Tongyeong

Area	236.5 km2 (91.3 sq mi)
Population (2007)	134,082
Population density	566.9 /km² (1,468 /sq mi)
Administrative divisions	1 eup, 6 myeon, 11 dong

Hangul	통영시
Hanja	統營市
Revised; Romanization	Tongyeong-si
McCune-; Reischauer	T'ongyŏng-si

Tongyeong
Image:Tongyeong logo.pngTongyeong
	Image:Tongyeong-city-from-air.jpg; Aerial photo of Tongyeong.
Korean name
Hangul	통영시
Hanja	統營市
Revised; Romanization	Tongyeong-si
McCune-; Reischauer	T'ongyŏng-si
Statistics
Area	236.5 km2 (91.3 sq mi)
Population (2007)	134,082
Population density	566.9 /km² (1,468 /sq mi)
Administrative divisions	1 eup, 6 myeon, 11 dong
Location map
	Image:Map Tongyeong-si.png;

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Tongyeong is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was formerly known as Chungmu, after the posthumous name of Admiral Yi Sun-sin. The name Tongyeong means "command post" and is itself associated with Admiral Yi, as it refers to his principal base that was located on nearby Hansan Island.

Famous people

Famous people associated with the city include Yi Sun-sin, whose headquarters were located there, and Yun I-sang, a noted 20th-century composer.

Chungmu Halmae, or "Chungmu Grandmother", is a mythical old woman from Chungmu who gave her name to Chungmu Halmae Kimbap, a common Korean snack food.^{[citation needed]} Chungmu Halmae, though mythical, is one of the most recognized people from the area. The decision to group together a number of entities and incorporate them in to the city of “Tongyong” erased the name Chungmu from the Korean map and removed the home of the mythical grandmother from the peninsula.^[2]