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Pohang

Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
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About Pohang

Pohang is a town in the province of North Gyeongsang, South Korea, and a chief seaport in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk area. The constructed-up place of Pohang is positioned on the alluvium of the mouth of the Hyeongsan River. The city is divided into wards, Buk-gu or Northern Ward and Nam-gu or Southern Ward. This city has the biggest populace of North Gyeongsang Province and it has the third biggest land area of any metropolis in South Korea. The earliest evidence of human profession inside the Pohang region is from the Mumun Pottery Period.

Archaeologists have unearthed small villages and megalithic burials from this period. Still a small fishing village on the dawn of the twentieth century, the earliest steps in the direction of growing Pohang into a place of more significance have been taken in 1930 with the development of a cutting-edge harbour. Pohang grew swiftly afterward, attaining the designation of city in 1931 and then incomes the status of city in 1949.

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