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Yongin
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Yongin
Total population
1,004,081
Demographic figures from Statistics Korea (KOSTAT). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Yongin is a city in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, the largest in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. With a population over 1 million, the city has developed rapidly since the 21st century, recording the highest population growth of any city in the country. Yongin is a multi-nuclear city with multiple urban centers, not a single nuclear structure, and Giheung District crosses the Yeongdong Expressway and Dongbaek, while Suji District crosses Pungdeokcheon Stream and Jukjeon.
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History
Although there is evidence of human settlement here as far back as the fifth century, Yongin was granted city status only in March 1996. * In 1979, Yongin-myeon was promoted to Yongin-eup under Presidential Decree No. 9409. In 1983, under Presidential Decree No. 11027, Yeosunae and Gasancheon basins of Jinae-myeon, which were merged into Suji-myeon during the Japanese colonial period, Iui-ri and Hari were incorporated into Suwon City, and Jinmok-ri and Bongmyeong-ri, part of Jinwicheon basin of Namsamyeon, were incorporated into Pyeongtaek City. In 1985, Giheung-myeon was promoted to Giheung-eup under Presidential Decree No. 11772. In 1995, 660,000 m2 of Yeongdeok-ri, Giheung-eup, were incorporated into Suwon City.
Geography
Yongin has an inland location in the southern part of Gyeonggi province. Yongin has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dwa) due to its inland location. The average yearly temperature is 11.6 °C, the average temperature in January is -3.1 °C, the average temperature in August is 25.1 °C, and the average yearly precipitation is 1,300mm.
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Nearby places in Gyeonggi
- Suwon8.4 mi away · pop. 1,203,000
- Osan8.4 mi away · pop. 193,892
- Seongnam12.7 mi away · pop. 967,510
- Uiwang13.6 mi away · pop. 156,763
- Icheon14.8 mi away · pop. 213,059
- Gunpo15.8 mi away · pop. 275,571
- Anseong17 mi away · pop. 181,319
- Bupil-ri18.2 mi away
- Sanghwal-ri19.7 mi away
- Ansan19.9 mi away · pop. 677,710
- Sinhae-ri19.9 mi away
- Geonjang-ri20.8 mi away
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