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Surrey, Canada
Overview
- Nation: Canada
- City: Surrey
- Date of friendship city agreement: November 1, 2000
- Website: http://www.city.surrey.bc.ca
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Information of Sister City
- 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 |
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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 |