Current status of the city

Changwon, a World Masterpiece City

Admire the beautiful landscape of Changwon, a world masterpiece city A garden-like city with several small islands on the South coast of Korea The lively citizens are the pride of Changwon full of hope and creativity.

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CHANGWON

  • With its 600 years of tradition, Changwon is a self-governing local government with the highest level of competitiveness in Korea. It is transforming itself into a world masterpiece city by improving the quality of its citizens' daily life through a wide range of welfare, education, culture, and environmental programs.
  • Total Population / Area
  • 1,092,167 / 744.26km²
  • Administrative Divisions
  • 62 eup/myeon/dong · 313 ri · 1,514 tong · 10,270 ban
  • Administrative Organization
  • 9 guk; 7 direct agencies; 8 office of city affairs; 5 gu offices; 62 eup/myeon/dong
  • Number of Employees
  • 4,475 (city hall : 822 ; parliament : 59 ; office of city affairs : 1,563 ; gu-office : 1,100 ; eup/myeon/dong : 931
  • Finance
  • 2,506.2 billion won (General : 1,888.1 billion won ; Special : 618.1 billion won)
  • GRDP
  • 29,243.5 billion