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Taegu
Third-largest city in South Korea, situated between Seoul and Pusan; population (2002 est) 2,543,800. Textiles are the major industry of the city, but machinery and the metal trades are also significant and there is a large export trade in apples to eastern and southeastern Asia.
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Nearby is the Haeinsa Temple (dating from 802), one of the country's largest monasteries and repository of the Triptaka Koreana, a collection of 80,000 wood blocks on which the Buddhist scriptures are carved. There is also the Tonghwasa temple from the 17th century. The city is a major centre of higher education with five universities, including Kyongbuk National University (1946).
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