What Dangjin does

Dangjin (당진시 / Dangjin City Hall) is a municipal government (지방자치단체) located in South Chungcheong Province (충청남도), South Korea, operating under the Local Autonomy Act and serving approximately 172,285 residents across 13 eup/myeon/dong administrative districts as of May 2026. The city delivers the full scope of municipal civil services — civil petitions (민원), local tax administration (지방세), welfare enrollment, public health, agricultural and fisheries support, disaster safety, cultural-tourism programming, and youth/senior welfare — through a unified e-government portal (dangjin.go.kr) branded under "Plugin Dangjin / 플러그인당진," supplemented by a KakaoTalk chatbot, a 1522-3113 call center, and weekly YouTube news programming. Specialized facilities include the public library, health center, agricultural technology center, port authority (당진항), and a youth center (당진청년타운 나래).

The core product is the Dangjin City Hall Portal Website, which consolidates administrative services, public announcements, statistics, welfare applications, health services, and cultural tourism into a single multi-language platform supporting Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese. Underlying technology is conventional Korean government web infrastructure with no disclosed proprietary components, AI capabilities, or platform innovations; product depth comes from breadth of integrations rather than technical differentiation. The "Dangjin Lineup" (당진라인업) gateway links the central portal to 40+ family sites, 30+ related institution portals, and external agencies (police, fire, education office, chamber of commerce).

Dangjin is funded primarily through local tax revenue (지방세) and national government subsidies (국고보조금); the entity does not generate commercial revenue in the corporate sense. Certain targeted programs, such as the Dangjin Love Gift Certificate (당진사랑상품권), operate with tiered refund incentives (5,000원 on purchases ≥25,000원; 10,000원 on purchases ≥50,000원) to drive local economic circulation, particularly supporting domestic fisheries. The 9th civilian administration (민선9기) under Mayor Kim Ki-jae took office in July 2026 with the slogan "Bigger Dangjin, Unstoppable Leap" (더 큰 당진 거침없는 도약).

Name

Dangjin

Legal name

당진시청 (Dangjin City Hall)

Website

https://dangjin.go.kr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Dangjin City is a municipal government in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, serving approximately 172,285 residents across 13 administrative districts through a unified e-government portal, 24/7 call center, and KakaoTalk chatbot that deliver civil services, welfare, tax filing, and public health programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government / Public Administration

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Smart Cities & Urban Innovation Programs (Digital Planning, Civic Tech for Cities) (BPAIANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

City/Municipal Public Health Departments (HLAJAAAC)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• E-government portal
• Civil petition services
• Public welfare programs
• Local administrative services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tangjin

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Dangjin City Hall (당진시청) operates as the municipal government authority for Dangjin City, providing administrative, civil, welfare, health, cultural, agricultural, and disaster-safety services to its residents. Its central digital offering is the Dangjin City Hall Portal Website (dangjin.go.kr), a one-stop e-government portal that consolidates civil petition filing (민원), tax payment (지방세), welfare enrollment (복지), public health services (보건), cultural tourism information, statistics, and government budget/procurement disclosure across PC and mobile interfaces.

Product overview

Dangjin operates a unified e-government portal platform that consolidates municipal services for citizens. The core product is the Dangjin City Hall Portal Website (당진시청 포털 웹사이트), which serves as the central gateway to all city services including administrative민원 (civil petitions), public announcements, statistics, welfare programs, health services, cultural tourism, and various online application systems. The portal features the 'Plugin Dangjin' brand identity and provides services through both PC web and mobile interfaces, with multi-language support (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) for international residents and visitors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dangjin City Hall Portal Website (당진시청 포털 웹사이트)
• Dangjin City Cultural Tourism (당진시 문화관광)
• Dangjin City Welfare Plaza (당진시 복지광장)
• Dangjin City Public Health Center (당진시 보건소)
• Agricultural Technology Center (농업기술센터)
• Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (재난안전대책본부)
• Dangjin City Statistics Portal (당진시 통계정보)
• Dangjin Youth Welfare (당진 청소년 복지)
• Dangjin Port West Pier Management Office (당진항서부두관리사업소)
• Dangjin Love Gift Certificate (당진사랑상품권)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hongseong County (홍성군): Hongseong is the administrative seat of South Chungcheong Province and a county-level government with a similar local-government service model. Provincial-capital status makes it a relevant peer for upstream administrative relationships and budget flows.
• Cheonan City (천안시): Cheonan is a South Chungcheong municipal government operating the same Korean local-government framework as Dangjin, with its own dangjin.go.kr-style portal, eup/myeon/dong administrative structure, and similar citizen-service delivery model. Cheonan is the largest peer in the province, making it the most natural direct comparison for scale, services, and budget benchmarks.
• Nonsan City (논산시): Nonsan is a peer South Chungcheong municipal government with a similar administrative structure, e-government portal, and citizen-service mandate. Comparable for budget, services, and demographic benchmarking.
• Asan City (아산시): Asan is another South Chungcheong municipal government with overlapping service categories (civil petitions, welfare, public health, tourism), running a similar Korean municipal portal and administrative district structure. Its size and industrial base position it as a key competitor for residents and businesses in the same province.
• Gongju City (공주시): Gongju is a peer South Chungcheong municipal government with a comparable portal structure, eup/myeon/dong offices, and citizen-service portfolio. It's culturally and administratively analogous to Dangjin, with shared provincial oversight and similar revenue/funding constraints.
• Seosan City (서산시): Seosan is a same-province municipal government with a comparable service-delivery model, e-government portal, and administrative district structure. It serves as a peer for benchmarking service coverage and citizen engagement.
• Boryeong City (보령시): Boryeong is another South Chungcheong municipal government operating under the same Korean local-government framework, with parallel citizen-service categories and e-government portal capabilities. It offers a comparable benchmark for a mid-sized coastal Korean city.
• Yesan County (예산군): Yesan is another county-level South Chungcheong government with parallel administrative structure and portal capabilities. Comparable for rural-area service delivery and citizen-engagement metrics.
• Taean County (태안군): Taean is a coastal county-level government in the same province, operating an analogous e-government portal and citizen-service structure. Comparable for tourism, port, and municipal-service delivery benchmarks.

Broad incumbents

• South Chungcheong Province (충청남도청): South Chungcheong Province is the parent provincial government that oversees Dangjin and other municipal peers. It provides a natural broader-incumbent reference point for understanding Dangjin's role within the regional administrative hierarchy and intergovernmental funding flows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@dangjincity
• Facebookfacebook.com/dangjin
• Instagraminstagram.com/dangjincity/?hl=ko
• Xx.com/dangjinsi

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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