Donghae, Gangwon
Template:Short description Template:About Template:Infobox settlement Donghae (Template:Korean; Template:IPA) 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. Hanzhong University was located here.
Location
Donghae is located in the central region of the east coast of South Korea. Jeongseon County is to the west and Gangneung to the north. It contains the southern terminus of the Donghae Expressway, and the No. 7 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.<ref>Official page of Donghae city - location</ref> However, in the rainy season, spontaneous water flow is possible.
Climate
Symbols
- Tree: Ginkgo tree
- Flower: Red Prumusumume
- Bird: Seagull
Free industry zone
Donghae area and its neighborhood are a free industry zone. From this, Gangwon province and Donghae city has overtaken team for investment.<ref>[강원도청] 강원도 '동해자유무역지역' 개발 본격화 Yeonhap news 2008.01.23</ref>
Cruise ferry
A cruise ferry line connecting Russia, South Korea and Japan opened in the summer of 2008. DBS Ferry currently transits between Donghae, Sakaiminato, Tottori and Vladivostok.<ref>Fundamental opening of Donghae port as passing port of cruise ferry. (동해항 크루즈훼리 운항 탄력) 2008-01-18 Dalian News</ref><ref>DBS Cruise Ferry Main Page. ([1] Template:Webarchive) 2014-01-17 DBS Cruise Ferry</ref>
Tourism
- Mukho harbor
- Mureung Valley
- Cheongok caves
- Mangsang Beach
- Yakcheon village
- Samhwa temple
Sister cities
Donghae City has the following sister cities:<ref>City of Federal Way – Sister City Association Template:Webarchive</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flagdeco Gimje, North Jeolla Province – April 27, 1999
- Template:Flagdeco Dobong District, Seoul – October 7, 1999
- Template:Flagdeco Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan – April 13, 1981
- Template:Flagdeco Nakhodka, Primorsky Krai, Russia – November 10, 1991
- Template:Flagdeco Tumen, Jilin, China – April 28, 1995
- Template:Flagdeco Federal Way, Washington, United States – April 1, 2000
- Template:Flagdeco Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada – May 30, 2008
- Template:Flagdeco Bolu, Turkey – June 15, 2009<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
See also
References
External links
Template:Gangwon Template:Metropolitan cities of South Korea