Goyang
Hangul:	고양시
Hanja:	高陽市
Revised Romanization:	Goyang-si
McCune-Reischauer:	Koyang-si
Statistics
Area:	267.29 km²
Population:	1,073,069 2005 reg. [1]
Pop. density:	2,994.1 people/km²
Administrative divisions:	3 gu, 35 dong

Goyang is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Goyang includes the new city of Ilsan, which is connected to Seoul via Seoul Subway Line 3. Goyang borders Seoul on the south; the Bukhan Mountain Fortress lies along a small portion of this border. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja, or hanmun, sometimes translated as Sino-Korean characters, are what Chinese characters (hanzi) are called in Korean. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is divided into 1 Special City (Teukbyeolsi), 6 Metropolitan Cities (Gwangyeoksi), and 9 Provinces (Do). ... Gyeonggi is the most populous province in South Korea. ... New City is the name of several towns in the United States: New City in New York, New City Township in North Dakota. ... Seoul ( (help· info)) is the capital of South Korea (the Republic of Korea) and one of the most populous cities in the world. ... Seoul Subway Line 3 (the Orange Line) of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway connects northwestern Seoul to the city center, Gangnam, and southeastern Seoul. ...

Several institutions of higher learning are located in Goyang. These include Agricultural Cooperative College, Hankuk Aviation University, and Transnational Law and Business University. Agricultural Cooperative College is a college located in Goyang City, Gyeonggi province, South Korea, and operated by the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, or Nong Hyup. ... Transnational Law and Business University or TLBU is a university in Korea. ...

The city is also home to the K2 League football team, Kookmin Bank FC. The K2 League is a semi-professional/amateur football league, below the level of the K-League in Korea, consisting of ten clubs. ... Kookmin Bank FC were a founder member of the K-League, but spent only two seasons in the league before dropping back down to the amateur ranks. ...

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of cities in South Korea
• Geography of South Korea
• Seoul National Capital Area

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External links

• City government website
• Open Directory category

Administrative divisions of Gyeonggi province, South Korea
Capital Suwon
Cities Ansan | Anseong | Anyang | Bucheon | Dongducheon | Gimpo | Goyang | Gunpo | Guri | Gwacheon | Gwangju | Gwangmyeong | Hanam | Hwaseong | Icheon | Namyangju | Osan| Paju | Pocheon | Pyeongtaek | Seongnam | Siheung | Suwon | Uijeongbu | Uiwang | Yangju | Yongin
Counties Gapyeong | Yangpyeong | Yeoju | Yeoncheon