Ulsan

Coordinates: 35 ° 32 '  N , 129 ° 20'  E

Big city of Ulsan
Hangul :	울산 광역시
Hanja :	蔚山 廣域 市
Revised Romanization :	Ulsan Gwangyeoksi
McCune-Reischauer :	Ulsan Kwangyŏksi
Basic data
Surface:	1,056.7 km²
Residents:	1,166,615 (as of: 2015 census)
Population density :	1,104 inhabitants per km²
Structure :	4 districts ( Gu ) 1 district ( Gun )
Postal code :	680-010 (Nam-gu) - 689-934 (Ulju-gun)
Administrative headquarters :	Ulsan

Ulsan satellite image

Ulsan is a city in southeastern South Korea . The city is located on the Sea of ​​Japan , about 70 kilometers northeast of Busan . 962,931 people live in the actual city, and 1,105,823 in the entire city province, which also includes a district. Ulsan is a university town with the University of Ulsan and is politically independent from the Gyeongsangnam-do province in which it is located.

Townships

The urban area is divided into four districts (Gu) and one district (Gun). These are:

• Buk-gu ( 북구 , 北區 )
• Dong-gu ( 동구 , 東區 )
• Jung-gu ( 중구 , 中 區 )
• Nam-gu ( 남구 , 南 區 )
• Ulju-gun ( 울주군 , 蔚 州郡 )

economy

The city is the heart of the industrial zone of the same name, which is also home to the international Hyundai Group . Until 1962, Ulsan was primarily a sea port and marketplace for fishery products.

In 1962, Ulsan became an open port as part of South Korea's first five-year plan. In the same year, the port of Pangojin also became part of the city. Large industries were also established, particularly oil refineries , fertilizer factories, automobile manufacturing, and heavy industry . Today (2012) the world's largest container ships are being built at Hyundai Heavy Industries .

According to a report by Reuters news agency , Ulsan is the city in South Korea with the highest per capita income .

Town twinning

• Hagi , Japan , since 1968
• Hualien , Republic of China (Taiwan) , since 1981
• Portland , United States , since 1987
• Changchun , People's Republic of China , since 1994
• İzmit , Turkey , since 2002
• Santos , Brazil , since 2002
• Khánh Hòa , Vietnam , since 2002
• Tomsk , Russia , since 2003

Naval battle at Ulsan

During the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), on August 14, 1904, four days after the Russian defeat in the sea ​​battle in the Yellow Sea , the sea ​​battle at Ulsan , also known as the "sea battle in the Sea of ​​Japan", took place between two armored cruiser squadrons which also ended in a Japanese victory.

sons and daughters of the town

• Shin Kyuk-ho (1921-2020), Japanese-South Korean manager
• David Yonggi Cho (* 1936), Christian evangelist
• Kim Tae-hee (born 1980), actress
• Cho Byung-kuk (* 1981), football player
• Lee Wan (born 1984), actor
• Masayoshi Takayanagi (* 1994), football player
• Jin Sang-min (born 1996), soccer player
• Jeong Woo-yeong (* 1999), soccer player

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hyunjoo Jin & Kim Miyoung: Hyundai, union stuck in a marriage of inconvenience. In: Reuters . November 9, 2013, accessed March 23, 2014 . 

Web links

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