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Overseas sister city
Hofu City
- General Information
Name in Homeland : Hofu city, Japan
Location : Center of Yamaguchi City
Population : 120,000 persons
Area : 188.58*
Climate : Minimum temperature of -4.1*, Maximum temperature of 35.4*, Average temperature of 15.5*, and Average Precipitation of 1,695*
Main industries : Automobile, tire and steamed cakes of fish paste etc.(1st 6.4%, 2nd 35.4%, 3rd 58.1%)

- Date of establishment of sisterhood relationship : 1991. 10. 29 (Hofu City)

- Started civil exchange under the leadership of Korea-Japan goodwill associations of both cities, like "Culture and Art Exchange Exhibition between Korea and Japan" etc., with the exchange between athletic associations of both cities(Athletic exchange game for the goodwill between Korea & Japan) as a momentum since May, 1975. `91.10.29 Mayor of Chuncheon(Cho Sung-Woon) visited Hofu city and established sisterhood relationship between the cities.

Major Relationships
Youth relationship : Performed mutually each year since 1992.
Elementary/Middle Students Relationship : Performed mutually each year since 2000.
Physical Relationship : Holding Korea/Japan athletic exchange competition
Culture & Art Exchange : Holding exhibitions in the fields of picture and arts.
Council Exchange : Mutually exchanging each year since 1999.
Book Exchange : Mutually exchanging books each year since 2003.
Established permanent display stand for special products
Junior Chamger(JC) Exchange(since 1992)
University Exchange : Established sisterhood relationship between Hallym College of Information & Industry and Yamaguchi College(`96. 8. 25)
Homepage : http://www.city.hofu.yamaguchi.jp

Higasichikuma Gun
- General Information
Name in Homeland : Higasichikuma Gun(****), Japan
Location : Outer block of Matsumoto(***), Nagano(***) (the center of Japan)
Population : 55,000 persons
Area : 460.22*
Climate : Minimum temperature of -10.1*, Maximum temperature of 36.9*, Average temperature of 11.3* and Average Precipitation of 839*
Administrative Region : Conference group of autonomous entities consisted of 2 jungs and 8 chons.
Major industries : Rice, vegetables, fruit tree, apiculture and livestock farming(1st 20.6%, 2nd 39%, 3rd38.8%)

- Date of establishment of sisterhood relationship : 1984. 6. 8(Chunsung Gun)

- Sisterhood Relationship Details
`83. 6. 10 Started exchange upon the opportunity of technical tied-up between Horim Corp. in Chuncheon and fisheries experiment station in Higasichikuma gun
`84. 6. 8 Established sisterhood relationship
`97. 8. 26 Concluded the agreement of exchange in agriculture, livestock and fisheries.

- Major Relationships
Agricultural Exchange : Mutually exchanging each year since 1997.
Anaheim City
- General Information
Name in Homeland : USA Anaheim City
Location : 40* to the south from west coast of Orange County, California USA and LA
Population : 328,014 persons
Area : 128.6*
Major Industries : Sightseeing, service and up-to-date industry

Other local livestock farming
- Racial composition : White 57%, Latin 31%, Asian 9%
- Industrial composition : Services 29.1%, Manufactures 24.4%, Retail sale 16.1%
- Facilities : Disney Land
- Date of establishment of sisterhood relationship : 1998. 4. 24(Chuncheon City)
- Sisterhood Relationship Details :
Peter Hong and Kim Yang-ho, Korean residents in America (Chuncheon international ski & resort) recommended.
Opinions on the necessity of exchange were unanimous with visiting of representatives of both cities in June of 1997 and July of 1997 as momentum
`98. 4. 24 Established sisterhood relationship
- Major Relationships
Youth exchange : Chuncheon youth exchange(high school students) visited Anaheim city (2000. 1. 10 ~ 1. 19)
* http://www.anaheim.net
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