General Status

A lively and
exciting city, Gwacheon

Gwacheon is a city located in the central western part of Gyeonggi Province, bordering Seoul to the north,
Anyang City to the west, Seongnam City to the east, and Uiwang City to the south. Most of the bedrock consists of banded gneiss, but an alluvion has been widely developed along the Yangjaecheon Stream.
Its major mountains include Gwanaksan (629 m), Eungbong (348 m), and Cheonggye (618 m).
It is also a cultural touring city with amusement facilities, such as the Seoul Grand Park and Gwacheon Racecourse.
Gwacheon, a clean, residential city that is recognized as one of the most ideal places to live in Korea,
is a leading local government unit that breathes and grows together with its citizens based on its high sense of citizenship
and its strong foundation for self-reliance.
Its area is 35.87㎢, accounting for 0.04% of Korea’s land area (100,214㎢) and 0.35% of Gyeonggi Province’s area (10,167 ㎢).
Its limited development zone is 29.75㎢, occupying 83% of the total area of Gwacheon City.

Major Developments

Apr. 25, 1979: Gyeonggi Province’s Gwacheon District support office was established.

Dec. 21, 1981: National Education Training Center was relocated.

Jun. 10, 1982: Gyeonggi Province’s Gwacheon Branch was established.

Jul. 1982 ~ 07 Feb. 1986

Integrated Government Building 2 was relocated.
- Ministry of Finance and Economy (Economic Planning Board, Ministry of Finance)
- Ministry of Science-Technology, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries)
- Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Energy)
- Ministry of Health and Welfare (Ministry of Health and Society)
- Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Construction and Transportation (Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Transportation), Emergency Planning Commission

May 01, 1984: Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon was opened.

Jan. 01, 1986: Elevated to Gwacheon City

Aug. 25, 1986: The National Museum of Contemporary Art was established.

Mar. 23, 1987: The National Institute of Korean History was relocated.

May 08, 1988: Seoul Land was opened.

Nov. 03, 1988: Gwacheon Government Complex was relocated to a new building.

Sep. 01, 1989: Gwacheon Racecourse Park was relocated.

Apr. 15, 1991: Gwacheon-city Council was opened.

Jul. 23, 1991: Gwacheon Urban Planning Zone was separated and notices were distributed.

Mar. 28, 1994: The Ministry of Environment was relocated.

Apr. 01, 1994: A subway station was opened.

Oct. 07, 1995: Gwacheon Citizen Hall was opened.

Dec. 12, 1995: The National Election Commission was relocated.

Feb. 12, 1996: Small and Medium Business Administration was opened

Dec. 31, 1997: Intelligent Transportation Office was opened.

Mar. 26, 1998: Gwacheon Social Welfare Center was opened.

Nov. 04, 1999: Construction of the Resource Purification Center was completed.

Mar. 07, 2000: Gwacheon Jungang High School was opened.

Feb. 08, 2001: Gwacheon Seniors Welfare Center was opened.

Sep. 13, 2001: Construction of the Gwanmun Sports Park was completed.

Dec. 25, 2001: Construction of Airdrie Park was completed.

May 16, 2002: Gwacheon Public Library of Information and Science was opened.

Oct. 31, 2003: Construction of the Nam Taeryeong Underpass was completed.

Feb. 19, 2005: Munwon Sports Park was opened.

Jun. 20, 2005: Construction of the Yangjaecheon Stream Cycle Road was completed.

Oct. 31, 2006: Yangjaecheon Stream’s EcoRiver was restored.

Feb. 28, 2007: Women Vision Center was opened.

Dec. 01, 2007: Gwacheon City Youth Center was opened.

Nov. 14, 2008: Gwacheon National Science Museum was opened.

Feb. 07, 2010: Construction of the Gwanmun Indoor Gymnasium was completed.

Jul. 04, 2011: Gwacheon Cultural Center and Gyeonggi Sori Initiation Hall were opened.

Jul. 19, 2011: Gwacheon Community Rehabilitation Center and Veterans Hall were opened.

Oct. 05, 2011: Gwacheon Knowledge Information Town was designated as a New Plus Housing Zone.

Feb. 13, 2012: Gwacheon Munwon Library was opened.

Jun. 01, 2013: Healthy Family Support Center was opened.

Jun. 03, 2013: Chusa Museum was opened.

Jun. 29, 2016: Designated as Gwacheon Juam Public Support Private Rental Housing Supply Promotion District.

Jul. 13, 2017: Woojung Hospital leading business promotion plan was disclosed.

Jun. 19, 2018: Gwacheon Juam Public Support Private Rental Housing Supply Promotion District Planning was approved.

