Namyangju

Namyangju(남양주) is a city in the northeast part of Gyeonggi province, South Korea.

Namyangju's best-known son, and one of Korea's greatest writers, was Jeong Yak-yong. Both his birthplace and his tomb are in the town, plus Jeong Yak-yong Ecological Park.

Understand
The city's flag represents a better Namyangju connecting nature, people, and culture, leading to positive changes. The symbol expresses the values of connection and openness by linking three Korean characters: ㄴ, ㅇ, and ㅈ.

Green and blue symbolize the clean nature and open future of Namyangju, and contain the vision of Namyangju, a state-of-the-art future city where diversity continues and connects nature, technology, present and the future.

History
The current city of Namyangju was originally separated from Yangju in 1980. However, the current Jinjeop and Jingeon areas were called ‘Goluino (骨衣奴)’ during the Goguryeo period. This place name was changed to Hwangyang (荒壤) during the Unified Silla period, and it was changed again to Pungyang (豊壤) during the Goryeo period. In this way, the current Jinjeop and Jingeon areas of Namyangju City had a separate place name from Yangju.

The name Yangju first appears in 936 (the 19th year of King Taejo's reign) during the Goryeo Dynasty, and the first record in 『Goryeo History』 is that “Yangju was given to King Gyeon Hwon of Later Baekje as a food settlement.” Afterwards, during the Goryeo Dynasty, the name Yangju continued to be used as the name of a local administrative district.

Then, on April 1, 1980, according to Law No. 3169, the history of Namyangju City begins as Namyangju-gun is newly established by dividing administrative district.

Because of its proximity to Seoul, Namyangju was not only a military point in the outskirts of the capital's defense, but also a gateway to the capital Seoul, northwestern Gyeonggi Province, Gangwon Province, and south of Gyeonggi Province, where transportation and commerce developed.

Climate
In Namyangju, the summers are long, warm, humid, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are short, freezing, snowy, and mostly clear.

By bus

 * Red bus 11. Sohag1li ↔ Gangbyeon Station. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 100. Jinbeolli Garage ↔ Gangbyeon Station. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 105. Jinbeoli Garage ↔ Danggogae Station. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 105-1. Gwangneungnae Garage ↔ Danggogae Station. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 1000, 1000-1. Hopyeongdong Garage ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 1001. Cheonghak-ri ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 1003. Dasan Garage ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 1006. Dasan Garage ↔ Gangbyeon Station. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 1100. Chasan-ri Garage ↔ Sinsa Station. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 1200. Chasan-ri Garage ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 1660. Dogok-ri Garage ↔ Gangbyeon Station. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 1670. Dogok-ri Garage ↔ Jamsil Station. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 1700. Dogok-ri Garage ↔ Gangnam Station. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 2000, 2000-1. Jinberley Garage ↔ Gangnam Station. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 7007. Gwangneungnae Garage ↔ Shinnonhyeon Station. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 8001. Daeseong-ri Station ↔ Sinsa Station. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 8002. Daeseong-ri Station ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
 * Red bus 8012. Gwangneungnae Garage ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
 * M2316. Namyangju (Chasan-ri, Hwado-eup) ↔ Jamsil Station. (updated Oct 2023)
 * M2323. Namyangju City (Pyeongnae Hopyeong) ↔ Jamsil Station. (updated Oct 2023)
 * M2341. Wolsan District ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
 * M2344. Byeolnae House Story ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
 * M2352. Pyeongnae Nonghyup ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
 * M2353. Dasan Garage ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center.

By bicycle
There's a lot of bike road in Namyangju. You can use public bicycle, named 'Elecle'.

By taxi
You can take taxi anywhere with a fee starting from ₩4,800.

See

 * Jeong Yak-yong.jpg