General Overview

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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  • Population : 1,092,167 persons (404,602 households)
  • Total area : 744.26 Km2(0.7% of the national land, 7.1% of Gyeongnam Province)
  • Magnitude of public finance: KRW1Tril., 262.1Bil. (General KRW1Tril., Special KRW544.5Bil.)
  • Number of corporations : 3,759 (employees: 120,835 persons)
  • Number of university/college : 6 (university: 2, college:4)
  • Local GRDP: KRW25Tril., 900Bil.
  • Export: U$28Bil.

* Mega city Changwon was inaugurated on July 1, 2010 by having accomplished a voluntary integration of

primary local government for the first time on a national level.