Sejong Special Self-Governing City

Lee Chun-hee

Symbolic mark

Sejong-si historically belonged to Mahan in the era of the Three Han States and Baekje in the Unified Silla era, and Yeongi originates from Yeongi-hyeon of the Unified Silla era and was revised to Yeongi-gun and Jeonui-gun in 1895(the 32th of King Gojong) during the Joseon Dynasty. It was integrated into Yeongi-gu after 1914 and after a special law to construct multifunctional administrative city was enacted and proclaimed on May 18, 2005, it was established as Sejong Self-Governing City including parts of Gongju-si and Cheongwon-gu on July 1, 2012.
Launched as the 17th metropolitan council of Republic of Korea.

New administration central city
- 36 central administrative organizations moved into the area(‘12~’14).
Environment-friendly city
- Open bicycle road(354km) and establish resource recirculation system purifying waste to energy.
- Supply 30% required energy of government complex with New Renewable Energy.
- Plan 53% of 73㎢ with park, green belt, and waterside area.
World-class educational environment
- Introduction U-School system: Electronic bulletin board, digital textbook, U-library, etc.
- Establish specialized schools such as special-purpose high school for the educational competitiveness.
- Invite superior universities and establish a global university town.
Establish salubrious settlement environments
- 5-zero city(telephone pole, trash can, fence, billboard, street parking)
- Establish cultural facilities such as national library(13), art center(15), national museum(16), etc.
- Establish a ubiquitous model city by grafting cutting edge IT technology onto the fields close to living such as transportation, education, medical treatment, etc.
- Introduce the concept of ‘city without obstacle’ for the old, the infirm, and the disabled.
Selected as functional district of international science and business belt(May 2011)


Division	Content
Geography/Climate	Area : 465.23 ㎢ Location : Sejong is located in the center of Chungcheong area, situated in Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do to the west, Daejeon Metropolitan City to the south, and Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do to the east, and bordering between Chungcheongnam-do and Cheonan to the north. Climate : Average temperature 13.4℃(max.:26.3℃, min.:-2.6℃)
Population	Population : 330,298 (Jul. 2019) Number of households : 131,110
Main annual event	Yongamgang bridge, Baekje Culture Festival, Dowon Cultural Festival (King’s Water Festival), Peach Festival
Main tourism and culture heritage	Milmaru Observatory, Gobok Lake Park, Bear Tree Park, Duiwungbak Village, Chungnam Forest Environment Institute, Biamsa, Yeongpyeongsa, etc.


Division	Content
Economic Level	GRDP : 2,109.5 billion won(2009) GRDP per person : 26 million won(based on the population of 2009, 80,118 people)
Industry	Industrial structure : Agriculture, forestry and fishery 0.2%, mining and manufacturing industries 14.7%, service industry 85.1% Specialized industry : Automobile parts, biomaterials
Main Products	Peach, pear, rice, water melon, mushroom, tomato, pickled radish, peach wine, etc.

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