{{Short description|Area in Ulsan, South Korea}} {{coord|35.5107|N|129.4224|E|display=title|type:city}} '''Bangeojin''' ({{Korean|hangul=방어진}}) is an area in the Dong-gu district of Ulsan, South Korea. It houses the world's largest shipbuilding plant, belonging to Hyundai. It was an ''eup'' from 1936 to 1962, when it was absorbed into the new city of Ulsan.<ref name="yechan">{{cite web |url=http://www.ksilbo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=594780 |accessdate=2017-12-30 |title=[기고]방어진 예찬 |language=ko |website=Kyungsang Ilbo (경상일보) |author=박기종 |date=2017-05-21}}</ref>
Bangeojin was the site of shipbuilding activity beginning in 1929, when the Japanese colonial regime established an iron works there.<ref>{{cite book |title=Shipbuilding in South Korea: A Comparative Study |year=1995 |author= Gabriel Jonsson |isbn=9789162818302 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CB4iAQAAIAAJ&q=pangojin+shipyard |page=66}}</ref> The Hyundai shipbuilding works was established there in 1972.<ref name="yechan"/>
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Category:Geography of Ulsan
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