Daegu
Daegu 대구 | |
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Daegu Metropolitan Ceety | |
transcription(s) | |
• Hangul | 대구광역시 |
• Hanja | 大邱廣域市 |
• Revised Romanization | Daegu-gwangyeoksi |
• McCune-Reischauer | Taegu-kwangyŏksi |
Map o Sooth Korea wi Daegu heichlichtit | |
Kintra | Sooth Korea |
Region | Yeongnam |
Destricts | 7 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Kim Bum-il (김범일) |
Area | |
• Total | 884.10 km2 (341.35 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 2,446,418 |
• Density | 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi) |
• Dialect | Gyeongsang |
Flower | Magnolia |
Tree | Fir |
Bird | Eagle |
Website | daegu.go.kr (in Inglis) |
Daegu (Korean pronunciation: [tɛɡu]), forbye kent as Taegu,[1] an offeecially the Daegu Metropolitan Ceety, is the third lairgest metropolitan aurie in Sooth Korea, an bi ceety leemits, the fowert lairgest[2][3] wi ower 2.5 million fowk. The ceety is the caipital an principal ceety o the surroondin province, Gyeongsangbuk-do, tho it isnae legally pairt o the province. Thir twa auries are aften cawed Daegu-Gyeongbuk, an hae a population o ower 5 million.
The ceety is locatit in sooth-eastren Korea aboot 80 km inby frae seacoast, near the Geumho River an its mainstream, Nakdong River in Gyeongsang-do, forbye cried the Yeongnam region. The Daegu basin, whaur the ceety lees, is the middle pairt an rare plain o that region. It made the ceety the region's centre o politics, economy, an cultur.
In auncient times, Daegu wis pairt o the Silla Kinrick that unified the Korean Peninsula first, an in the Joseon Dynasty period, it wis the caipital o Gyeongsang-do whilk wis ane o aicht provinces o the kintra. The ceety itsel wis the hame o the regimes in Sooth Korea's swith economic growthe period (1960's–1980's). The day, the ceety haes acome ane o the major ceeties o the kintra an is makkin efforts tae be the centre o the fashion an hie-tech industries. Due tae its status as a cultural center, thare mony eiknames for the ceety includin "Apple's Ceety", "Bonnie's Ceety", "Textile Ceety", an "Fashion Ceety".
Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Atlanta, Unitit States (1981)
- Almaty, Kazakhstan (1990)
- Qingdao, Cheenae (1993)
- Minas Gerais, Brazil (1994)
- Hiroshima, Japan (1997)
- Saunt Petersburg, Roushie (1997)
- Plovdiv, Bulgarie (2002)
- Taipei, Taiwan (2010)
- Natal, Brazil (2012)
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ This romanization o the ceety's name is in McCune-Reischauer. It wis uised afore the offeecial adoption o the Revised Romanization bi the Sooth Korean Government in 2000.
- ↑ Efter Seoul, Busan, an Incheon. The 2005 census first foond that Incheon's population wis lairger than Daegu's. "행정구역(동읍면)별 인구, 가구 및 주택". National Statistical Office. 2005. Retrieved 17 November 2006.[deid airtin]
- ↑ Still, the ceety is considered as ane o the three major ceeties o the Republic o Korea, acause Incheon belangs tae the Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie.
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