Oct. 15, 2019: Gwacheon Public Housing Zone Project was designated and notified (the Ministry of Land, Transport, and Maritime Affairs Notification No. 2019-561)

Dec. 30, 2019: Gwacheon Urban Corporation was established.

Population (Resident Registration Population)

(Unit: Person)

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Year	No. of Households (Unit)	Population			Population Density	No. of Family Members
Year	No. of Households (Unit)	Total	Male	Female	Population Density	No. of Family Members
1986	17,953	66,901	32,733	34,168	1,869.3	3.7
1992	24,349	72,570	35,635	36,935	2,026.5	2.98
1995	24,344	70,385	34,596	35,789	1,962.8	2.89
2000	24,467	71,432	35,208	36,224	1,997.0	2.91
2001	24,398	71,201	35,149	36,052	1,985.5	2.91
2002	24,537	70,488	34,739	35,749	1,965.6	2.87
2003	25,008	70,324	34,567	35,757	1,961.0	2.81
2004	24,528	68,333	33,603	34,730	1,905.5	2.78
2005	21,681	61,206	30,075	31,131	1,707.3	2.82
2006	21,993	60,876	29,905	30,971	1,698.0	2.77
2007	22,669	62,291	30,668	31,623	1,737.0	2.75
2008	25,296	69,477	34,171	35,306	1,937.4	2.75
2009	26,203	72,049	35,369	36,680	2,009.1	2.75
2010	26,194	72,279	35,397	36,882	2,015.5	2.76
2011	25,832	71,955	35,170	36,785	2,006.5	2.79
2012	25,413	71,068	34,612	36,456	1,981.8	2.8
2013	25,233	70,578	34,355	36,223	1,968.2	2.8
2014	25,251	70,156	34,129	36,027	1,956.4	2.78
2015	25,030	68,946	33,502	35,444	1,922.6	2.75
2016	23,454	63,778	31,013	32,765	1,778.5	2.72
2017	20,903	57,527	28,085	29,442	1,604.2	2.75
2018	21,205	58,142	28,423	29,719	1621.4	2.74
2019	21,467	58,289	28,638	29,651	1,625.5	2.72
2020	23,373	63,231	31,068	32,163	1763	2.72

Administrative Districts

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행정구역을 안내하는 표입니다. 행정동, 법정동, 면적, 구성비, 통, 반 순으로 안내합니다.
Administrative Dong	Legal Dong	Area (㎢)	Distribution Ratio	Tong	Ban
Jungang-dong	Jungang-dong	5.28	19.5%	24	118
Jungang-dong	Gwanmun-don	1.71	19.5%	24	118
Galhyeon-dong	Galhyeon-dong	4.05	12.2%	33	151
Galhyeon-dong	Wonmun-dong	0.31	12.2%	33	151
Byeoryang-dong	Byeoryang-dong	0.68	1.9%	39	192
Burim-dong	Burim-dong	0.37	1.0%	33	164
Gwacheon-dong	Gwacheon-dong	6.26	30.0%	14	63
Gwacheon-dong	Juam-dong	4.52	30.0%	14	63
Munwon-dong	Munwon-dong	3.70	35.4%	15	45
Munwon-dong	Makgye-dong	8.99	35.4%	15	45
6	10	35.87	100%	158	733

Administrative Organizations

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Bureaus	Officer	Divisions	Council	Public Health Center	Businesses	Dongs
3	1	19	1	1	3	6

No. of Public Officials

(Unit: Person)

공무원 정원 현황을 안내하는 표입니다. 계, 정무직, 일반직(4급/5급/6급/7급/8급/9급) 순으로 안내합니다.
Total		Political Service Position	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 9
Capacity	579	1	5	36	131	150	133	121

Budget (2021 Main Budget)

(Unit: KRW 1 million)

재정규모를 안내하는 표입니다. 계, 일반회계, 특별회계, 재정자립도, 재정자주도 등 내부거래
Total	General Account	Special Account	Financial Self-Reliance	Financial Independence
407,675	402,780	4,895	28.67%	44.76%

Education

((School/Name)

교육현황를 안내하는 표입니다. 고등학교(시설수/학생수), 중학교(시설수/학생수), 초등학교(시설수/학생수) 순으로 안내합니다.
High School		Middle School		Elementary School
No. of Facilities	No. of Students	No. of Facilities	No. of Students	No. of Facilities	No. of Students
4	2,115	2	1,803	4	3,564

Business

업종, 제조업, 건설업, 도소매업, 수박 및 음식점업, 정보통신업, 금융보험업, 기타를 제공하는 표
Type	Manufacturing	Construction	Wholesale & Retail	Lodging & Eating Facilities	Information & Communications	Financial & Insurance	Others
3697	76	137	1,338	525	43	34	1544

Land and Land Type

(Unit: ㎢)

