Myeongil-dong


Myeongil-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Gangdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea.

History

The name of Myeongil was named after 'Myeongil-won' during Goryeo Dynasty in the 10th century. Myeongil-won was an accommodation facilities and duty station of renting or transferring horses for the Public officials who go a business trip. In modern times, Myeongil-dong was actually a part of Myeongil-ri, Gucheon-myeon, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do Province, and then be included into Seoul in 1963. Even nowadays, the street of Gucheonmyeon-gil still exists. From the late 1970s to mid-1980s, large scale of falm and orchard were renovated into huge apartments complex built by Korea National Housing Corporation, Samick, Woosung, Hanyang and Hyundai Engineering and Construction and developed as one of new town in Seoul, along with Mok-dong and Sanggye-dong in the 1990s. In 1995, Seoul Subway Line 5 was passed through this area stopping at Godeok Station, Myeongil Station and Gubeundari Station. Currently, Myeongil-dong is well known for the location of Myungsung Presbyterian Church, E-mart Myeongil branch, Home plus Gangdong branch and neighborhood of Hanyoung Foreign Language High School.

Area information

The new 5-digit postal code for Myeongil-dong is 05257.
The 6-digit postal code, used until 2015, was 134-070. 134 is for Gangdong-gu and 070 is for Myeongil-dong.