Ulsan
metropolitan city in South Korea
Ulsan is a metropolitan city in the southeast of South Korea. Big companies such as Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hyundai Hysco, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Hyundai Motor Company, SK Innovation and S-Oil. are in Ulsan. Making motors, shipbuilding and petrochemical companies are the main industries in Ulsan. It has the largest area of Korean metropolitan cities but it has the lowest population. In Ulsan, there is a Whale Festival every year to celebrate whales.
Ulsan
울산 蔚山 | |
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Ulsan Metropolitan City | |
transcription(s) | |
• Hangul | 울산광역시 |
• Hanja | 蔚山廣域市 |
• Revised Romanization | Ulsan Gwangyeoksi |
• McCune-Reischauer | Ulsan Kwangyŏksi |
Coordinates: 35°32′18″N 129°18′41″E / 35.53833°N 129.31139°E | |
Country | South Korea |
Region | Yeongnam |
Districts | 5 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Song cheol-Ho (송철호) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,060.19 km2 (409.34 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 1,172,925 |
• Dialect | Gyeongsang |
Flower | Rose |
Tree | Bamboo |
Bird | Egret |
Website | http://www.ulsan.go.kr/english/index |