Area 452.3 km² Dialect Gyeonggi Province | Region Sudogwon Local time Friday 4:22 AM Population 427,460 (Jan 2012) | |
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Administrative divisions 4 eup, 5 myeon, 13 dong Weather 8°C, Wind W at 3 km/h, 71% Humidity Colleges and Universities Pyeongtaek University, Kyungmoon College, Korea National University | ||
Bike to work pyeongtaek si gyeonggi do south korea
Pyeongtaek ([pʰjʌŋ.tʰɛ̝k̚]) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Located in the southwestern part of the province, Pyeongtaek was founded as a union of two districts in 940, during the Goryeo dynasty. It was elevated to city status in 1986, and is home to a South Korean naval base and a large concentration of United States troops. The Korean government plans to transform Pyeongtaek city to an international economic hub to coincide with the move of the United States Forces Korea (USFK) to Pyeongtaek. During the Korean War it was the site of an early battle between US and North Korean forces, the Battle of Pyongtaek. It is the location of Pyeongtaek University.
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- Bike to work pyeongtaek si gyeonggi do south korea
- Map of Pyeongtaek si Gyeonggi do South Korea
- Visiting songtan american army base in pyeongtaek south korea
- Military base
- Education
- References
Map of Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Visiting songtan american army base in pyeongtaek south korea
Military base
The United States and South Korean governments came to an agreement to enlarge Camp Humphreys — a US Army installation outside Anjeong-ri, a community in Pyeongtaek — and move the majority of US forces stationed in and north of Seoul to the Camp Humphreys area. Invoking eminent domain, the government obtained the surrounding land for the base expansion. This would result in the community's third displacement from their own land since the Japanese occupation during World War II.
The move originally included the headquarters of the Combined Forces Command, which has operational control of ROK (Republic of Korea), US, and UN combined forces during wartime. In March 2007, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and ROK Minister of Defense Kim Jang-soo agreed to dissolve the ROK-US Combined Forces Command on April 17, 2012. This would allow ROK forces to have wartime control of its military during a military confrontation with the North. The US/ROK agreement allows USFK to move to one centralized location away from the congestion of Seoul and its surrounding areas. This relocation agreement results in returning two-thirds of the land currently used by the United States Military back to the Korean government. By 2008, the US military was to have consolidated 41 installations down to 10 due to the relocation agreement. USFK's only jail facility in South Korea is at Camp Humphreys.
Osan Air Base is in Songtan, a district in Pyeongtaek City.
Education
Pyeongtaek University (평택대학교).
[Pyeongtaek International Christian School]] (평택크리스천외국인학교).