Friday, July 11, 2014

Suwon (수원,सुवॅन,水原) : Introducing a Korean City (Part 1)



Suwon (水原) is a city approx 50km south-east of Seoul (the capital of Korea).

Head-quarter of Samsung Electronics is in in this city since it started in 1969 here.

(  Samsung - 三星 - means three star in Korean-Chinese)

सुवॅन (水原) कोरिया के केपिटल सउल से 50km साऊथ-ईस्ट में बसा शहर है |

सामसँग इलेक्ट्रॉनिक कंपनी का हेड-क्वार्टर इसी शहर में है |

(सामसँग - 三星 - चीनी-कोरियन शब्द है , जिसका मतलब है : तीन तारा )


Year 1969: Samsung Electronics complex surrounded by agriculture land.
Right-hand (east) side area is known as Yeong-Tong (영통, यंग-थोंग),
left (west) side area is known as Maetan-Dong (매탄-동, मेथान-दोंग).
top upper (north) side area is Woncheon lake site.


But above scene is of 1969. Suwon city is developing and expanding rapidly since the days Samsung Electronics became a major player in world market.
ऊपर की फोटो 1969 की है| सामसँग इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स के  बड़ी कंपनी बनने के बाद से यह शहर बड़ी तेजी से बढ़ और फ़ैल रहा है |

a view of Maetan-Dong area , starting 500m left  from above complex.

Another view of Maetan-Dong (मेथान-दोंग) area : this view covers distance 0.5 km to 1.5 km in left of above Samsung Complex

A view of Samsung Electronics complex (and beyond YeongTong) itself from left Maetan-Dong side :
This complex lies behind the road visible in the photo. The two buildings on top-left corner of photo are high-rise (named R3 and R4) buildings of Samsung Electronics. 
Maetan-3-Dong area ,'R3 building ' is visible at end of road.
Shops of Maetan-3-Dong area
Agriculture lands of Suwon are fast converting into high-rise buildings.
सुवन के खेत तेजी से 20-25 मंजिले बिल्डिंगों में बदलते जा रहे हैं |

A view from Gwonseon-Dong . High-rise building R3 and R4 of Samsung Eletronics complex are visible on right center of photo. 
This road-link to Dongtan (दोंगथान) did not exist 7 years ago


8 years ago, the 3 km long road stretch from Mangpo station (of YeongTong) to Suwon Bus Terminal (and then to Suwon Railway Station) had only fields and almost no building on left-hand side of road.
8 साल पहले इस शहर के (यंग-थोंग के) मांगपो मेट्रो स्टेशन से सुवन बस टर्मिनल तक की सड़क (जो आगे सुवन रेलवे स्टेशन पहुँचती है ) के बाएँ तरफ  सिर्फ खेत दीखते थे |

 road from Mangpo station of YeongTong to Suwon Bus Terminal: left side of road was full of agriculture lands 8 years ago
The tall buildings seen lying in the fields are under construction : some are complete, others are
Below is the railway-station of Suwon.
नीचे सुवन का रेलवे स्टेशन है : कोरियन रेलवे स्टेशन को यॅक (역) बोलते हैं |

The traffic circle in front of Suwon Railway Station.
Paldal-mun area is behind the hill.
Woncheon Lake: These amazing lightings and buildings came into existence only two years ago.  
Jangan-Mun, जांगान दरवाज़ा (長安門) ,  the Suwon city was bounded by these gates and walls in old days (since 1800 AD).
in progress.
in progress