The primary subdivisions of Gyeongju

Gyeongju

Gyeongju is a coastal city in the far southeastern corner of North Gyeongsang province in South Korea. It is the second largest city by area in the province after Andong, covering with a population of 269,343 people according to the 2008 census. Gyeongju is southeast of Seoul, and east of the...

in South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

 consist of 4 eup, 8 myeon, and 11 dong. These units are the same into which all of the cities and counties of South Korea are divided. The dong units occupy the area of the city center, which was formerly occupied by Gyeongju-eup. Eup refers to a substantial village, whereas the myeon are more rural. The current divisions are as follows, using the numbers given on the map:

Subdivisions

Map	#	Place	Population (2007)	House hold	Area ㎢	#	Place	Population	House hold	Area ㎢
	1	Sannae-myeon Sannae-myeon, Gyeongju Sannae-myeon is a myeon or a township in the subdivision of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. Its 142.64 square kilometers are home to about 3,624 people...	3,561	1,779	142.6	13	Seondo-dong Seondo-dong Seondo-dong is an administrative dong or a neighbourhood in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It consists of four legal dongs such as Seoak-dong, Chunghyo-dong, Hyohyeon-dong, and Gwangmyeong-dong...	13,813	2,831	28.0
	2	Seo-myeon Seo-myeon, Gyeongju Seo-myeon is a myeon or a township in the subdivision of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by its neighborhoods including Hyeongok-myeon and Geoncheon-eup on the east, Sannae-myeon on the south and Yeongcheon City on the west and north. Its 52.12 square...	4,773	1,779	52.1	14	Seonggeon-dong Seonggeon-dong Seonggeon-dong is an administrative dong or a neighbourhood in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It consists of four legal dongs including Seonggeon-dong and Seokjang-dong. It is bordered by Dongcheon-dong on the east, Geoncheon-eup on the...	18,378	7,562	6.4
	3	Hyeongok-myeon Hyeongok-myeon Hyeongok-myeon is a myeon or a township in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Hyeongsan River, Cheonbuk-myeon and Yonghwang-dong on the east, Bodeok-dong on the south and Geoncheon-eup on the southwest, Seo-myeon on the...	16,829	5,726	55.7	15	Hwangseong-dong Hwangseong-dong, Gyeongju Hwangseong-dong is both an administrative and legal dong or a neighbourhood in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Yonggang-dong on the east, Hyeongok-myeon on the west and north and Seongnae-dong on the south. Its 3.84...	29,660	9,415	3.8
	4	Angang-eup Angang-eup Angang-eup is an eup or a town and is the second-largest subdivision of Gyeongju City. Its 139 square kilometers are home to about 33,300 people, served by six elementary schools and two joint middle-high schools. Situated next to Gangdong-myeon in the city's northern tip, it is a significant town...	33,802	12,641	138.6	16	Yonggang-dong Yonggang-dong, Gyeongju Yonggang-dong is both an administrative and legal dong or a neighbourhood in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Bukgun-dong on the east, Deoksan-ri of Cheonbuk-myeon on the northeast, Hwangseong-dong and Dongcheon-dong on...	15,959	5,244	5.1
	5	Gangdong-myeon	8,834	3,659	81.4	17	Bodeok-dong Bodeok-dong Bodeok-dong is an administrative dong or a neighbourhood in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea...	2,296	977	81.0
	6	Cheonbuk-myeon Cheonbuk-myeon, Gyeongju Cheonbuk-myeon is a myeon or a township in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Pohang city on the east, Bodeok-dong on the south, Angang-eup and Hyeongok-myeon to the boundary Hyeongsan River on the west and Gangdong-myeon...	6,185	2,328	58.2	18	Bulguk-dong Bulguk-dong Bulguk-dong is an administrative dong or a neighbourhood in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea...	9,001	3,722	37.4
	7	Yangbuk-myeon Yangbuk-myeon Yangbuk-myeon is a myeon or a township in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Gampo-eup and Sea of Japan on the east, Yangnam-myeon on the south, Bulguk-dong, Bodeok-dong and Oedong-eup on the west and Ocheon-eup and...	4,535	2,026	120.1	19	Hwangnam-dong Hwangnam-dong Hwangnam-dong is a dong or a neighbourhood of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Dodong-dong on the east, Tapjeong-dong on the west, Naenam-myeon on the south and Jungang-dong on the north. Its 20.5 square kilometers are home to about 8,885 people...	8,885	3,875	20.5
	8	Gampo-eup Gampo-eup Gampo-eup is an eup or a town of Gyeongju in South Korea. It contains part of Gyeongju National Park: the Daebon section which covers the shoreline near Daewangnueng, the watery grave of King Munmu of the Silla kingdom. 7,132 people live in Gampo-eup, served by two elementary schools and a joint...	7,099	3,084	44.9	20	Jungbu-dong	7,003	3,022	0.9
	9	Yangnam-myeon Yangnam-myeon Yangnam-myeon is a myeon or a township in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Sea of Japan on the east, the Ulju County of Ulsan Metropolitan City on the south, Oedong-eup on the west and Yangbuk-myeon on the north. Its...	7,131	2,941	85.1	21	Hwango-dong Hwango-dong Hwango-dong is a dong or a neighbourhood of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is located in the central Gyeongju and is bordered by Bohwang-dong on the east, Jangang-dong on the west, Hwangnam-dong on the south and Seongdong-dong on the north. Its 1.5 square kilometers...	10,225	4283	1.5
	10	Oedong-eup Oedong-eup Oedong-eup is an eup or a town in the subdivision of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. Its 139 square kilometers are home to about 17, 500 people. It is linked by road and rail to the neighboring metropolis of Ulsan. Due to the feature, the town has been a center of the...	19,006	6,965	109.8	22	Dongcheon-dong	26,721	9,228	5.3
	11	Naenam-myeon Naenam-myeon Naenam-myeon is a myeon or a township in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Geumo Mountains on the east, Jusa Mountains on the south. Its 122.05 square kilometers are home to about 6,142 people...	6,142	2,526	122.1	23	Wolseong-dong Wolseong-dong Wolseong-dong may refer to*Wolseong-dong, Iksan*Wolseong-dong, Gyeongju*Wolseong-dong, Gwangju*Wolseong-dong, Daegu...	6,522	4,842	31.4
	12	Geoncheon-eup Geoncheon-eup Geoncheon-eup is an eup or a town in the subdivision of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. Its 90.46 square kilometers are home to about 10,844 people...	11,217	4,533	92.4

