Goyang
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| Korean alphabet : | 고양시 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 高 陽 市 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Goyang-si | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Koyang-si | |||
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| Province : | Gyeonggi-do | |||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 39 ′ N , 126 ° 48 ′ E | |||
| Surface: | 257.29 km² | |||
| Residents: | 1,017,640 (as of 2015) | |||
| Population density : | 3,955 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Structure: | 2 gu , 35 dong | |||
| Postal code : | 10200-10599 | |||
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Goyang ( kor. 고양 ) is a city in Gyeonggi-do Province in South Korea . To Goyang includes the plan district Ilsan New Town , which by the line 3 underground Seoul with Seoul is connected. Goyang is located in the north of Seoul, the Bukhansan fortress is on part of the city limits.
There are several colleges in Goyang, including the Agricultural Cooperative College , Hankuk Aviation University, and Transnational Law and Business University, as well as the Open studio Artists-in-Residence's arts promotion program since 2005 .
The city is also home to the K-League Challenge football club Goyang Hi FC and hosted the World Weightlifting Championships from November 19-29, 2009.
Town twinning
Hakodate , since 2011
Bird's eye view of the center of Goyang
A bird's eye view of the western part of the new Ilsan district
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures for July 2015 at: goyang.go.kr. Retrieved August 29, 2015 (Korean).