• Source: Myeongil-dong

Myeongil-dong (Korean: 명일동) 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, E-mart Myeongil branch, Home plus Gangdong branch and neighborhood of Hanyoung Foreign Language High School.




Area information


The new 5-digit postal code for Myeongil-dong is 05257.
The 6-digit postal code, used until 2015, was 134-070. 134 is for Gangdong District and 070 is for Myeongil-dong.




See also


Administrative divisions of Seoul
Administrative divisions of South Korea




References






External links


Gangdong District official website
(in Korean) Gangdong District map
(in Korean) The Myeongil 1 dong Resident office

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Distrik Gangdong
• Daftar distrik di Seoul
• At a Distance, Spring is Green
• Myeongil-dong
• List of districts of Seoul
• Seongnae-dong
• Cheonho-dong
• Dunchon-dong
• Gangdong District
• Gil-dong
• Gangil-dong
• Sangil-dong
• Myeongil station