Gwacheon
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Gwacheon (; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It lies close to Seoul in the heart of the Seoul National Capital Area, and also lies just east of Anyang. Seoul Subway Line 4 passes through the city.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gwacheon
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Korean
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipal City
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Hangul
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type2
- Hanja
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info3
- Gwacheon-si
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info4
- Kwach'ŏn-si
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Government Complex Gwacheon, 2011.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Gwacheon.svg
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- Location in South Korea
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- South Korea
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Korea
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gyeonggi Province (Sudogwon)
- Settlement.parts_type
- Administrative divisions
- Settlement.parts
- 6 dong
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Gyeonggi Province
- Population
- 85132
- Area
- 35.86
- Official website
- www.gccity.go.kr/foreign/english/index.jsp
- Image
- Government Complex Gwacheon, 2011.jpg
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- Category:Gwacheon
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- Macon
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- Gwacheon
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Administrative city
- Characteristics
- Climate
- Notable people
- Home stay
- Government
- Utility facilities
- Symbol
- Transportation
- Railroad
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
Gwacheon (; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It lies close to Seoul in the heart of the Seoul National Capital Area, and also lies just east of Anyang. Seoul Subway Line 4 passes through the city.
Various attractions usually associated with Seoul, including Seoul Grand Park, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul Land, Gwacheon National Science Museum, and Seoul Race Park are actually located in Gwacheon or its immediate jurisdiction. It is also home to a major administrative center of the Korean government.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gwacheon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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