Suwon

Suwon 수원시
Municipal Ceety
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	수원시
• Hanja	水原市
• Revised Romanization	Suwon-si
• McCune-Reischauer	Suwŏn-si
Hwaseong Fortress an the skyline o Suwon
Location in Sooth Korea
Coordinates: 37°16′N 127°01′E
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Admeenistrative diveesions	4 gu, 42 dong
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor-Cooncil
• Mayor	Yeom Tae-Young (Democratic Unitit)
• Cooncil	Suwon Ceety Cooncil
• Members o the Gyeonggi Provincial Cooncil	List Kim Jae Gui (Democratic Unitit) 1st Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety Kim Ju Seong (Democratic Unitit) 2nt Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety Kim Sang Hoi (Democratic Unitit) 3rd Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety Park Dong Hyeon (Democratic Unitit) 4t Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety Lee Seung Cheol (Saenuri)) 5t Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety Kim Ho Kyum (Democratic Unitit) 6t Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety Oh Wan Seok (Democratic Unitit) 7t Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety An Hye Young (Democratic Unitit) 8t Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety
• Members o the Naitional Assembly	Chung Mi-Kyung (Independent) Gwonseon-gu District Lee Chan-Yeol (Democratic Unitit) Jangan-gu Destrict Nam Kyung-Pil (Saenuri) Paldal-gu Destrict Kim Jin-Pyo (Democratic Unitit) Yeongtong-gu Destrict
Area
• Total	121.1 km2 (46.8 sq mi)
Population  (30 September 2013)
• Total	1,170,878
• Density	8975.2/km2 (23,246/sq mi)
• Denonym	수원시민(Suwon simin)
• Dialect	Seoul
Flower	Azalea
Tree	Pine
Bird	White Heron

Suwon (Suwon-si; Korean pronunciation: [suwʌn]) is the provincial caipital o Gyeonggi-do, Sooth Korea. A major ceety o ower a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately 30 kilometres (20 mile) sooth o Seoul. It is tradeetionally kent as "The Ceety o Filial Piety".

Suwon haes existit in various fuirms throuoot Korea's history, growin frae a smaw dounset in tribal times tae a major industrial an cultural ceety the day. Suwon is the ae remainin completely wawed ceety in Sooth Korea. As such, the ceety walls are ane o the mair popular tourist destinations in Gyeonggi Province. As an industrial centre, Suwon hooses a muckle Samsung Electronics factory. Suwon is servit bi twa motorweys, the naitional railwey netwirk an the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, facilitatin transport o commuters, tourists an guids alike.

Suwon is a major educational centre, bein hame tae 14 varsity campuses. This, alang wi widespread transport links, draws inhabitants frae athort the kintra an foreign population o 1.85%.

Suwon is kent domestically as a fitbawin ceety. Suwon Samsung Bluewings Football Club haes wan the K League on fower occasions.

Sister ceeties

• Curitiba, Brazil (2006)
• Nizhny Novgorod, Roushie (2005)
• Asahikawa, Japan (1989)
• Fukui Ceety, Fukui, Japan (2001)
• Jinan, Cheenae (1993)
• Townsville, Australie (1997)
• Bandung, Indonesie (1997)
• Cluj-Napoca, Romanie (1999)
• Toluca, Mexico (1999)
• Yalova, Turkey (1999)
• Fes, Morocco (2003)
• Hải Dương Province, Vietnam (2004)
• Siem Reap Province, Cambodie (2004)
• Hyderabad, Indie (2005)