Suwon 水原市
Municipal Ceety
Korean transcription(s)
? Hangul	수 원 時
? Hanja	水 原 市
?  Revised Romanization	Suwon-si
?  McCune-Reischauer	Suw?n-si
Hwaseong Fortress an the skyline o Suwon
Location in Sooth Korea
Coordinates: 37°16′N 127°01′E  /  37.267°N 127.017°E  / 37.267; 127.017
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Admeenistrative diveesions	4 gu, 42 dong
Govrenment
? Teep	Mayor-Cooncil
? Mayor	Yeom Tae-Young ( Democratic Unitit )
? Cooncil	Suwon Ceety Cooncil
? Members o the Gyeonggi Provincial Cooncil	List Kim Jae Gui ( Democratic Unitit ) 1st Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety Kim Ju Seong ( Democratic Unitit ) 2nt Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety Kim Sang Hoi ( Democratic Unitit ) 3rd Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety Park Dong Hyeon ( Democratic Unitit ) 4t Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety Lee Seung Cheol ( Saenuri )) 5t Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety Kim Ho Kyum ( Democratic Unitit ) 6t Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety Oh Wan Seok ( Democratic Unitit ) 7t Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety An Hye Young ( Democratic Unitit ) 8t Electoral Destrict, Suwon Ceety
? Members o the Naitional Assembly	Chung Mi-Kyung ( Independent ) Gwonseon-gu District Lee Chan-Yeol ( Democratic Unitit ) Jangan-gu Destrict Nam Kyung-Pil ( Saenuri ) Paldal-gu Destrict Kim Jin-Pyo ( Democratic Unitit ) Yeongtong-gu Destrict
Area
? Total	121.1 km 2 (46.8 sq mi)
Population   (30 September 2013 [1] )
? Total	1,170,878
? Density	8975.2/km 2 (23,246/sq mi)
? Denonym	水原市民(Suwon simin)
? Dialect	Seoul
Flower	Azalea
Tree	Pine
Bird	White Heron

Suwon ( Suwon-si ; Korean pronunciation:  [suw?n] ) is the provincial caipital o Gyeonggi-do , Sooth Korea . A major ceety o ower a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately 30 kilometres (20 mile) sooth o Seoul . It is tradeetionally kent as "The Ceety o Filial Piety".

Suwon haes existit in various fuirms throuoot Korea's history , growin frae a smaw dounset in tribal times tae a major industrial an cultural ceety the day. Suwon is the ae remainin completely wawed ceety in Sooth Korea. As such, the ceety walls are ane o the mair popular tourist destinations in Gyeonggi Province. As an industrial centre, Suwon hooses a muckle Samsung Electronics factory. Suwon is servit bi twa motorweys, the naitional railwey netwirk an the Seoul Metropolitan Subway , facilitatin transport o commuters, tourists an guids alike.

Suwon is a major educational centre, bein hame tae 14 varsity campuses. This, alang wi widespread transport links, draws inhabitants frae athort the kintra an foreign population o 1.85%. ^[2]

Suwon is kent domestically as a fitbawin ceety. Suwon Samsung Bluewings Football Club haes wan the K League on fower occasions. ^[3]

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• Curitiba , Brazil (2006)
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• Asahikawa , Japan (1989)
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• Jinan , Cheenae (1993)
• Townsville , Australie (1997)
• Bandung , Indonesie (1997)
• Cluj-Napoca , Romanie (1999)
• Toluca , Mexico (1999)
• Yalova , Turkey (1999)
• Fes , Morocco (2003)
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