Tongyeong (kor)

Tongyeong

Tongyeong ranks 4,098th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Coral Gables, Florida, Macaé, and Maldon. Memorable people born in Tongyeong include Kim Do-hoon, Kim Min-jae, and Lee Jong-hwa. Tongyeong has been the birth place of many soccer players. Tongyeong is located in South Korea.

Tongyeong is a coastal city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It has an area of 238.81 km2 (92.21 sq mi) and in 2010, a population of 139,869 people. 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 as it is known today. It consists of Goseong Peninsula, Hansando, Mireuk Island, Yokji Island 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. Read more on Wikipedia