Gimhae-si, High Life Satisfaction... Top 25% Among Basic Local Governments

Last Year Population Growth: Gyeongnam 1st, Nationwide 14th

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] The Presidential Committee on Balanced National Development (Balanced Committee) announced on the 5th that, based on a survey commissioned to Korea Gallup in December last year involving 10,431 people nationwide, Gimhae City showed significantly high life satisfaction in 28 items across 10 categories of balanced development subjective indicators, including housing, transportation, and industrial/job conditions.

In this survey, Gimhae City, along with Geoje, Yangsan, Jinju, and Changwon cities in the province, ranked in the top 25% (40 regions) among 159 basic local governments nationwide in terms of life satisfaction results (subjective indicators).

The city has transformed into a self-sufficient city equipped evenly with transportation, jobs, convenience facilities, housing, and educational conditions, making it one of the local governments with a notably increasing population nationwide.

Last year, the city's population growth ranked first in Gyeongnam Province and 14th among 228 basic local governments nationwide. Among the top 14 basic local governments nationwide in population growth, only two?Buk-gu of Ulsan Metropolitan City and Gimhae City?were outside the metropolitan area, ranking 11th and 14th respectively.

At the end of 2019, Gimhae City's population (according to Statistics Korea resident registration population status) was 542,455, an increase of 8,783 from 533,672 in the same period the previous year.

Mayor Heo Seong-gon of Gimhae said, "We will do our best to become the top self-sufficient city in the Southeast region by promoting regional balanced development and securing future growth engines."

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