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대, 대지, 전, 답, 유원지, 하천, 도로, 기타용지를 제공하는 표
Forest Land	Plot	Field	Paddy	Recreation Area	Stream	Road	Others
22.73 (63.4%)	3.08 (8.6%)	2.7 (7.5%)	2.07 (5.8%)	0.79 (2.2%)	0.56 (1.6%)	2.23 (6.2%)	1.7 (4.7%)

Road

(Unit : m)

고속도로, 국도, 지방도, 시도를 제공하는 표
Expressway	National Highway	Local Road	City Road
1,200	8,370	4,724	43,267

Vehicle Registration and Transportation Company

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승용차, 승합차, 화물차, 특수차, 버스, 택시, 마을버스를 제공하는 표
Car	Two-wheeled Vehicle	Taxi		Intra-city Bus		Town Shuttle Bus		Freight Services
Car	Two-wheeled Vehicle	No. of Businesses	No. of Cars	No. of Businesses	Route	No. of Businesses	Route	General Freight	Personal Cargo
26,799 units	1,197 units	4	314	1	3	1	4	13	70

Water and Sewage

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상수도(급수인구, 평균생산량, 1인평균급수량, 수도관로, 급수전수), 하수도(처리장, 처리용량, 하수관로)를 제공하는 표
Waterworks					Sewage
Population Supplied	Average Production	Mean Water Consumption per Capita	Waterway	No. of Hydrants	Treatment Plant	Handling Capacity	Sewage Pipe
62,583 persons	22,639 tons/day	272 ℓ/day	109.3km	6,660 units	1	30,000 tons	207.9 km

Housing

(Unit: Household)

단독주택, 아파트, 연립주택, 다세대주택을 제공하는 표
Detached House	Multi-household House	Apartment	Town House	Multiplex Housing
455	6,154	10,678	675	1,816

Park

(Unit: EA)

계, 도시자연공원, 근린공원, 역사공원, 문화공원, 수변공원, 체육공원, 어린이공원, 소공원을 제공하는 표
Total	Urban Natural Park	Neighborhood Park	Historic Park	Cultural Park	Waterside Park	Sports Park	Children’s Park	Mini Park
77	1	21	1	1	1	2	16	34

Stream

하천명, 연장(㎞), 유로연장(㎞), 개수현황(%)을 제공하는 표
Name		Extension(㎞)	River Length(㎞)	Improvement(%)
Local Stream	Tota	9.57	20.51	77.86
	Yangjaecheo Stream	6.16	10.63	92.60
	Makgyecheon Stream	1.77	6.12	96.57
	Galhyeoncheon Stream	1.64	3.76	24.90
Small River	Dolmugaecheon and 10 other	11.33	27.18	97.00

Vulnerable Social Group

((Unit: Person)

국민기초생활보장 수급자, 등록 장애인, 한부모 가정, 독거노인을 제공하는 표
Recipient of the National Basic Livelihood Security System	Registered Disabled	Single Parent Family	Senior Citizens Living Alone
793 households / 1,072 persons	2,087	58 households / 146 persons	1,732

Welfare Facility

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지역아동센터, 아동공동생활가정, 어린이집, 경로당, 기타 노인복지시설을 제공하는 표
Community Children’s Center		Child Communal Living Households		Daycare		Senior Citizen Center		Other Welfare Facility for the Elderly
Number	Capacity	Number	Capacity	Number	Capacity	Number	Capacity	Number	Capacity
3	100	1	5	48	2,809	29	1,540	8	197

Medical Facilities and Pharmaceutical Sales Facility

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종합병원, 병원, 의원, 부속의원, 치과의원, 한의원, 약국을 제공하는 표
Total	General Hospital	Hospital	Clinic	Attached Clinic	Dental Hospital	Oriental Medical Clinic	Pharmacy
95	-	-	37	2(1 general, 1 dental)	21	15	20

Cultural Properties

국가지정문화재, 경기도지정문화재, 과천시 향토사료를 제공하는 표
State-designated Cultural Property	Gyeonggi Province-designated Cultural Property	Gwacheon Folk Relic
1 national treasure, 2 treasures, 2 intangible cultural assets, 6 registered cultural properties	5 tangible cultural assets, 3 intangible cultural assets, 3 monuments, 3 heritage materials	4

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About Gwacheon City

Major Developments

Population (Resident Registration Population)

Administrative Districts

Administrative Organizations

No. of Public Officials

Budget (2021 Main Budget)

Education

Business

Land and Land Type

Road

Vehicle Registration and Transportation Company

Water and Sewage

Housing

Park

Stream

Vulnerable Social Group

Welfare Facility

Medical Facilities and Pharmaceutical Sales Facility

Cultural Properties