Hwaseong City

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Hangul:	화성시
Hanja:	華城市
Revised Romanization:	Hwaseong-si
McCune-Reischauer:	Hwasŏng-si
Area:	688 km²
Population:	286,736 ''(2004)[link]
Pop. density:	340.4 people/km²
Administrative divisions:	3 eup, 11 myeon, 1 dong

Hwaseong is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It has the largest area of farmland of any city or county in Gyeonggi province. [link] Seoul Subway Line 1 passes through Hwaseong, stopping at Byeongjeom Station. Famous people from Hwaseong include soccer player Cha Bum-Kun.

The area is famous for being the site of South Korea's first known serial killings when 10 murders - presumably by the same killer - took place there between the years of 1986 to 1991.[link] The killer was never caught. A dramatization of the case, Memories of Murder was made by Bong Joon-ho in Korea in 2003.

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Administrative divisions of Gyeonggi province, South Korea
Capital Suwon
Cities Ansan \| Anseong \| Anyang \| Bucheon \| Dongducheon \| Gimpo \| Goyang \| Gunpo \| Guri \| Gwacheon \| Gwangju \| Gwangmyeong \| Hanam \| Hwaseong \| Icheon \| Namyangju \| Osan\| Paju \| Pocheon \| Pyeongtaek \| Seongnam \| Siheung \| Suwon \| Uijeongbu \| Uiwang \| Yangju \| Yongin
Counties Gapyeong \| Yangpyeong \| Yeoju \| Yeoncheon

Hwaseong City

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