About Dongjak

Surrey, Canada

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Information of friendship city
Location: Adjacent to Washington State, the U.S. and located southwest of Metro Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
Area: 301.76㎢ (18.5 times the area of Dongjak-gu)
Features
- It is easy to access the U.S. market since the city borders the U.S. After Canada joined the North American Free Trade Agreement, it became a good place to enter the North American market.
- Surrey is the largest city of Metro Vancouver and has a lot of available housing.
- Developing Campbell Heights Science Park with a width of about 2.4 million pyeong in cooperation with the state government
Major industries: Forestry and Tourism

Other information

Other information
Category	Description
Educational institution	3 colleges (junior colleges or higher), 17 middle/high schools, 92 elementary schools, and 23 private schools
Culture and leisure	Its nickname is the “City of Parks” due to over 400 parks all over the city. The total area of the parks exceed 3,000 acres (about 3,670,000 pyeong) and most of them preserve nature intactly.
Other facilities, etc.	Over 450 clinics and dental clinics including Bountery Public Health Center Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) maintains public order.

Exchange History
Date	Description
February 17, 2000	Requested a friendship city relationship via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (current Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
May 31, 2000	Notified the Korean Consulate General in Vancouver, Canada – Mayor of Surrey planned to visit Dongjak-gu in early August
July 22, 2000	Invited the Mayor of Surrey and his officials
August 7, 2000	The Mayor of Surrey, Doug McCallum, visited Dongjak-gu
October 31, 2000	Dongjak-gu Businessmen Delegation (Chairman: Mayor of Dongjak-gu) visited Surre Concluded a friendship agreement <Visiting period: October 31 – November 5>
November 15-23, 2001	Visited Surrey
February 17, 2000	Requested a friendship city relationship via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (current Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
May 31, 2000	Notified the Korean Consulate General in Vancouver, Canada – Mayor of Surrey planned to visit Dongjak-gu in early August