Gumi
| Gumi | ||||
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| Korean alphabet : | 구미시 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 龜 尾市 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Gumi-si | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Kumi-si | |||
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| Province : | Gyeongsangbuk-do | |||
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 7 ' N , 128 ° 21' E | |||
| Surface: | 617.28 km² | |||
| Residents: | 374,654 (as of 2005) | |||
| Population density : | 607 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Structure: | 2 eup , 6 myeon , 19 dong | |||
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Gumi is a city in the South Korean province of Gyeongsangbuk-do . It is the hometown of South Korean President Park Chung-hee, who was assassinated in 1979 . During his reign, the city's industry was heavily promoted by the state. Nowadays, Gumi is also referred to as South Korea's Silicon Valley , as mainly companies such as LG and Samsung have settled here. Mainly liquid crystal screens for the consumer sector are produced here .
In 2013, it was the first city in the world to set up an electric bus network in which the OLEV buses are charged with electricity wirelessly using induction technology (100 kilowatts at a frequency of 20 kilohertz and a maximum transmission efficiency of 85 percent). The technology was developed in Daejeon at KAIST .
Twin cities
Gumi has had a partnership with Wenzhou , China , since 2015 .
Hydrofluoric acid accident
On September 27, 2012, while loading hydrofluoric acid from a tanker, an accident occurred in the operations of Hube Global Co., Ltd. in Gumi. An explosion occurred and around 8 tons of hydrofluoric acid were released. Four Hube Global employees and one foreign worker were killed, at least 18 seriously injured and around 3,200 people were treated in hospitals. More than 12,200 people were affected, including fire brigade and police forces. The material damage includes the crop failure of 210 hectares of grain and 3,940 animals. Hundreds of residents had to be evacuated than two months and had 40 businesses near a profit loss of 5.3 billion Korean Won . The South Korean government put its restoration costs in the disaster area at 55.4 billion South Korean won . On January 27, 2013 and May 2, 2013, further incidents involving hydrofluoric acid occurred at the Samsung semiconductor production facility in Hwaseong .
Personalities
- Jo Tae-keun (* 1985), soccer player
- Park Chung-hee (1917–1979), military officer, politician and President of the Republic of Korea
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extremetech
- ↑ Ingenieur.de
- ↑ www.wenzhou.gov.cn: City friendships . Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ^ Yong-kyun Kim, Hong-Gyoo Sohn, Disaster Risk Management in the Republic of Korea, p. 86
- ↑ KJ Kwon, CNN Toxic leak in South Korea sickens thousands, ruins crops, October 9, 2012, https://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/09/world/asia/south-korea-toxic-leak/index .html
- ↑ 비교적 최근 인 2012 년 9 월 에 일어난 구미 H 사의 불산 가스 유출 사 경북 구미시 산동면 구미 제 4 국가 산업 단지 내에 있던 H 사 에서 발 생한 사고 를 말하는데, 업체 직원 들이 야외 작업장 에 있던 탱크로리 (tank lorry) 에 실린 불산 을 공장 내의 설비 로 주입 하던 중에 근로자 의 실수 로 탱크로리 의 밸브 가 열리면서 불산 가스 가 누출 되어 직원 4 명 과 외주 업체 근로자 1 명 등 모두 5 명이 사망 하였고 18 명이 부상 을 당 하였으며 사고 현장 에 출동 한 소방관 과 경찰, 그리고 인근 의 주민 등 12,200 여 명이 건강 검진 이나 치료 를 받았고 공장 인근 에 있는 210 여 헥타르 의 농작물 과 3,940 여 마리 의 가축 이 피해 를 받았을 뿐만 아니 라 주민 수백 명이 두 달 을넘게 대피 생활 생활 생활 생활 생활 생활 생활 생활 했고 인근 의 40 여 개 업체 에서도 53 억 원 의 피해 를 보게 되었다. 이 사고 로 정부 는 사 고지 역 을 특별 재난 지역 으로 지정 하여 총 554 억 원 의 복구 비용 을 투입 하기 하였다. see. S. 101 , British Broadcasting Corporation , 8 October 2012, South Korea designates chemical leak area 'disaster zone' http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19867454 , Nature , https: //www.nature. com / news / alert-over-south-korea-toxic-leaks-1.12369