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Samnangjin ( also spelled Samrangjin ) or Samnangjin - eup , is an " eup ", or town , in Miryang City , Gyeongsangnam - do , ___MASK5___ . It is composed of thirteen " ri ". Samnangjin lies in the southeastern corner of Miryang , bordering Wondong - myeon in Yangsan City . Gimhae , also commonly spelled Kimhae , is a city in South Gyeongsang Province , ___MASK5___ . It is the seat of the large Gimhae Kim clan , one of the largest Kim clans in ___MASK92___ . The Gimhae Kims claim descent from the ancient royal house of Geumgwan Gaya , which was based in Gimhae . Gimhae is situated near the Nakdong River . Ulsan ;, officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City , is ___MASK5___ ' s seventh largest metropolis with a population of over 1 . 1 million . It is located in the south - east of the country , neighboring Busan to the south and facing Gyeongju to the north . Miryang , often spelled Milyang , is a city in Gyeongsangnam - do Province , ___MASK5___ . Neighboring cities include Changnyeong to the west , Cheongdo to the north , Ulsan to the east , and Yangsan , Gimhae , and Changwon to the south . The city bird is the Korean magpie , the city tree is the pine , and the city flower is the royal azalea . The Miryang River is a tributary of the Nakdong River which flows through Miryang City . It rises in Ulsan metropolitan city , on the slopes of Gohyeonsan , and flows for 101 . 5 kilometers before joining the Nakdong in Miryang ' s Samnangjin - eup . Its narrower upper reaches are often called the " Miryangcheon ", or " Miryang Stream ." The Nakdong River or Nakdonggang is the longest river in ___MASK5___ , and passes through major cities such as Daegu and Busan . The Korean magpie or Oriental magpie " Pica pica sericea , possibly Pica sericea .", known as " kkachi " (  ) in Korean , is a subspecies , or possibly species of magpie found in ___MASK85___ and northern Indochina , It is a common symbol of the Korean identity , and has been adopted as the " official bird " of numerous South Korean cities , counties and provinces . But it is not limited to the Korean Peninsula and if considered a valid species its range may extend almost to the Himalayas . Consequently , other vernacular names may be used for this bird , e . g . Asian magpie . Yerim Seowon is a former seowon in Miryang , Gyeongsangnam - do . It is located in Bubuk - myeon on the slopes of Jongnamsan , in the valley of the Miryang River . The Yerim Seowon was built in 1567 by Yi Do - u to enshrine Kim Jong - jik , a Confucian scholar and politician who was native to Miryang . At that time it bore the name `` Deokseong Seowon . '' Destroyed during Hideyoshi ' s invasions of ___MASK92___ in the 1590s , it was rebuilt in 1606 . In 1669 it received a royal warrant . The seowon , like most of those across ___MASK92___ , was closed by order of the regent Daewon - gun in 1871 . However , beginning in 1874 local scholars once again began to gather there , although it no longer served as a school . It continues in use as a shrine today , and was designated a tangible cultural treasure of Gyeongsangnam - do in 1974 . Seowon were the most common educational institutions of ___MASK92___ during the mid - to late Joseon Dynasty . They were private institutions , and combined the functions of a Confucian shrine and a preparatory school . In educational terms , the seowon were primarily occupied with preparing students for the national civil service examinations . In most cases , seowon served only pupils of the aristocratic yangban class . The yangban ( Hangul :  : Hanja :  ) were part of the traditional ruling class or gentry of dynastic ___MASK92___ during the Joseon Dynasty . The yangban were mainly composed of civil servants and military officers . The yangban were landed or unlanded aristocracy who comprised the Korean Confucian idea of a " scholarly official ". Basically , they were administrators and bureaucrats who oversaw ancient ___MASK92___ ' s traditional agrarian bureaucracy until the Joseon Dynasty ended in 1894 . In a broader sense , office holder ' s family and descendants as well as country families who claimed such descent were socially accepted as yangban . Changwon is the capital city of Gyeongsangnam - do , ___MASK5___ . Changwon is the 8th most populated city in ___MASK5___ , with an established population of 1 , 089 , 039 people in 2010 . It encompasses a land area of on the southeastern coast of ___MASK5___ . The population of southeastern ___MASK92___ , including the city of Busan , is more than 6 , 478 , 000 . Changwon is known as a heavy industrial city . The city only covers 7 % of Gyeongsangnam - do province , also known as Gyeongnam , but holds 33 . 6 % of its population ; it also accounted for 38 . 5 % of the total 2 . 1821 trillion won budget of the Gyeongnam province . Yangsan is a city in Gyeongsangnam - do Province , ___MASK5___ . ___MASK5___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK92___ ( ROK ), is a sovereign state in East Asia , constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula .