Ulsan

Ulsan 울산
Metropolitan City
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• Hangul	울산광역시
• Hanja	蔚山廣域市
• Revised Romanization	Ulsan-gwangyeoksi
• McCune–Reischauer	Ulsan-gwangyŏksi
Taehwa River and Ulsan
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Coordinates: 35°33′N 129°19′E / 35.550°N 129.317°E / 35.550; 129.317
Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Districts	5 (including 1 county)
Government
• Type	Mayor–Council
• Mayor	Kim Du-gyeom (People Power)
• Body	Ulsan Metropolitan Council
Area
• Total	1,057.136 km2 (408.16 sq mi)
Population  (september,2024[1])
• Total	1,098,728
• Rank	8th Korea
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang
Demonym	Ulsanian
GDP [2]
• Total	KR₩ 86 trillion US$ 69 billion (2022) per capita US$ 65,352 (2023)
Area code	+82-52(2)
ISO 3166 code	KR-31
Website	Official website (English)

Ulsan (Korean: 울산; Korean pronunciation: [uɭ.s͈an]), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants.^[3] It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring Busan to the south and facing Gyeongju to the north.

Ulsan is the industrial powerhouse of South Korea, forming the heart of the Ulsan Industrial District. It has the world's largest automobile assembly plant, operated by the Hyundai Motor Company;^[4] the world's largest shipyard, operated by Hyundai Heavy Industries;^{[5][unreliable source?]} and the world's third largest oil refinery, owned by SK Energy.^[6] In 2020, Ulsan had a GDP per capita of $65,352, the highest of any region in South Korea.

Ulsan is the city that built the first automobile hydrogen charging station in the country in 2009. In addition, the first hydrogen ship charging station in the country was installed in Jangsaengpo Port in 2021. Currently, the Ulsan Green Hydrogen Town project, a hydrogen city that supplies hydrogen by connecting the city and a hydrogen power plant, is in progress.^[7] In December 2016, 10 Hyundai ix35 FCEVs, the first hydrogen fuel cell taxis in the country, entered test operation.^[8][9]