Eup

Angang-eup

Angang-eup

Angang-eup is an eup or a town and is the second-largest subdivision of Gyeongju City. Its 139 square kilometers are home to about 33,300 people, served by six elementary schools and two joint middle-high schools. Situated next to Gangdong-myeon in the city's northern tip, it is a significant town...

 (No.4) is the second-largest subdivision of Gyeongju City. Its 139 square kilometers are home to about 35,700 people. Situated next to Gangdong-myeon in the city's northern tip, it is a significant town in its own right. Angang Station is a regular stop on the Donghae Nambu Line

Donghae Nambu Line

The Donghae Nambu Line is a railway line connecting Busan to Pohang in South Korea.The line runs along South Korea's east coast.-History:...

. The town center lies on the Hyeongsan River, near where it meets the small Chilpyeongcheon stream.

Gampo-eup

Gampo-eup

Gampo-eup is an eup or a town of Gyeongju in South Korea. It contains part of Gyeongju National Park: the Daebon section which covers the shoreline near Daewangnueng, the watery grave of King Munmu of the Silla kingdom. 7,132 people live in Gampo-eup, served by two elementary schools and a joint...

  (No.8) also contains a piece of Gyeongju National Park: the Daebon section which covers the shoreline near the watery grave of King Munmu

Munmu of Silla

Munmu of Silla was the thirtieth king of the Korean kingdom of Silla. He is usually considered to have been the first ruler of the Unified Silla period. Munmu was the son of King Muyeol and Munmyeong, who was the younger sister of Kim Yu-shin...

