• Sister City Agreement : March 10, 2005
• Name of the City : Dangjin city, Chungnam province
• Mayor : Sung-hwan Oh
• Location : Chungchungnam-do Dangjin-shi Shichung-1ro 1 (Soochung-dong 1002) Dangjin City Hall
• Size : 694.478 km²
• Population : 171.860 people
• Governing Areas : 2 eup, 9 myeon, 3 dong (11 Legal dong) 220 ri (138 Legal ri)
• Major Cultural Events : Gijisi Juldarigi Festival (Apr.), Janggo Port Silchi Festival (Apr.), Hanjin Port Manila ClamFestival (May), Simhoon Sangnok Culture Festival (Sept.)
• Regional Characteristics
  • Located in the furthest northern of Chungcheongnam-do. 2/3 of the area faces the sea and mountains and hills are connected to a large field for agriculture industry.
  • A historic place with a place called Solmoe sacred birthplace for Korea’s first father, Andrean Kim Dae Geon, and Pilgyeongsa in which Shim Hoon, a resistance poet and novelist during the Japanese imperialism days, wrote “Evergreen Tree”
• Primary Specialties
  • Produce : Haenaru rice, cherry green pepper, oyster mushroom, etc.
  • Fisheries : Carp, Zara, Snapping Turtle, and Mud Snail
  • Meat : Domestic Beef, Pork, Smoked Chicken, Fermented Eggs, etc
• Others
  • 9 Landscapes of Dangjin: Sunrise in Waemok, Grand Bridge of West Sea, Nanji Island Beach, Jebangjilju, Solmoe Sacred Place, Dobi-do Oceanic experience, Hamsang Park, Amimangru (Amisan Mountain), Gijisi Juldarigi Museum
  • 8 Tastes of Dangjin : Haenaru rice, cherry green pepper, raw whitebait, oyster mushroom, myeoncheondugyeon wine, Gahwa grapes, Dangjin apples, and stingrays
• Website : http://www.dangjin.go.kr/en.do
  http://www.dangjin.go.kr/cn.do
• Exchange Journal

  Exchange Journal

  2009. 1. 30	Offer donations and volunteer work to recover from snow disasters in Dangjin-gun
  2009. 4. 12	Attend tug of war festival in Dangjin-gun
  2009. 9. 29 ~ 30	Open Farmer’s Market celebrating Thanksgiving Day
  2010. 4. 10	Attend tug of war festival in Dangjin-gun
  2013.4.12	Attending Giji-si Tug-of-War Folk Festival Opening Ceremony
  2015.4.10.	AttendedtheGijisi Juldarigi Festival
  2015.4.18.	Attendedthe opening ceremony of the419 Festival
  2015.9.22. ~ 9.23.	Held the agricultural specialty product direct market with sister cities for Chuseok
  2016.4.8.	Attendedthe celebration of the 「2016 Gijisi Juldarigi Festival」
  2016.4.18.	Attendedthe opening ceremony of the「419 Festival」
  2016.9.1. ~ 9.2.	Attendedthe「2016 Direct Market for Chuseok」 in Gangbuk-gu Office Plaza
  2017.4.18.	Attended the opening ceremony of the April 19 Revolution Public Cultural Festival
  2017.9.21. ~ 9.22.	Attended the 2017 Chuseok Sister City Direct Marketplace
  2018.4.13.	Visited the 2018 Dangjin Gijisi Tug-of-War Folk Festival
  2018.4.18.	Attended the opening ceremony of April 19 Revolution Public Cultural Festival
  2018.9.13.	Attended the 2018 Chuseok Sister City Direct Marketplace (Gangbuk-gu Office Plaza)
  2019.4.12.	Visited the 2019 Dangjin Gijisi Tug-of-War Folk Festival
  2019.4.18.	Attended the opening ceremony of the April 19 Revolution Public Cultural Festival 2019
  2021. 5. 7.	Produced and sent a celebration video on the “Year of Saint Andrew Kim Dae-Geon“
  2021. 8. 21.	Visited the “Mass for 200th anniversary of the birth of Saint Andrew Kim Dae-Geon, Priest“
  2021. 11.	Delivered 3,897 reusable ice packs to Dangjin Sapgyo Lake Tourism Complex (with Cleaning and Administration Department)
  2022. 4. 18.	Participated in the opening ceremony of the 4.19 Revolutionary National Cultural Festival
  2022. 5. 14.	Participated in the opening ceremony of the Gijisi Tug of War Festival
  2022. 9. 1. ~ 9. 2.	Attending 「the 2022 Chuseok Farmers' Market」
  2022. 9. 20.	Sending the Congratulatory Video Message to Celebrate 「the 11th Citizen’s Day Commemorating Event & the 10th Anniversary of Dangjin’s City Status」
  2023. 7. 25. ~ 7. 27.	Inviting the Youth in Dangjin and Gangbuk-gu to the Youth Exchange Camp
  2023. 9. 26.	Sending Congratulatory Video Message to Celebrate 「the 12th Dangjin Citizen’s Day Commemorating Event」
  2024. 4. 12.	Visited 「the opening ceremony of the Gijisi Tug of War Festival 2024」

Dangjin Other Links

• Culture and Tourism of Dangjin : http://www.dangjin.go.kr/en/sub03_01_01.do
  http://www.dangjin.go.kr/jp/sub03_01_01.do
  http://www.dangjin.go.kr/cn/sub03_01_01.do