Seongnam

Seongnam 성남 城南
Municipal Ceety
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	성남시
• Hanja	城南市
• Revised Romanization	Seongnam-si
• McCune-Reischauer	Sŏngnam-si
Bundang destrict o Seongnam
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Admeenistrative diveesions	3 gu, 44 dong
Area
• Total	141.70 km2 (54.71 sq mi)
Population
• Total	981,390
• Density	6925.8/km2 (17,938/sq mi)
• Dialect	Seoul

Seongnam is the seicond lairgest ceety in Sooth Korea's Gyeonggi-do efter Suwon an the 9t lairgest ceety in the kintra, wi a population o nearly 1 million. The lairgely residential ceety is locatit immediately sooth o Seoul an belangs tae the Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie.

Seongnam, the first planned ceety in Korea's history, wis conceived durin the era o preses Park Chung-hee for the purpose o industrializin the naition bi concentratin electronic, textile, an petrochemical facilities thare durin the 70's an 80's. The ceety featurt a netwirk o roads, tae Seoul an ither major ceeties, frae the early 70's on. The day, Seongnam haes merged wi the metropolitan netwirk o Seoul. Bundang, ane o destricts in Seongnam, wis developed in the 1990's.

Sister ceeties

• Piracicaba, Brazil (1986)
• Aurora, Colorado, Unitit States (1992)
• Shenyang, Cheenae (1998)
• Cairns, Australie
• Ohrid, Macedonie