Donghae 동해시
—  Municipal City  —
Korean transcription(s)
- Hangul	동해시
- Hanja	東海市
- Revised Romanization	Donghae-si
- McCune-Reischauer	Tonghae-si
Donghae Location in South Korea
Coordinates: 37°23′N 129°13′E / 37.383°N 129.217°E / 37.383; 129.217
Country	South Korea
Region	Gwandong
Administrative divisions	10 dong
Area
- Total	180.01 km2 (69.5 sq mi)
Population (2001)
- Total	103,115
- Density	572/km2 (1,481.5/sq mi)
- Dialect	Gangwon

Donghae is a city in Gangwon Province, South Korea. There are two major ports: Donghae Harbor and Mukho Harbor. The city is located on the Yeongdong Line railroad and the Donghae Expressway. Numerous caverns are found in the city, as in neighboring Samcheok. Donghae University is located here.

[edit] Location

Donghae City is located in the central region of the east coast of Korea. It borders the Sea of Japan (East Sea) to the east, Jeongseon county to the west and Gangneung city to the north. It contains the northern terminus of the Donghae Expressway, and the No.37 national way passes through the city.

The city is mostly mountainous and has natural resources such as Mureung Valley and beautiful beaches. Here, the high Taebaek Mountains lie along the eastern coast, preventing rivers from meeting the coast.^[1] However, in the rainy season, spontaneous water flow is possible.

[edit] Symbol

• Tree : Gingko Tree
• Flower : Red Prumusumume
• Bird : Seagull

[edit] Sister cities

Donghae City has the following sister cities:^[2][3]

• Gimje, Jeollabuk-do since April 27, 1999
• Dobong-gu, Seoul since October 7, 1999
• Tsuruga, Fukui since April 13, 1981
• Nakhodka since November 10, 1991
• Tumen, Jilin since April 28, 1995
• Federal Way, Washington since April 1, 2000
• Saint John, New Brunswick since ?????

[edit] Free Industry zone

Donghae area and its neighborhood got a position of free industry zone. From this, Gangwon province and Donghae city has overtaken team for investment. ^[4]

Gangwon province and its subcities have tried to appeal attracting lots of firms. Its effect is not that impressive, yet.

[edit] Cruise Ferry

A cruise ferry line connecting Russia, South Korea and Japan is scheduled to open in the summer of 2008. The points of each nation to be linked together are Donghae, Sakaiminato, Tottori and Vladivostok.^[5]

[edit] See also

• List of cities in South Korea
• Geography of South Korea

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Donghae city government home page

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Coordinates: 37°23′N 129°13′E / 37.383°N 129.217°E / 37.383; 129.217

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