Changwon
Hangul:	창원시
Hanja:	昌原市
Revised Romanization:	Changwon-si
McCune-Reischauer:	Ch'angwŏn-shi
Statistics
Area:	292.80 km²
Population:	549,507 (2005)[1]
Pop. density:	1,803.8 people/km²
Administrative divisions:	1 eup, 2 myeon, 12 dong

Changwon(창원) is a city in and the capital of South Gyeongsang Province in South Korea. The city is approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Busan. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: Changwon ... Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is divided into 1 Special City (Teukbyeolsi), 6 Metropolitan Cities (Gwangyeoksi), and 9 Provinces (Do). ... South Gyeongsang is a province in the southeast of South Korea. ... Busan Metropolitan City, also commonly referred to as Pusan, is the largest harbor city in Korea, with a population of about 4 million, Busan is South Koreas second largest metropolis next to Seoul. ...

It has approximately 545 000 people and is the only planned city in Korea. It was established in 1974 to be an industrial and residential centre, and also as the future provincial capital and has grown since this time. Unlike most other Korean cities that are just urban sprawl, Changwon has many parks and gardens throughout the city which gives it a much different feel.

It has 2 department stores(Lotte and Daedong), EMart, Homeplus which more than caters for most peoples shopping needs. There are also 20 cinema screens in the city (spread between 3 very recently built western-style cinemas - Lotte, CGV and Megabox)which caters for entertainment.

Perhaps the most well-known tourist site is the Junam Reservior which is an important bird migration site and the largest in Korea. In peak season(winter) 30-40 000 birds a day on average can be seen there.

It is a hub of factories for many major companies including Samsung, GM-Daewoo and LG Electronics

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of cities in South Korea

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External links

• City government website
• Open Directory category

Administrative divisions of South Gyeongsang province, South Korea
Capital Changwon
Cities Changwon | Geoje | Gimhae | Jinhae | Jinju | Masan | Miryang | Sacheon | Tongyeong | Yangsan
Counties Changnyeong | Geochang | Goseong | Hadong | Haman | Hamyang | Hapcheon | Namhae | Sancheong | Uiryeong