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Namak-ri
Hangul
남악리
Hanja
Revised RomanizationNamak-ri
McCune–ReischauerNamak-ri

Namak-ri is a small town in Samhyang-myeon, which is part of Muan County in South Jeolla province of South Korea. Namak-ri became the home of the South Jeolla provincial government following its move from the city of Gwangju in 2005.

Overview

The relocation of the provincial office to Namak is causing many changes in the area. Previously it was just a small farming area with most inhabitants working in that industry. A new city is being constructed around the provincial office with its neighbour Mokpo.

Construction plan

The central government officially declared the 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

Muan 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

The 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

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Namak New Town!". Archived from the original on 2006-02-06. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to Namak New Town!". Archived from the original on 2006-02-02. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  3. ↑ 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
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