Gwangju
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Key facts
- Hangul
- 광주시
- Hanja
- 廣州市
- Revised romanization
- Gwangju-si
- Mccune reischauer
- Kwangju-si
- Country
- South Korea
- Region
- Gyeonggi Province ( Sudogwon )
- Administrative divisions
- 2 eup , 10 dong , 4 myeon
- Mayor
- Sehwan Bang ( 방세환 )
- Total
- 430.99 km (166.41 sq mi)
- Density
- 918.94/km (2,380.0/sq mi)
- Dialect
- Seoul
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Gyeonggi Province
- Population
- 397269
- Area
- 430.96
- Official website
- www.gjcity.go.kr
- Image
- The cityscape of Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea.jpg
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- IPA transcription
- ˈɡwɑŋd͡ʒu
- topic's main category
- Category:Gwangju, Gyeonggi
- Commons category
- Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do
- twinned administrative body
- Wenzhou
- different from
- Kuang-chou
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Encyclopedic overview
Gwangju (Korean: 광주; pronounced [kwaŋ.dʑu]) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, a suburb southeast of Seoul.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gwangju” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.