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Introduction on Yangsan : Nature! Tradition! Harmonizes today. YANGSAN - Hwaeom swamp

Basic status

  • Yangsan City is located in southeastern part of Gyeongsangnam-do and adjacent to Busan and Ulsan. The area is connected to east, west, south and north with Gyeongbu Railway, Gyeongbu Expressway, Yangsan and Gimhae expressway, Sindaegu Expressway and others. The Yangsan Line of Busan City Railway is open to have great accessibility from and to major cities as a hub of transportation.
  • The City is advancing to a corporate city with Yangsan and Eogok Regional Industrial Complexes leading the way, and this newly emerging city has grown dynamically with the Yangsan New City.
  • This is a park city with full of rivers, flowers and groves as the medical base city (Medical-polis) with Medical College of Busan National University, College of Herbal Medicine, Busan National University Hospital, Dental Hospital, Children's Hospital and others, and the city is truly a great place with dreams and hopes.

( 2009.12.31 )

Area

  • Overall : 485.16㎢
Area
Mulgeum-eup Dong-myeon Wondong-myeon Sangbuk-myeon Habuk-myeon Jungang-dong
19.612 56.345 148.022 68.468 68.647 13.780
Samseong-dong Gangseo-dong Seochang-dong Soju-dong Pyeongsan-dong Deokgye-dong
15.977 29.793 22.005 18.393 10.748 13.372

Population

  • 250,387 persons, 91,153 households

Administrative districts

  • Ri, tong and ban : 242 ris and tongs, 2,743 bans
  • Legal dongs/ris following administrative dongs
Administrative districts
Administrative dongs Legal dongs/ris
Mulgeum-eup Beomeo-ri, Gachon-ri, Mulgeum-ri, Jeungsan-ri
Dong-myeon Gasan-ri, Geumsan-ri, Seoksan-ri, Naesong-ri, Sasong-ri, Yeorak-ri, Gaegok-ri, Beopgi-ri
Wondong-myeon Seon-ri, Youngpo-ri, Naepo-ri, Won-ri, Yongdang-ri, Seoryong-ri, Dae-ri, Hwaje-ri
Sangbuk-myeon Soto-ri, Daeseok-ri, Seokgye-ri, Sangsam-ri, Jwasam-ri, Naeseok-ri, Oiseok-ri, Soseok-ri, Sinjeon-ri
Habuk-myeon Samsu-ri, Jisan-ri, Samgam-ri, Chosan-ri, Dapgok-ri, Yongyeon-ri, Sunji-ri, Baekrok-ri
Jungang-dong Nambu-dong, Jungbu-dong, Bukgu-dong, Myeonggok-dong, Dabang-dong
Samseong-dong Singi-dong, Bukjeong-dong, Sanmak-dong, Hogye-dong
Gangseo-dong Eogok-dong, Yoosan-dong, Gyo-dong
Soju-dong Junam-dong, Soju-dong, Jujin-dong
Seochang-dong Yongdang-dong, Samho-dong, Myeong-dong
Pyeongsan-dong Pyeongsan-dong
Deokgye-dong Deokgye-dong, Maegok-dong

Business premises

Business premises
Classification Total Major businesses
(300 employees or more)		 Medium businesses
(51~299 employees)		 Small businesses
(50 employees or less)
No. of businesses 1,452 17 148 1,287
No. of employees 42,823 8,644 16,034 18,145

Administrative organization

Organization

  • City: 3 bureaus, 1 Team, 2 officers in charge, 21 divisions, 2 direct offices, 1 business office, and 1 branch office
  • Eup, myeon and dong : 1 eup, 4 myeons and 7 dongs
  • City Council : 1 bureau

Government employees

  • 904 employees(497 employees at City Hall, 91 agencies, 51 business offices, 71 business branches, 176 eups, myeons and dongs, and 18 Council employees)

Budget size

  • Overall: 6,012 billion won
  • General budget : 5,360 billion won (financial independence: 38.1%)
  • Special budget : 652 billion won

Urban infrastructure

  • Housing distribution rate : 125.8% (National average of 108.1%)
  • Road distribution rate : 59.19% (National average of 56.5%)
  • Water distribution rate : 85.14% (National average of 91.3%)
  • Sewer facility distribution rate : 81.60% (National average of 87.1%)

Education and economy

  • Schools : 59 schools (33 elementary schools, 14 middle schools, 10 high schools, and 2 colleges) for 49 students
  • Businesses : 1,483 companies for 43 employees (2 regional industrial complexes and 1 agricultural and industrial complex)