Tongyeong
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Tongyeong (; ) is a coastal city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It has an area of and in 2010, a population of 139,869 people. It is divided into 1 eup (town), 6 myeon (township) and 11 dong (neighborhood). Chungmu city and Tongyeong county were reunited in 1995, creating Tongyeong as it is known today. It consists of Goseong Peninsula, Hansando, , and other islets. It was formerly known as Chungmu, after the posthumous name of Admiral Yi Sun-sin. The name Tongyeong means "command post" and is itself associated with Admiral Yi, as it refers to his principal base that was located on
Key facts
- Settlement.image_caption
- Top: Hallyeo National Marine Park; middle left: Hallyeo Waterway Observation Cable Car; middle center: Turtle ship replica; middle right: Dongpirang Village; bottom left: Chungmusa shrineJungang; bottom right Live Fish Market.
- Settlement.image_alt
- A collage of six photographs of Tongyeong landmarks.
- Settlement.image_map
- South Gyeongsang-Tongyeong.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in South Korea
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Yeongnam
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Dialect
- Settlement.population_blank1
- Gyeongsang
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 236.5
- Settlement.population_as_of
- September 2024
- Settlement.population_total
- 118,896
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 566.9
- Settlement.leader_title
- mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Gi Cheon-yeong ()
- Settlement.parts_type
- Administrative divisions
- Settlement.parts
- 1 eup, 6 myeon, 11 dong
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Tongyeong logo.png
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- Climate
- Gallery
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
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| government_footnotes =
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