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    Changwon ( Korean pronunciation: [tɕʰaŋ.wʌn]) is the capital and largest city of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea (with a population of 1,025,702 as of 2023 ), and the 11th largest city of the country. A port city, Changwon is bordered by Masan Bay to the south, and the cities of Busan and Gimhae to the east.
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    Up to 2010, Changwon in South Gyeongsang Province was actually three distinct places. The port towns of Masan and Jinhae sat either side of the original Changwon, a planned city built from scratch in the 1970s. The three were recently merged and all lie on a stretch of steep, zigzagging coastline on the East China Sea.
    As the capital and largest city in Gyeongsannam-do, Changwon is a provincial centre for media production and home to television and radio broadcaster Changwon KBS that hosts the K-Pop World Festival each year and newspaper the Kyongnam Shinmun , Changwon is home to numerous festivals throughout the year, including:
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    A rare glimpse of traditional Korean culture in Changwon’s modern cityscape, the House of Changwon is a hanok complex dating back around 200 years. This assemblage of 14 buildings not far from Changwon Jungang Station is free to visit and was the residence of the Late Joseon Period scholar, Ducheol.
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    Changwon is the capital and largest city of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea (with a population of 1,025,702 as of 2023 ), and the 11th largest city of the country. A port city, Changwon is bordered by Masan Bay to the south, and the cities of Busan and Gimhae to the east. The city of Miryang lies to the … See more

    Early history
    Populated since the early Bronze Age, the area surrounding Masan Bay would have been a wide open … See more

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    Changwon has 5 administrative districts (Gu) which are divided into 54 neighbourhoods (dong), 5 in Uichang-gu, 7 in Seongsan-gu, … See more

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    Students in Changwon can attend one of the six main post-secondary institutions:
    Changwon National University
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    Changwon, having been the first city in Korea to declare itself a cycling city, is now considered … See more

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    Changwon is located on the southeastern coast of the Korean Peninsula, on the Nakdong River delta looking out onto Masan Bay. The city is surrounded by mountains, the highest of which are Mt. Bulmo (802 m (2,631 ft)), Mt. Jeongbyeong (567 … See more

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    Changwon city owes its rapid growth since the 1970s primarily to the Changwon industrial Complex, a 25.302 km (9.769 sq mi) hub of factories … See more

    As a planned city, Changwon was built to include more natural space than many other cities in Korea including dozens of parks, gardens, … See more

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