Masan
| Masan | ||||
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| Korean alphabet : | 마산 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 馬 山 市 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Masan-si | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Masan-shi | |||
| Basic data | ||||
| Province : | Gyeongsangnam-do | |||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 11 ' N , 128 ° 33' E | |||
| Surface: | 329.47 km² | |||
| Residents: | 429,612 (as of 2003) | |||
| Population density : | 1,304 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Structure: | 1 eup , 4 myeon , 27 dong | |||
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Masan was a South Korean port city on the Sea of Japan and a traffic junction about 35 km west of Busan and the administrative seat of Gyeongsangnam-do Province .
The city is located on Masan Bay (마산 만, Masan-man). During the Mongolian occupation, the city was known as Happo (合浦), which is why the old, still regularly used name of the bay is Happo-man .
Under pressure from Japan , the port was opened to international trade on May 1, 1899. Among other things, fish , salt and cotton are important export goods, the industrial operations include fish and soy factories, electrical industry, metal processing industry, cotton weaving mills and companies in the chemical industry.
On July 1, 2010, Masan was incorporated into the neighboring city of Changwon .
Sons and daughters
- Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok (* 1945), Catholic clergyman, former Bishop of Masan
- Constantine Bae Ki Hyen (* 1953), Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Masan
- Bae Seung-hee (* 1983), badminton player
- Bae Youn-joo (* 1990), badminton player
- Hwang Jung-min (* 1970), actor
- Jung Kyung-eun (* 1990), badminton player
- Koo Ki-lan (* 1977), volleyball player
- Lee Joo Hyun (* 1974), badminton player
- Lee Jung-woo (* 1984), table tennis player
- Michael Pak Jeong-il (* 1926), Catholic clergyman, former bishop of Masan
- Ryu Hyun-kyung (born 1983), actress
- Yoo Hyun-young (* 1990), badminton player
Web links
- Masan on Changwon City Official Website (Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean selectable)
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- ↑ Population statistics : Official website ( Memento from January 8, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ History of Changwon: In the 2010s ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . on changwon.go.kr. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
