Gwangju (Gyeonggi-do)
| Gwangju | ||||
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| Korean alphabet : | 광주시 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 廣州 市 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Gwangju-si | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Kwangju-si | |||
| Basic data | ||||
| Province : | Gyeonggi-do | |||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 22 ′ N , 127 ° 17 ′ E | |||
| Surface: | 430.96 km² | |||
| Residents: | 236,688 (as of July 31, 2009) | |||
| Population density : | 549 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Structure: | 3 eup , 4 myeon , 3 administrative and 13 legal dong |
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| Postal code : | 464-010-464-926 | |||
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Gwangju is a city in the eastern part of Gyeonggi-do Province in South Korea with 236,688 inhabitants (as of July 2009). It is located around 25 km southeast of the Korean capital Seoul . In July 2010, it was to be merged with the neighboring cities of Seongnam and Hanam to form a new city of millions called Seonggwangha . Until today nothing happened.
Name and symbols
The name of the city is made up of the syllables 廣 (넓을 광, far) and 州 (고을 주, district). The symbol tree, flower and bird of the city are the ginkgo tree, the forsythia and the swallow .
Administrative division
The city is divided into 3 eup , 4 myeon and 3 administrative dong , which together comprise 13 legal dong .
- Opo-eup (오포읍)
- Chiwol-eup (초월읍)
- Silchon-eup (실촌읍)
- Docheok-myeon (도척면)
- Namhansanseong-myeon (남한산성 면)
- Namjong-myeon (남종면)
- Toichon-myeon (퇴촌면)
- Gyeongan-dong (경안동) - Gyeongan-dong (경안동), Ssangryeong-dong (쌍령동), Yeok-dong (역동)
- Songjeong-dong (송정동) - Hoedeok-dong (회덕동), Mokhyeon-dong (목현동), Songjeong-dong (송정동), Tanbeol-dong (탄벌동)
- Gwangnam-dong (광남 동) - Jangji-dong (장지동), Jik-dong (직동), Jungdae-dong (중대동), Mok-dong (목동), Sam-dong (삼동), Taejeon-dong (태전동)
Transport and infrastructure
Gwangju is not on the Seoul subway network.
sons and daughters of the town
- Sooyoung (* 1990), singer, actress and model
swell
- ^ Oh Young-jin: New Merged City Near Seoul Due in July | 2010-01-22. In: The Korea Times . Retrieved September 5, 2010 .
Web links
- City Official Site (Korean / English / Japanese / Chinese)