Hwaseong City Officially Declares "Population Surpasses 1 Million"

Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun: "We Will Create the Best City Where Everyone Wants to Live"
Electric Car Gifted to the 1 Millionth Citizen Moving from Gangdong, Seoul to Dongtan 9-dong

Hwaseong City in Gyeonggi Province has officially declared that its population has surpassed 1 million.

On the 14th, Hwaseong City announced, "As of the 4th of this month, the population of Hwaseong City was counted at 1,000,063," officially marking its entry as the fifth city nationwide to reach a population of 1 million.

With the population exceeding 1 million, Hwaseong City will qualify for special city status in January 2025 if it maintains this standard until the end of next year, following Suwon, Goyang, and Yongin in Gyeonggi Province, and Changwon in South Gyeongsang Province.

On the same day, the city held an event in the city hall lobby to invite the family of the one-millionth citizen and presented them with a citizen certificate.

Jung Myung-geun, Mayor of Hwaseong (center), is celebrating after awarding citizen certificates to residents on the 14th to commemorate the population surpassing 1 million.
[Photo by Hwaseong City]

The one-millionth citizen was confirmed to be Mr. Lee, who moved from Gangdong-gu, Seoul to Dongtan 9-dong. He was gifted an electric car from Kia Autoland Hwaseong and a health checkup voucher from Dongtan City Hospital.

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Namyang Research Center also commemorated the 30th anniversary of the research center’s completion by gifting an electric car to Mr. Song, the 1,000,030th citizen.

Hwaseong United Hospital and NH Nonghyup Hwaseong Branch presented a family health checkup voucher and 100 kg of rice to the family of baby Kim, the first newborn after the population surpassed 1 million, who was registered in Byeongjeom 1-dong.

Additionally, NH Nonghyup Hwaseong Branch donated a total of 10,000 kg of rice to support vulnerable groups in Hwaseong City.

Some suggest that considering the recent rapid population decline, Hwaseong City may effectively become the last city to reach a population of 1 million. According to Statistics Korea, Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province is currently the only city with a population exceeding 900,000. However, Seongnam’s population, which was 923,000 at the end of last year, has continued to decline, standing at approximately 918,771 as of the end of November.

Jung Myung-geun, mayor of Hwaseong City, stated, "Surpassing a population of 1 million is not an end but a new beginning," and added, "We will do our best to create the best city where everyone wants to live and where all citizens are happy."

Meanwhile, Hwaseong City has joined the Korea Special City Mayors Association as an associate member and is jointly promoting the enactment of the 'Special City Support Act' and the expansion of autonomous authority with four other special cities. In addition, Hwaseong City Research Institute and the 1 Million Special City Preparation Committee plan to carry out various activities in cooperation with the private sector to expand special city authority.

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