Gwangmyeong

Gwangmyeong is a metropolis in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It borders Seoul to the east, north and northeast, Anyang to the southeast, and Siheung to the southwest. The Gwangmyeong City is domestic to the area's biggest IKEA maintain at 59,000 square meters, along aspect a massive Costco shop and a Lotte Premium Outlet. Gwangmyeong City region have become part of the antique Siheung County as with Yeongdeungpo, Guro, and Geumcheon regions. It belonged to West and South townships of unique Siheung County. In 1914, the 2 townships had been merged into West township of "extended" Siheung County. In 1963, the northern part of Gwangmyeong location was merged into an multiplied Seoul as with Gwacheon and Sindo township of Goyang County.

The neighbourhood of Gwangmyeong and Cheolsan have been superior as a house vicinity subsequent to Seoul and it changed into provisionally deliberate to be administratively merged with Seoul Metropolitan City. In 1974, Gwangmyeong-ri and Cheolsan-ri have turn out to be part of the county department of Gwangmyeong and in 1979 southern a part of Gwangmyeong vicinity have emerge as Soha metropolis.