wˌaɪl ɪt wʌz wˈʌns ɐ ɹˈʊɹɹəl ˈɛɹiə dˈɑːmᵻnˌeɪɾᵻd baɪ ðə pɹˈɛzəns ʌv ɡwˈænæksən ˌɛmtˈiː. ɡwˈænæk, pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən bˈuːmz ɪnðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti z ænd ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti z, ɐkˈʌmpənid baɪ ɹˈæpɪd ɪndˌʌstɹɪəlᵻzˈeɪʃən ʌvðə kˈæpɪɾəl ˈɛɹiə, kwˈɪkli tʃˈeɪndʒd ðə tˈaʊn ˌɪntʊ ɐ məsˈeɪɪk ʌv dˈɛns ɹˌɛzᵻdˈɛnʃəl ænd ɪndˈʌstɹɪəl ˈɛɹiəz.
While it was once a rural area dominated by the presence of Gwanaksan (Mt. Gwanak), population booms in the late 1950s and early 1960s, accompanied by rapid industrialization of the capital area, quickly changed the town into a mosaic of dense residential and industrial areas.