Association Title: The establishment of sisterhood relationship between Yesan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea and Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A. (Contract Place : Yesan-gun)
Association Background: recognized the need for constant cooperative exchanges after a Knoxville businessman’s visit to see the possibilities for investment in Yesan-gun
General Facts on Knoxville
Area: 252.72㎢
Population: 173,890 people (including about 700 Korean Americans)
Financial Scale: 259,460,000 dollars a year
Administrations: 48 departments
City Council: 9 members (4-year term)
Major Industries: the fiber, furniture, milling, metalworking industries
Regional Characteristics: the third largest city in Tennessee, located in a valley between Cumberland Mountains to the northwest and Great Smoky Mountains to the southeast
Primary Exchanges
A visit of the Investors’ group from Knoxville to Yesan-gun (‘00.4.4～4.6)
Abroad training of Yesan-gun teens (4 times /77 people, The English Language Institute and the University of Tennessee, ‘00～’05)
A formal visit of Yesan-gun visitors’ group (‘02.9.26～10.2, Exchanged a letter of intention for affiliation)
A formal visit of Yesan-gun visitors’ group (‘02.9.26～10.2, Exchanged a letter of intention for affiliation)
International Friendly Relations City
Tumen City, JilinSheng, China
Contract Date: June 1, 2004
Contract Title: Exchanged a letter of intention for friendly relations between Yesan-gun, Korea and Tumen, China (Contract Place : Yesan-gun)
Contract Background: recognized the need for constant cooperative exchanges for economic and agricultural fields after a visit of Yesan-gun visitors’ group to Tumen (‘02.10)
General Facts on Tumen
Area: 1,142㎢
Population: 130,000 people (Korean Chinese : 57.3 percent)
Jurisdiction: 3 station 3 jin 2 hyang 62 chons
Educational Institute: 11 middle schools
Major Industries: the paper manufacturing, petrochemical, building materials, textile manufacturing, and mining industries
Regional Characteristics: As a geographic importance of transportation, it mediates and collects exchanging products between Jilinsheng and Aeilongjiangsheng.
Primary Exchanges
A visit of Yesan-gun’s deputy mayor Yeong-ho Kim and one more to Tumen (‘02.10)
A visit of Tumen’s deputy mayor Hwa-chun Yu and one more to Yesan-gun (‘04.2.9～2.10)
A visit of Tumen’s mayor Song-yeol Park and 6 others to Yesan-gun (‘04.4.19)
A visit of Yesan-gun mayor Jong-soon Park and 7 others to Tumen (‘04.5.30～6.5)
A visit of Yesan-gun’s Yeong-ho Kim of Sin-am-myeon for agricultural exchange to Tumen (‘08.11.18)
