Donghae, Gangwon

Infobox Korean settlement
title=Donghae
hangul=동해시
hanja=東海市
rr=Donghae-si
mr=Tonghae-si
area_km2=180.01
pop=103115
popyear=2001
popden_km2=572
divs=10 "dong"

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.

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. [Official page of Donghae city - location] However, in the rainy season, spontaneous water flow is possible.

ymbol

* Tree : Maidenhair Tree
* Flower : Red Prumusumume
* Bird : Seagull

ister cities

Donghae City has the following sister cities: [ [http://www.cityoffederalway.com/Page.aspx?view=183 City of Federal Way - Sister City Association ] ] [ [http://www.dh.go.kr/open_content/english/goverment/08.htm?names=8 ▒ Donghae - City of beautiful ocean ] ]
*flagicon|KOR Gimje, Jeollabuk-do since April 27, 1999
*flagicon|KOR Dobong-gu, Seoul since October 7, 1999
*flagicon|JPN Tsuruga, Fukui since April 13, 1981
*flagicon|RUS Nakhodka since November 10, 1991
*flagicon|CHN Tumen, Jilin since April 28, 1995
*flagicon|USA Federal Way, Washington since April 1, 2000

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. [ [강원도청] 강원도 '동해자유무역지역' 개발 본격화 Yeonhap news 2008.01.23 ]

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

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. [Fundamental opening of Donghae port as passing port of cruise ferry. (동해항 크루즈훼리 운항 탄력) 2008-01-18 Dalian News ]

ee also

*List of cities in South Korea
*Geography of South Korea

References

External links

* [http://www.dh.go.kr/open_content/english/main/main.htm Donghae city government home page]