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 Austin, Texas, United States of America |
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| (1) General status |
(Based on 1999) |
Population
(Persons) |
Area
(㎢) |
Annual income
of middle
class |
Budget
(‘98 ~‘99년) |
Number of family
per a household
(person) |
Number of house
(household) |
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| 657,000 |
360 |
$25,414
(\30,496,000) |
$1,500 million
(\1,674,200 million) |
2.33 |
217,054 |
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Austin : Capital of Texas in 1846(promoted to city in 1839)
(large city on the 27th ranking in America) |
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Human race : White(61.7%), Hispanic(23%), black(11.9%), etc.(3.4%) |
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Constitution of civic assembly : 7 persons (mayor included) |
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Main facilities (company) and tourist spot
- Highland lake (located to the northwest of Austin city)
- Austin Museum of Art
- Texas Memorial Museum
- University of Texas
- Lindon Baines Johnson Library
- Austin Bergstorm International Airport
- Dell Computer, IBM, Motorola AMD, Samsung (Korean company)
etc.(software companies etc.) |
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| ※ City of electronics computer, called as “Silicon Hills”. |
※ Austin is famous as the city of world live music concerts
(Sightseeing city that more than 14,000,000 travellers visit every year) |
(2) Date of sister city agreement : 2001.02. 06. Four Seasons hotel banquet room, Austin,
Texas, America |
| (3) Promotion status for the time being |
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Delivered intention of sister city agreement between Gwangmyeong City-Austin
(Mayor of Gwangmyeong City→Mayoer of Austin)(2000.08.08) |
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Representative group of Gwangmyeong City visited Austin(200.02.05～02.10) and signing
ceremony(2001.02.06) |
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Donated 1,163 Korean books to library in Austin(2001.03.22) |
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Arirang festival performance of Gwangmyeong peasants instrumental music group at Austin
(2001.05.10～05.17) |
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Representative group of Gwangmyeong City participated in Asia Tech Fair held at Austin
(2001.05.12～05.22) |
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Interested person of Austin Community College visited Gwangmyeong City
(2001.07.20～07.30) |
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The representative group of civil servants of Gwangmyeong City visited Austin City
(2002.04.16～04.20) |
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Austin library donated books (english) to Gwangmyeong City (2002.05.07) |
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The representative group of Austin City visited Gwangmyeong City (2002.10.13～10.18) | | |
