Editing Daegu (section)

{{Redirect|大邱}}
{{Short description|City in South Korea}}
{{About|the city|other uses|Daegu (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement <!-- modelled after [[Seoul]] and Daegu -->
| name               = Daegu
| native_name        = {{lang|ko|대구}}
| settlement_type    = [[Special cities of South Korea|Metropolitan city]]
| translit_lang1     = &nbsp;
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| image1 =  대구광역시 시가지.jpg
| caption1 = Beomeo Intersection
| image2 =  Daegu Bank Park interior.jpg
| caption2 = [[Daegu iM Bank Park|Daegu Bank Park]]
| image3 = 3경 강정고령보.jpg 
| caption3 = The ARC 
| image4 = 5경 수성못.jpg
| caption4 = Suseongmot Lake
| image5 = 두류공원.jpg
| caption5 = [[Duryu Park]]
| image6 = 신천.jpg  
| caption6 = [[Sincheon (Daegu)|Sincheon Stream]] 
| image7 = 9경 동성로.jpg
| caption7 = Dongseong-ro
| image8 = Daegu Banner Lantern Festival.jpg
| caption8 = 83 Tower
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = South Korea
| subdivision_type1  = [[Regions of Korea|Region]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Yeongnam]]
| parts_type         = Districts
| parts              = 9 districts
| government_type    = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–council]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor of Daegu|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Hong Joon-pyo]] {{small|([[People Power Party (South Korea)|People Power]])}}
| leader_title1      = Body
| leader_name1       = [[Daegu Metropolitan Council]]
| area_total_km2     = 1,499.51
| elevation_m        = 106
| population_total   = 2,365,523
| population_as_of   = September 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jumin.mois.go.kr/|title=Population statistics |date=2024|website=Korea Ministry of the Interior and Safety}}</ref>
| population_footnotes = <!-- population_rank     = 4th -->
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_blank1_title = Dialect
| population_blank1  = [[Gyeongsang dialect|Gyeongsang]]
| population_demonym = Daeguite
| iso_code           = KR-27
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| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="index.go.kr">{{cite web|url= https://kostat.go.kr/boardDownload.es?bid=243&list_no=428565&seq=3|script-title=ko:2022년 지역소득(잠정)|website=www.kostat.go.kr}}</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = Total
| demographics2_info1 = [[KR₩]] 63 trillion<br />[[US$]] 50 billion (2022)
| website            = {{URL|1=http://www.daegu.go.kr/english/index.do/|2=Official website (English)}}
| translit_lang1_type1 = [[Hangul]]
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| translit_lang1_type2 = [[Hanja]]
| translit_lang1_info2 = {{lang|ko|大邱廣域市}}
| translit_lang1_type3 = {{nowrap|[[Revised Romanization]]}}
| translit_lang1_info3 = {{nowrap|Daegu-gwangyeoksi}}
| translit_lang1_type4 = {{nowrap|[[McCune–Reischauer]]}}
| translit_lang1_info4 = {{nowrap|Taegu-gwangyŏksi}}
| area_code          = +82-53
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'''Daegu''' ({{Korean|hangul=대구}}; {{IPA|ko|tɛ̝.ɡu|}}), formerly spelled '''Taegu'''{{efn|This romanization of the city's name is in [[McCune–Reischauer]]. It was used prior to the official adoption of the [[Revised Romanization]] by the South Korean government in 2000. In the 19th century, Daegu was also known in English sources as '''Tai-Kou''';{{sfnp|''EB''|1878|p=390}} in the first half of the 20th century during [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese rule]] it was known as '''Taikyu'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drben.net/publishImages/Koreas_Report~Sources~Korea_Maps~Historic~1945~Map-Japan-Korea-1945-01~~element1972.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406160926if_/http://www.drben.net/publishImages/Koreas_Report~Sources~Korea_Maps~Historic~1945~Map-Japan-Korea-1945-01~~element1972.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-04-06 |format=JPG |title=Photographic image of map |access-date=26 June 2022}}</ref>}} and officially '''Daegu Metropolitan City''' ({{Korean|hangul=대구광역시|labels=no}}), is a city in southeastern South Korea. It is the third-largest [[urban agglomeration]] in South Korea after [[Seoul]] and [[Busan]]; the fourth-largest [[List of provincial-level cities of South Korea|metropolitan city]] in the nation with over 2.3&nbsp;million residents;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-31 |title=Daegu Metropolitan Area Population Info |url=http://daegu.go.kr/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=daegu.go.kr |language=ko}}</ref> and the second-largest city after Busan in the [[Yeongnam]] [[Regions of Korea|region]] in southeastern South Korea. Daegu and the surrounding [[North Gyeongsang Province]] are often referred to as [[Daegu-Gyeongbuk]], with a total population of over 5 million.

Daegu is located in south-eastern Korea about {{cvt|80|km|0}} from the coast, near the [[Geumho River]] and its mainstream, [[Nakdong River]] in [[Gyeongsang Province]]. The Daegu basin is the central plain of the [[Yeongnam]] [[List of regions of Korea|region]]. In ancient times, the Daegu area was part of the proto-kingdom [[Jinhan]]. Subsequently, Daegu came under the control of the [[Silla Kingdom]], which unified the [[Korean Peninsula]]. During the [[Joseon]] period, the city was the capital of [[Gyeongsang Province]], one of the traditional [[Eight Provinces of Korea|eight provinces]] of the country.

Daegu was an economic motor of Korea during the 1960s–1980s period. The humid subtropical climate of Daegu is ideal for producing high-quality apples, thus the nickname, "Apple City".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eslstarter.com/south-korea-province-guide-daegu.php |title=Teaching jobs in South Korea |website=Eslstarter.com |access-date=2012-07-21 |archive-date=2012-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610210826/http://www.eslstarter.com/south-korea-province-guide-daegu.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Daegu is also known as "Textile City",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Daegu---The-City-of-Textile-Industry/1669374 |title=Daegu - The City of Textile Industry |access-date=2012-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726220423/http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Daegu---The-City-of-Textile-Industry/1669374 |archive-date=2012-07-26 |url-status=dead}}</ref> as textiles used to be the main industry of the city. With the establishment of the [[Daegu-Gyeongbuk Free Economic Zone]], Daegu currently focuses on fostering fashion and high-tech industries.