34°49′01″N 126°27′47″E / 34.816946°N 126.463079°E
| Namak-ri | |
| Hangul | 남악리 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Namak-ri |
| McCune–Reischauer | Namak-ri |
Namak/Namak-ri is a village in the township of Samhyang-myeon in Muan County, South Jeolla province of South Korea. In 2005, Namak was made capital of the province following the upgrade of Gwangju to a metropolitan city.
Overview
editThe relocation of the provincial office to Namak has led to many changes in the area. Once a small farming area with most residents working in that industry, the village is seeing construction of a new city around the office with its neighboring city Mokpo.
Construction plan
editThe central government officially declared a plan to build a new city on May 13, 1993.
Eight years later, it was announced the residential area would occupy 9,139,000 square metres (98,370,000 sq ft). Jeonnam province applied for approval in February 2002. Four months later the official plan was changed and it received approval.[1]
Eco city
editMuan country is strongly trying to develop the Namak area as an "eco-city". This includes elevating the importance of establishing parks and forests.[2]
Promotion to city
editThe plan for promoting county to city is on the way by civil workers of Muan. The South Korean government has set its standards for making the new site.
Muan was nominated as an enterprise city and also Muan International Airport was opened. One officer said that new downtown area is going to get its own power by governmental development propulsion.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Welcome to Namak New Town!". Archived from the original on 2006-02-06. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- ^ "Welcome to Namak New Town!". Archived from the original on 2006-02-02. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- ^ http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=003&aid=0000727760 무안시 승격 추진 본격화 Fundamental promotion for Muan city from Newsis 2 008-01-16, Retrieved 2008-01-23
External links
edit- (in English) official page of Namak city