Friendship Cities

Photo of Panjin, Liaoning Province, China

Location: 860㎞ southeast from Beijing, 243㎞ southeast from Qingdao
Area: 1,645㎦
Climate: Humid continental climate
Regional Characteristics: Newly emerging city of economic development in Qingdao

Area: 1,622㎦
Climate: Humid continental climate
Location: 1-hour distance from Qingdao (in Shandong Province)
Regional Characteristics : Emerging new city, with agricultural, livestock, and industry development, known for apple and pear
Sister city with Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do (1997), About 100 Korean companies have presence

Area: 849㎦
Climate: Temperate continental climate
Administrative District: 6 counties, 6 towns
Regional Characteristics : A developed city near Shenyang City, known as a tourism city
Mining industry has been developed, global automobile companies have presence
Focused on attracting those related to auto parts

Area: 9,877㎦
Climate: Humid continental climate
Location: Southeast of Heilongjiang
Regional Characteristics : Mining industry, Forestry industry, and agriculture industry are developed. In particular, the development of forestry food industry is notable. 40,000 Korean-Chinese
No. of educational institutions: 38
Culture Leisure: Ninngu Tower, etc.

Tsushima, Japan

Area: 708㎦
Climate: Humid continental climate
Location: 49.5㎞ from Korea (34°12′N 129°17′E)
Regional Characteristics : In addition to 1 city, 6 towns, and main island, there are 107 islands 5 of which are inhabited islands. The main island is divided into two, which are connected by a bridge.

Area: 398.15㎢
Administrative Districts: Vila Nova De Foz Côa, 13 other municipalities
Location: Distrito de Guarda, Portugal
Regional Characteristics : Industrial Structure: Highly reliant on the 1st industry, such as grapes, almond, olive, and fig
Tourism Resources: Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites and Côa Museum
Specialties: grapes, almond, olive, fig , etc.

Area: 39.34㎢
Location: Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castilla y León
Regional Characteristics : Industrial Structure: center of agricultural products and livestock trade, Fertilizer·Leather·Brewing·Milling Industry developed
Mining resources: Clay, Limestone, Marble, Mineral Water, etc.
Tourism resources: Salamanca University (established first in Spain), Plaza Mayor de Madrid, Casa de las Conchas, and others in the old town are all listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Salamanca, Spain

Area: 319.2㎢
Religion: Roman Catholic
Language: Portuguese
Location: In the western end of the Lisbon region of Portugal
Regional Characteristics : The Cultural Landscape of Sintra was listed by the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995
Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of the Eurasian continent, a global tourism destination

Salamanca, Spain

Area: 57.6㎢
Religion: Atheism (57.1%), Catholic (31.43%)
Language: Czech language
Location: a town in the Moravian part of the Vysočina region of the Czech Republic
Regional Characteristics : The Jewish Quarter and St. Procopius Basilica were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003
Well-known as one of the cleanest regions in the Czech Republic, it is growing as the center of economy, politics, administration, and culture of the Moravian region.
A member city of the Energetic Třebíčsko Association, the Dukovany regional council on energy maintenance, repair, and development, which supports the construction of new nuclear plants in Dukovany and wields influence on the central government

Area: 510.54㎢
Population: 285,158 (120,318 households) * as of late August 2018
Location: 1, Sicheong-ro, Yeosu-si, Jeollanam-do (http://www.yeosu.go.kr)
Regional Characteristics : A developed city near Shenyang City, known as a tourism city, mining industry is developed
Global automobile companies have presence, focused on attracting those related to auto parts

Area: 4,662.5 ㎢
Population: About 970,000
Location: Located in the nation's northwest region - 76km from Hanoi
Language: Vietnamese
Major Industries: Agriculture, Forestry, Construction, Service, and other industries
Administrative districts: 1 city (Hoa Binh city), 10 district-level sub-divisions
Regional Characteristics : Home to a population of 1 million, located in the northwest part of Vietnam, focused on agriculture and forestry industries
Abundant resources including forestry resources and tourism resources
Hoa Binh Province is one of Vietnam’s topographically divided 8 regions, located in the northwest part of Vietnam, and is a mountainous province.