Gwangju, Gyeonggi
Municipal City in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Gwangju Metropolitan City with the same English name or Guangzhou (廣州), which has the same Hanja writing.
Gwangju[lower-alpha 1] (Korean: 광주; Korean pronunciation: [kwaŋ.dʑu]) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, a suburb southeast of Seoul. The city is not to be confused with the much larger Gwangju Metropolitan City, former capital of South Jeolla Province, or Guangzhou, the city of Guangdong, China in Hanja.
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Gwangju
광주시 | |
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Korean transcription(s) | |
• Hangul | 광주시 |
• Hanja | 廣州市[1] |
• Revised Romanization | Gwangju-si |
• McCune-Reischauer | Kwangju-si |
Country | South Korea |
Region | Gyeonggi Province (Sudogwon) |
Administrative divisions | 2 eup, 10 dong, 4 myeon |
Government | |
• mayor | Sehwan Bang (방세환) |
Area | |
• Total | 430.99 km2 (166.41 sq mi) |
Population (October, 2022) | |
• Total | 391,722 |
• Density | 910/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
• Dialect | Seoul |
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