Only Seoul and Pusan have more people. The city is a commercial and educational center. Korea Taegu stands on a fertile plain and is surrounded by huge mountains on the north and south. The city has two universities, a women's college, and several technical schools.
Buddhist monasteries lie in the mountains around Taegu.
The city ranks as South Korea's largest producer of textiles, and it is a market for farm products and minerals of its area. Korean people had established a settlement on the site of what is now Taegu by A.D. 366. Taegu became a major commercial center in the 1400's. Chong-Sik Lee, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, Univ. of Pennsylvania. How to cite this article.