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Brand Image of Daegu
- The official slogan of Daegu, “Colorful Daegu,” is aimed at creating an impression of youth, brightness, elegance, exuberance and vitality as well as diversity and progress.
- Blue: The world's leading smart economy city
- Green: Healthy and pleasant eco-friendly green city
- Red: A dynamic city full of youth and passion
- Purple: A city of culture and arts full of creativity and personality
- Yellow: A warm welfare city where we live together
General Status
- Location: Daegu is located in south eastern inlands, sitting in a basin surrounded by mountains extended east and west, and low hills lying north and south. The city is 80 km away from Southeast coast and 293 km away from Seoul.
- Area: 883.48㎢
- Population: 2,518,000 (No. of residents living within an hour's drive: 5,220,000, No. of foreign residents: 25,203 (1%))
- Average annual temperature: 14.0℃
- Average annual precipitation: 1,027.4 ㎜
Industry Overview
Building on its well-established industrial infrastructure, Daegu is enhancing competitiveness by developing state-of-the-art and value-added fashion & textile industries, advancing major industries including machinery and metal, and other specialized industries, and promoting high-tech knowledge-based industries.Economic Indicators
| Category | Daegu | Korea as a a whole | Daegu’s share as percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRDP (Gross Regional Domestic Product) in 2013 (unit: KRW 100 million) | 448,457 | 14,273,007 | 3.1 |
| No. of manufacturers in 2013 (ten or more employees) | 3,273 | 65,389 | 5.0 |
| Export in 2013 (unit: USD 1 million) | 7,808 | 573,091 | 1.4 |
| Import in 2013 (unit: USD 1 million) | 3,681 | 525,564 | 0.7 |
| Economically active population in 2014 (unit: 1,000 persons) | 1,264 | 26,536 | 4.8 |
| Unemployment rate in 2014 (%) | 3.9 | 3.5 |
Industrial Composition (GRDP as of 2013)
Services 71.4%, Mining and manufacturing 23.3%, Construction 4.9%, Agriculture, forestry and fisheries 0.4%Manufacturing Business as of 2013 (ten or more employees)
| Category | No. of manufacturers | No. of employees | Value-added (KRW 1 million) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3,273 | 111,435 | 9,653,101 |
| Machinery and metal | 1,531 | 41,961 | 3,887,554 |
| Textiles | 727 | 20,649 | 1,391,853 |
| Automobile | 295 | 19,160 | 1,744,223 |
| Electronics | 76 | 7,967 | 479,173 |
| Others | 644 | 21,698 | 2,149,298 |
Industrial Clusters in Daegu City (March 2020, 1,000㎡)
| Category | Name | Project period | Area(1,000㎡) | No. of tenants | No. of employees | Total output(2019) (KRW 100mln) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial estate | ||||||
| Total(22) | 44,841 | 9,335 | 118,866 | 322,126 | ||
| 24,240 | ||||||
| National Industrial Complex | Daegu National Industrial Park | ’09~’21 | 8,558 | 179 | 3,356 | 10,742 |
| 4,920 | ||||||
| General Industrial Complex | Seongseo Industrial Complex(1∼5) | ’84~’12 | 12,669 | 2,671 | 50,607 | 165,072 |
| 7,430 | ||||||
| Daegu Technopolis | ’06~’16 | 7,259 | 92 | 3,078 | 30,272 | |
| 2,930 | ||||||
| Dalseong 1st Industrial Complex | ‘80~‘83 | 4,079 | 351 | 13,760 | 59,021 | |
| 2,537 | ||||||
| Dalseong 2nd Industrial Complex | ‘04~‘07 | 2,707 | 278 | 4,376 | 15,637 | |
| 1,378 | ||||||
| Esiapolis | ‘99~‘16 | 1,176 | 59 | 1,360 | 2,753 | |
| 169 | ||||||
| Daegu Dyeing Industrial complex | ‘78~‘88 | 846 | 127 | 4,966 | 6,813 | |
| 588 | ||||||
| Daegu Geomdan Industrial Complex | ‘74~‘75 | 782 | 562 | 7,826 | 7,123 | |
| 570 | ||||||
| Daegu Book Valley | ’10~’12 | 243 | 87 | 1,084 | 3,095 | |
| 94 | ||||||
| Daegu 3rd General Industrial Complex | ’67~’68 | 1,685 | 2,495 | 12,402 | 7,430 | |
| 1,194 | ||||||
| Seodaegu Industrial Complex | ’75~’78 | 2,662 | 2,363 | 14,405 | 5,933 | |
| 1,314 | ||||||
| Dalseong Daeseong HISCO | ’15~’21 | 58 | - | - | - | |
| 42 | ||||||
| Kumho Waterpolis | ’16~’23 | 1,183 | - | - | - | |
| 388 | ||||||
| Urban High-Tech | Sinseo | ’14~’15 | 149 | - | - | - |
| 98 | ||||||
| Yulha | ’17~’20 | 167 | - | - | - | |
| 99 | ||||||
| Agro-Industrial Complex | Okpo Agro-Industrial Complex | ‘88~‘90 | 160 | 44 | 524 | 968 |
| 133 | ||||||
| Guji Agro-Industrial Complex | ‘90~‘92 | 193 | 22 | 457 | 2,578 | |
| 160 | ||||||
| General Complex | Hyunpung Industrial Complex | ‘78~’82 | 265 | 5 | 665 | 4,689 |
| 196 | ||||||