Gumi
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Key facts
- Hangul
- 구미시
- Hanja
- 龜尾市
- Revised romanization
- Gumi-si
- Mccune reischauer
- Kumi-si
- Country
- South Korea
- Region
- Yeongnam
- Administrative divisions
- 3 eup , 5 myeon , 17 dong
- Mayor
- Jang Ho Kim ( 김장호 )
- Total
- 616.25 km (237.94 sq mi)
- Density
- 552.5/km (1,431/sq mi)
- Dialect
- Gyeongsang
- Demonym
- Gumite
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( Korea Standard Time )
- Area code
- +82-54
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Encyclopedic overview
Gumi (Korean: 구미; Korean pronunciation: [ku.mi]) is the second largest and most densely populated city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is located on the Nakdong River, halfway between Daegu and Gimcheon, also lies on the Gyeongbu Expressway and Gyeongbu Line railway which are the principal traffic routes of the country.
The city is an industrial centre of the country with many companies, including Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, LG Display, having a manufacturing presence and R&D Centres there.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gumi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.