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Changwon (Korean: 창원; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʰaŋ.wʌn]) is the capital and largest city of South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea (with a population of 1,025,702 as of 2023), and the 11th largest city of the country.
Name Population (2012) Area (km²) Population Density (/km²) Changwon: 1,106,081 747.12 Geoje: 245,972 402.3 Gimhae: 531,383 463.26 Jinju: 341,221 712.63
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ba.wikipedia.org Чханвон; Usage on eu.wikipedia.org Changwon; Usage on hu.wikipedia.org Cshangvon
During the Japanese rule over Korea, the province was known as Keishōnan-dō. In 1948, South Gyeongsang Province became part of South Korea. In 1963, Busan separated from South Gyeongsang Province to become a Directly Governed City (Jikhalsi). In 1983, the provincial capital moved from Busan to Changwon.
This is a list cities of South Korea by population including provincial-level divisions: special city (특별시/特別市) and metropolitan cities (광역시/廣域市), and municipal-level division: cities (시/市). Other municipal-level divisions: counties (군/郡 which have populations under 50K) and districts (구/區) are not included.
Jinhae was developed as a naval base (Chinkai Naval Station) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Japanese occupation period in the early 20th century.On July 1, 2010, Jinhae and its neighboring cities, Changwon and Masan, merged to form the city of Changwon, currently the seat of the Provincial Council of South Gyeongsang Province.
South Korea is made up of 22 first-tier administrative divisions: ... Changwon: 경상남도 ... A map of all South Korean metropolitan cities' districts ...
Changnyeong County (Changnyeong-gun 창녕군) is a county in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.. In the early Three Kingdoms period, Changnyeong was the seat of Bihwa Gaya, a member of the Gaya confederacy which was later conquered by Silla.