Ulsan Grand Park | |
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Korean name | |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Ulsan Dae Gongwon |
McCune–Reischauer | Ulsan Dae Kongwŏn |
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Type | Urban park |
Location | Nam-gu, Ulsan, South Korea |
Coordinates | 35°31′41″N 129°17′56″E / 35.528°N 129.299°E / 35.528; 129.299 |
Area | 3.69 km2 (912 acres) |
Created | 2006 (2006) |
Website | ulsanpark |
Ulsan Grand Park is the largest urban parkinSouth Korea, with 3.69 square kilometres (1.42 square miles) of park land. It is located in Ulsan Metropolitan City, and includes walking trails, a nature learning center, a botanical garden, a petting zoo, a butterfly zoo, and several playgrounds.[1][2][3]
Chey Tae-won, a former chairman of SK Group, began a money-saving program in 1995 to build a park in the city as a way of giving back to society. Construction began that year and finished in 2006. The total cost of the park was KRW102 billion (equivalent to approximately US$107 million in 2006), with SK paying about 60% of the money and the remaining 40% paid by the city.[1][2]
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