Basic status

Location and natural environment

• Location of city hall : 40, Jungang-ro, Gimje-si (353, Seoam-dong)
• Far East : Geumsan-ri, Geumsan-myeon(longitude 127°05’ latitude 35°43’)
• Far West : Simpo-ri, Jinbong-myeon(longitude 126°28’ latitude 35°48’)
• Far South : Geumseong-ri, Geumsan-myeon(longitude 127°02’ latitude 35°39’)
• Far North : Dongjisan-ri, Cheongha-myeon (longitude 126°50’ latitude 35°55’)
• Transportation : Honam Expressway and Honam Line (Buyong, Waryong and Gimje Station)
• Extension : 54.9㎞ from east to west and 33.38㎞ from north to south
• Area: 545.84㎢
• Geographical features : southeastern part is high, and northwestern part is low
• Climate : continental and coastal
• Mountain : Moaksan Mountain(793.5m), Sangdusan Mountain(573.3m) and Guseongsan Mountain(487.6m)
• River : Mangyeonggang River and Dongjingang River

Transportation

Seohaean Expressway

• Incheon ↔ Western Gimje IC : take two and a half hours
• Mokpo ↔ Western Gimje IC : take 1 hour and 10 minutes

Honam Expressway

• Seoul ↔ Western Jeonju IC : take three and a half hours
• Gwangju ↔ Geumsansa IC : take 1 hour and 20 minutes

KTX high - speed railway

• The Gimje opposite ↔ Yongsan station: 06:58, 17:48
• The Yongsan station ↔ Gimje opposite: 09:43, 17:09

Status of regional growth poles

General status

Administrative districts of Gimje-si

• Population: 81,711 people (43,713 generations) *2,023, in the end of August present.
• Area: 545.02km (6.7% of the Jeonbuk special self-governing province) * urban district 8%, agricultural and forestry areas 44.8%, managed region 42%, and nature conservation area 5.2%
• Administrative area: 1 eup 14 page 4 dong (151 Ri · building, 764 villages, 1,547 classes)
• Administrative organization: 4 Guk 1 bundle 26 rooms and 2 direct institution 2 business place 19 uhp >DEFAULT]
• Council : 14 people(12 local and 2 proportional) and 3 standing committees
• Infrastructure
  • Road pavement : 596 routes, 1,230km(59% rate of paved road%)
  • Water supply: the diffusion rate 99.2% and conduit line 1,539km
  • Sewer: the diffusion rate 68% and conduit line 604km
  • Industrial complexes : 9(2 industrial complexes and 7 agricultural industrial complexes), 6.642 million㎡
  • Administration of river: 64 place 237km (the country 3, local 11, and small stream 50)
  • City park: 18 places (the neighborhood 6, child 10, small Park 1, and sport 1)
• Sister·friendship cooperation cities
  • Establishment of sisterhood: the national-Gyeongbuk Gumi-si, Gangwon Donghae-si, Eunpyeong-gu in Seoul, Wando County in South Jeolla Province, game Ansan City / overseas-Japan Kikuchi, and Chinese Namtongsi
  • Friendship cooperation : domestic - Yeongdo-gu, Busan and Wonkwang University / overseas - Osakasayama, Japan and Batam, Indonesia
• Regional characteristic
  • The center of Saemangeum, the best place for balanced national development adjacent to innovation city
  • The land of life, the representative granary in South Korea and food security area as well as a barn of the Korean people
  • The center of T-shaped development axis in Jeonbuk, the center of transportation·distribution with regional traffic network