 914,832
Settlement.population_density_km2: 7032.10

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Wikidata facts

Population: 918771
Area: 141.82
Official website: www.seongnam.go.kr
Image: Bundang Jeongja.jpg

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Commons category: Seongnam
official blog URL: www.seongnamdiary.com
social media followers: 120987
postal code: 13100

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Statistics
Administrative districts
Economy
Sports
Education
Libraries
Tourism and culture
Climate
Transportation
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable people from Seongnam
See also
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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.