Gongju

Gongju (; ) is a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Gongju
Settlement.official_name: City of Gongju
Settlement.translit_lang1: Korean
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipal city
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Hangul
Settlement.translit_lang1_type2: Hanja
Settlement.translit_lang1_info3: Gongju
Settlement.translit_lang1_info4: Kongju
Settlement.image_skyline: View of Gongju 01.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of Gongju
Settlement.image_map: South Chungcheong-Gongju.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in South Korea
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Korea
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Hoseo
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Dialect
Settlement.population_blank1: Chungcheong

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: big city
Country: South Korea
Located in: South Chungcheong
Population: 102960
Area: 940.71
Official website: www.gongju.go.kr/english/index.html
Image: Map Gongju-si.png

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twinned administrative body: Yamaguchi
Commons category: Gongju
topic's main category: Category:Gongju
member of: Organization of World Heritage Cities
P12749: Bailleul

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Encyclopedic overview

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History
New capital
Climate
Notable people
Foreign sister cities
See also
References
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Gongju (; ) is a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea.

== History == thumb|left|Gongju around 1872 thumb|left|Young trees, Kongju, 1908–1922 Gongju was formerly named Ungjin and was the capital of Baekje from AD 475 to 538. In this period, Baekje was under threat from Goguryeo. Goguryeo had overrun the previous capital of Hanseong (modern-day Seoul), which forced Baekje to find a new center of strength.

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