. 7,900 people live in Gampo-eup, served by three elementary schoos and a joint middle-high school. Important local products include persimmon

Persimmon

A persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros in the ebony wood family . The word Diospyros means "the fire of Zeus" in ancient Greek. As a tree, it is a perennial plant...

s as well as anchovies, seaweed, and squid.

Oedong-eup

Oedong-eup

Oedong-eup is an eup or a town in the subdivision of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. Its 139 square kilometers are home to about 17, 500 people. It is linked by road and rail to the neighboring metropolis of Ulsan. Due to the feature, the town has been a center of the...

 (No.10) is linked by road and rail to the neighboring metropolis of Ulsan. Thanks to this, it has been a center of the development of Gyeongju's automotive parts industry. Three industrial complexes are located here. Roughly 18,300 people live in Oedong-eup. This population is served by six elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.

Geoncheon-eup

Geoncheon-eup

Geoncheon-eup is an eup or a town in the subdivision of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. Its 90.46 square kilometers are home to about 10,844 people...

 (No.12)

Myeon

Sannae-myeon

Sannae-myeon, Gyeongju

Sannae-myeon is a myeon or a township in the subdivision of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. Its 142.64 square kilometers are home to about 3,624 people...

 (No.1) - its name means "within the mountains." Sannae-myeon covers 142.25 km² and is home to 3,695 people. It has an elementary school and a joint middle-high school.

Seo-myeon

Seo-myeon, Gyeongju

Seo-myeon is a myeon or a township in the subdivision of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by its neighborhoods including Hyeongok-myeon and Geoncheon-eup on the east, Sannae-myeon on the south and Yeongcheon City on the west and north. Its 52.12 square...

 (No.2) - its name means "Western myeon." An elementary school and middle school are located in Seo-myeon, serving a local population of 4,400.

Hyeongok-myeon

Hyeongok-myeon

Hyeongok-myeon is a myeon or a township in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Hyeongsan River, Cheonbuk-myeon and Yonghwang-dong on the east, Bodeok-dong on the south and Geoncheon-eup on the southwest, Seo-myeon on the...

 (No.3) played a significant role in the history of Chondogyo, a Korean religion. Choe Je-u

Choe Je-u

Choe Je-u was the founder of Donghak, a Korean religious movement against foreign invasions and critical of Joseon Dynasty government policies of the time. He was from Gyeongju and his pen name was 'Suun'. He was martyred March 10, 1864 by order of the Daewongun.-External links:*...

, the founder of Chondogyo, used Gumi Mountain  as the base for his missionary activities in the early 1860s. The Gumi Mountain area is now part of Gyeongju National Park. Two elementary schools and a high school are located in Hyeongok-myeon, serving a population of 11,500.

Gangdong-myeon (No.5) its name means "east of the river," although in fact much of it lies north of the Hyeongsan River. It is home to 9,000 people. Two elementary schools are located here, as is Uiduk University

Uiduk University

Uiduk University is located in Kyungju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. It is situated midway between Pohang and Kyungju near the village of Gangdong-myeon...

. The Yangdong Folk Village, a tourist attraction preserving the culture of the late Joseon Dynasty, also lies within Gangdong-myeon.

Cheonbuk-myeon

Cheonbuk-myeon, Gyeongju

Cheonbuk-myeon is a myeon or a township in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Pohang city on the east, Bodeok-dong on the south, Angang-eup and Hyeongok-myeon to the boundary Hyeongsan River on the west and Gangdong-myeon...

 (No.6) is home to about 6,100 people. It is home to two elementary schools, as well as Silla Industrial High School. The area is strongly agricultural. In addition to grain crops, apples are widely cultivated.

Yangbuk-myeon

Yangbuk-myeon

Yangbuk-myeon is a myeon or a township in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Gampo-eup and Sea of Japan on the east, Yangnam-myeon on the south, Bulguk-dong, Bodeok-dong and Oedong-eup on the west and Ocheon-eup and...

 (No.7) stretches from central Gyeongju to the coast of the Sea of Japan

Sea of Japan

The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland, the Japanese archipelago and Sakhalin. It is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific...

