Gwangju

Also known as Gwangju City

Gwangju (; ), formerly romanized as Kwangju, is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until its promotion to a metropolitan city in 2005, upon which the provincial office moved to the southern village of Namak in Muan County.

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Gwangju is South Korea's sixth-largest city and holds the special status of a metropolitan city that reports directly to the central government rather than being part of a province. The city gained this elevated administrative status in 2005, when it separated from South Jeolla Province and became independently governed.

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