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Ulsan

Ulsan

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population1,127,553
aurie1,060km²
instance oceety wi hundreds o thoosands o indwallers, ceety
kintraSooth Korea
heid o govrenmentgimdugyeom
is in the admeenistrative unitGyeongsangnam-do

Ulsan (Korean pronunciation:), 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, the warld's lairgest shipyard operatit bi Hyundai Heavy Industries and the world's lairgest oil refinery owned by SK Energy. In 2008, Ulsan haed a GDP per caipita o $63,817, the heichest bi far in the Republic o Korea.

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