 (East Sea). Despite its large area, it is home to only 4,500 people. This is in part because much of it is taken up by the Toham-san section of Gyeongju National Park. Yangbuk-myeon is home to two elementary schools, a high school, and a joint elementary-middle school.

Yangnam-myeon

Yangnam-myeon

Yangnam-myeon is a myeon or a township in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Sea of Japan on the east, the Ulju County of Ulsan Metropolitan City on the south, Oedong-eup on the west and Yangbuk-myeon on the north. Its...

 (No.9) is the southernmost of the three coastal subdivisions of Gyeongju. The Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant

Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant

The Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant located on the coast near Nae-ri, Yangnm-myeon, Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is famous as the only South Korean nuclear power plant operating CANDU-type PHWR...

 is located on the coast. It provides about 5% of South Korea's electricity. About 6,800 people live in this district.

Naenam-myeon

Naenam-myeon

Naenam-myeon is a myeon or a township in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Geumo Mountains on the east, Jusa Mountains on the south. Its 122.05 square kilometers are home to about 6,142 people...

 (No.11)

Dong

Bodeok-dong

Bodeok-dong

Bodeok-dong is an administrative dong or a neighbourhood in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea...

 (No.17)

Bulguk-dong

Bulguk-dong

Bulguk-dong is an administrative dong or a neighbourhood in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea...

 (No.18)

Dongcheon-dong (No.22) is the site of Gyeongju City Hall.

Hwangnam-dong

Hwangnam-dong

Hwangnam-dong is a dong or a neighbourhood of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Dodong-dong on the east, Tapjeong-dong on the west, Naenam-myeon on the south and Jungang-dong on the north. Its 20.5 square kilometers are home to about 8,885 people...

 (No.24) is known across South Korea as the birthplace of Gyeongju bread-dong, a popular bean-paste pastry also often called "Hwangnam bread."

Hwango-dong

Hwango-dong

Hwango-dong is a dong or a neighbourhood of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is located in the central Gyeongju and is bordered by Bohwang-dong on the east, Jangang-dong on the west, Hwangnam-dong on the south and Seongdong-dong on the north. Its 1.5 square kilometers...

 (No.21)

Hwangseong-dong

Hwangseong-dong, Gyeongju

Hwangseong-dong is both an administrative and legal dong or a neighbourhood in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Yonggang-dong on the east, Hyeongok-myeon on the west and north and Seongnae-dong on the south. Its 3.84...

 (No.15)

Jungbu-dong (No.20)

Seondo-dong

Seondo-dong

Seondo-dong is an administrative dong or a neighbourhood in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It consists of four legal dongs such as Seoak-dong, Chunghyo-dong, Hyohyeon-dong, and Gwangmyeong-dong...

 (No.13)

Seongdong-dong

Seongdong-dong, Gyeongju

Seongdong-dong was a dong or a neighbourhood of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It was bordered by Dongcheon-dong on the east, Seongnae-dong on the west, Hwango-dong on the south and Yonggang-dong on the north. Its 0.64 square kilometers were home to about 4672 people. It...

 (No.25)

Seonggeon-dong

Seonggeon-dong

Seonggeon-dong is an administrative dong or a neighbourhood in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It consists of four legal dongs including Seonggeon-dong and Seokjang-dong. It is bordered by Dongcheon-dong on the east, Geoncheon-eup on the...

 (No.14)

Tapjeong-dong

Tapjeong-dong

Tapjeong-dong was an administrative dong or a neighbourhood in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea until January 2009...

 (No.19)

Wolseong-dong

Wolseong-dong

Wolseong-dong may refer to*Wolseong-dong, Iksan*Wolseong-dong, Gyeongju*Wolseong-dong, Gwangju*Wolseong-dong, Daegu...

 (No.23)

Yonggang-dong

Yonggang-dong, Gyeongju

Yonggang-dong is both an administrative and legal dong or a neighbourhood in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Bukgun-dong on the east, Deoksan-ri of Cheonbuk-myeon on the northeast, Hwangseong-dong and Dongcheon-dong on...

(No.16)

External links

The official site of the Gyeongju City government