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장원 (Ch'angwŏn)

장원 (Ch'angwŏn, also transliterated as Changwon), is a city of 1.092 million residents1 located along the north shore of Chinhae (or Jinhae) Bay in southern 대한 (Daehan or South Korea). It is an industrial city that as of 2010 includes the former neighboring cities of Chinhae and Masan.2 The tallest building as of early 2016 is the residential tower, Metro City 2 101 (792 feet, 63 stories, 2015).3

External references

Overview of central Ch'angwŏn (Changwon), Daehan (South Korea)

Historical Map

map showing Chosŏn (North Korea) and Daehan (South Korea), 2000 CE

Footnotes

1. 2012 figure from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Korea, accessed 8/31/2015.
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changwon, accessed 1/8/2015.
3. emporis.com, accessed 1/8/2016.