Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, Yeongnam, South Korea
๐ฐ๐ท Tongyeong is a coastal city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is divided into 1 eup (town), 6 myeon (township) and 11 dong (neighborhood). Chungmu city and Tongyeong county were reunited in 1995, creating Tongyeong City as it is known today. It consists of Goseong Peninsula, Hansan Island, Mireuk Island, Yokji Islandย and other islets. It was formerly known as Chungmu, after the posthumous name of Admiral Yi Sun-sin. The name Tongyeong means "command post" and is itself associated with Admiral Yi, as it refers to his principal base that was located on nearby Hansan Island.
1Geography Tongyeong is situated in the southern tip of Goseong peninsula and its three sides are surrounded by the sea. It consists of 41 inhabited and 110 uninhabited islands. Tongyeong Port, the east gate of Hallyeo Marine National Park, is referred to as the most beautiful port in South Korea.
The geography consists of low mountains crossing over the south to the north on the Goseong peninsula. The mountain range stretches out from Byeokbang mountain (650ย m) on the boundary of northern Goseong county (Goseong-gun) to the south, encompassing Cheongae mountain (525ย m), Baral mountain (261ย m), Jeseokbong peak (279ย m) and Yongha mountain (461ย m) on Mireukdo island.
1Education The College of Marine Science at Gyeongsang National University (GNU) is a branch campus in Tongyeong, specialising in marine-related studies. Its predecessor was Tongyeong Marine College, the successor of Gyeongnam Susan Jeonseupso (๊ฒฝ๋จ์์ฐ์ ์ต์) founded in 1917. The college was integrated into Gyeongsang National University in 1994.
1Asia/Seoul/Gyeongsangnam-do
Tongyeong has a population of over 139,869 people. Tongyeong also forms part of the wider South Gyeongsang Province which has a population of over 3,447,687 people.
To set up a UBI Lab for Tongyeong see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork
Tongyeong is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Music see: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Tongyeong has links with:
๐ฏ๐ต Higashiลmi, Japan ๐บ๐ธ Reedley, USA ๐จ๐ณ Rongcheng, China ๐ท๐บ Samara, Russia ๐ฏ๐ต Sayama, Japan ๐ฏ๐ต Tamano, Japan ๐ฐ๐ท Yeosu, South Korea ๐จ๐ณ Yunfu, ChinaUNESCO Creative Cities for Music include: ๐ฆ๐บ Adelaide ๐ฐ๐ฟ Almaty ๐ต๐น Amarante ๐ฎ๐ฉ Ambon ๐ณ๐ฟ Auckland ๐ง๐ฆ Banja Luka ๐ฎ๐ณ Benares ๐ฌ๐ผ Bissau ๐จ๐ด Bogotรก ๐ฎ๐น Bologna ๐ฎ๐น Bolzano ๐จ๐ฌ Brazzaville ๐จ๐ฟ Brno ๐ต๐ฑ Bydgoszcz ๐ป๐ช Caracas ๐ฎ๐ณ Chennai ๐ป๐ณ Da Lat ๐ฒ๐ฆ Essaouira ๐จ๐ฑ Frutillar ๐ง๐ช Ghent ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Glasgow ๐ฎ๐ณ Gwalior ๐ฏ๐ต Hamamatsu ๐ฉ๐ช Hannover ๐จ๐บ Havana ๐ต๐น Idanha-a-Nova ๐ฒ๐พ Ipoh ๐บ๐ธ Kansas City ๐ต๐ฑ Katowice ๐ท๐บ Kazan ๐ฏ๐ฒ Kingston ๐น๐ท Kฤฑrลehir ๐ต๐น Leiria ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Liverpool ๐ช๐ธ Lliria ๐ฉ๐ช Mannheim ๐ซ๐ท Metz ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexicali ๐จ๐ญ Montreux ๐ฒ๐ฝ Morelia ๐ธ๐ช Norrkรถping ๐ฎ๐น Pesaro ๐น๐น Port of Spain ๐จ๐ป Praia ๐ต๐ธ Ramallah ๐ง๐ท Salvador ๐ฎ๐ท Sanandaj ๐น๐ท ลanlฤฑurfa ๐ฉ๐ด Santo Domingo ๐ช๐ธ Seville ๐น๐ญ Suphan Buri ๐ฐ๐ท Tongyeong ๐ซ๐ท Toulouse ๐จ๐ด Valledupar ๐จ๐ฑ Valparaรญso ๐ฎ๐ณ Varanasi ๐ญ๐ท Varaลพdin ๐ท๐บ Veliky Novgorod ๐ญ๐บ Veszprรฉm ๐ท๐ธ Vranje
๐บ๐ธ Greenville 34.856
๐ฐ๐ท Changnyeong 128.492
๐ฐ๐ท Seo District 128.56
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