Ulsan

Ulsan (), offeecially the Ulsan Metropolitan Ceety, is the Republic o Korea's seivent lairgest metropolis wi a population o ower 1.1 million. It is locatit in the sooth-east o the kintra, neighborin Busan tae the sooth an facing Gyeongju tae the north an the Sea o Japan (East Sea) tae the east.

Ulsan is the industrial pouerhoose o the Republic o Korea, formin the hert o the Ulsan Industrial District, which is hame tae the warld's lairgest automobile assembly plant operatit bi Hyundai Motors,http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/society/2010/01/11/0706000000AKR20100111098900057.HTML?template=2086 the warld's lairgest shipyard operatit bi Hyundai Heavy Industrieshttp://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/view/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0001214440 and the world's lairgest oil refinery owned by SK Energy.http://pda.ulsan.go.kr/Common/Detail.neo?id=U0010711 In 2008, Ulsan haed a GDP per caipita o $63,817, the heichest bi far in the Republic o Korea.See Leet o Sooth Korean regions bi GDP.

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Category:Populatit coastal places in Sooth Korea
Category:Special Ceeties an Metropolitan Ceeties o Sooth Korea