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City Government

• About the Mayor view submenu
  • Inaugural Address
  • Profile
  • Vision of Busan
  • Former Mayors of Busan
• Organization view submenu
  • City Organization
  • Council
  • City Hall view submenu
    • Virtual Tour
    • Directions
    • Floor Directory
    • Busan Dream Space
• Key City Projects view submenu
  • Gadeokdo New Airport view submenu
    • Construction Objectives
    • Status and Expected Effects
  • North Port Redevelopment Project view submenu
    • Phase 1
    • Phase 2
  • Busan International Tourism City Project view submenu
    • Vision Roadmap
    • The Five Promotion Strategies
    • Performance Goals and Area Strategy
  • Busan Eco Delta Smart City view submenu
    • Overview of EDSC
    • Vision and Objectives
    • Ten Innovations
  • Fine Dust Reduction Measures
• Ordinances
• Honorary Citizenship
• Sister and Friendship Cities view submenu
  • List of Sister Cities
  • Sister Cities of Busan view submenu
    • Kaohsiung
    • Los Angeles
    • Shimonoseki
    • Barcelona
    • Rio de Janeiro
    • Vladivostok
    • Shanghai
    • Surabaya
    • Victoria
    • Tijuana
    • Ho Chi Mihn
    • Auckland
    • Valparaiso
    • Western Cape
    • Montreal
    • Istanbul
    • Dubai
    • Fukuoka
    • Chicago
    • St. Petersburg
    • Phnom Penh
    • Mumbai
    • Thessaloniki
    • Casablanca
    • Cebu
    • Yangon
    • Mombasa
    • Luanda
    • Dar es Salaam
  • List of Friendship Cities
  • Friendship Cities of Busan view submenu
    • Shenzhen(深圳市)
    • Tianjin(天津市)
    • Osaka
    • Chongqing(重庆市)
    • Bangkok
    • Beijing
    • Nagasaki
    • Bandar Abbas
    • Ulaanbaatar
    • Panama City
    • Guangzhou
    • Almaty
    • Tunis
    • Sofia
    • Hamburg
    • Dili Municipality
    • Koper
    • Liverpool City Region
    • Belize City

• Kaohsiung
• Los Angeles
• Shimonoseki
• Barcelona
• Rio de Janeiro
• Vladivostok
• Shanghai
• Surabaya
• Victoria
• Tijuana
• Ho Chi Mihn
• Auckland
• Valparaiso
• Western Cape
• Montreal
• Istanbul
• Dubai
• Fukuoka
• Chicago
• St. Petersburg
• Phnom Penh
• Mumbai
• Thessaloniki
• Casablanca
• Cebu
• Yangon
• Mombasa
• Luanda
• Dar es Salaam

Overview

• Location: Southwest coast region, Taiwan
• Population: 2,770,000
• Area: 2,946km²
• Climate: Subtropical climate (Average temperature 25.7°C)
• Website: http://www.kcg.gov.tw/

At a Glance

Kaohsiung is the second largest city and largest port city in Taiwan, and facilitates 2/3 of Taiwan’s imports and exports. Iron, steel, shipbuilding and oil are the main industries of Kaohsiung. Busan established its first sister city relationship with Kaohsiung on June 30, 1966.

Former Mayor Kim Dae-man of Busan and Mayor Chen Qi-Chun 陳啓川 of Kaohsiung signed an agreement to establish sister city relations.