Pohang

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Pohang
Hangul:	포항시
Hanja:	浦項市
Revised Romanization:	Pohang-si
McCune-Reischauer:	P'ohang-si
Area:	1,127.24 km²
Population:	516,105 2005 [1]
Pop. density:	455.5 people/km²
Administrative divisions:	2 gu, 19 dong, 4 eup, 10 myeon

Pohang is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The built up area of Pohang is located on the alluvium of the mouth of the Hyeongsan River.

1 History
2 Transportation, Economy, and Education
3 Culture in Pohang
4 Points of Interest
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] History

The earliest evidence of human occupation in the Pohang area is from the Mumun Pottery Period (1500 - 300 BC). Archaeologists have unearthed small villages and megalithic burials (dolmens) from this period.

[edit] Transportation, Economy, and Education

The city is served by several trains a day from Seoul and Daegu. Pohang is the terminus for a number of ferry routes serving the adjacent Sea of Japan (East Sea), including the main tourist route for Ulleung Island. It is also the northern terminus of the Donghae Nambu Line south to Busan.

Pohang is the home of POSCO (the Pohang Steel Company), one of the largest steel producers in the world, and a host of related industries. As a result of the steel industry the port of Pohang is one of the most active on the East Sea coast. The city has a substantial community of scientists from around the world who work as researchers and professors alongside their Korean colleagues at POSCO and the prestigious Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech)[2].

[edit] Culture in Pohang

The city is home to K-League soccer club Pohang Steelers.

[edit] Points of Interest

The Jukdo Market is a large, bustling traditional market near the centre of the city, close to the port. It famous throughout Korea as an important seafood market. There is a large number of raw-fish restaurants in the market.

Bukbu Beach is located in Duho-dong in the north part of the built-up area of Pohang. The beachfront has been the focus of commercial developments such as bars, restaurants, and love hotels similar to other urban Korean examples such as Gwangan and Songjeong Beaches.

A number of East Sea beaches can be found just north of the built-up area of Pohang including Chilpo and Wolpo.

Homigot, a point of land jutting out into the East Sea, is located to the east of urban Pohang in Daebo-myeon. Homigot is one of the easternmost points on the Korean peninsula and as such serves every year as an gathering places for thousands to greet Korea's first sunrise of the New Year.

Bogyeongsa is a major Buddhist temple nestled in a steep green valley at the foot of Mount Naeyeon (710 m asl) in Songna-myeon, an area in the extreme north part of Pohang. The Yeonsan Waterfall is located nearby in the same mountain valley. There are hiking trails leading from the temple up into the mountains. Bogyeongsa also has a number of mountain hermitages in the vicinity.

Oeosa is a temple located in the extreme southern part of Pohang, just inside the mountains south of the coastal plain formed by the Naengcheon River. It is located at the foot of Mt. Unjae (481 m asl) in a steep valley in Daesong-myeon. Signs placed in and around Oeosa claim that the temple was founded by Wonhyo, the well-travelled Silla monk.

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Administrative divisions of North Gyeongsang province, South Korea
Capital:	Daegu
Cities:	Andong \| Gimcheon \| Gumi \| Gyeongju \| Gyeongsan \| Mungyeong \| Pohang \| Sangju \| Yeongcheon \| Yeongju
Counties:	Bonghwa \| Cheongdo \| Cheongsong \| Chilgok \| Goryeong \| Gunwi \| Seongju \| Uiseong \| Uljin \| Ulleung \| Yecheon \| Yeongdeok \| Yeongyang