Gwangju
Gwangju, is a metropolitan city in the center of South Jeolla province, South Korea. Gwangju has a thriving youth and arts culture and even a glance down the streets of 'Geumnam-ro' will note a generally more fashion-conscious populace.Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Notable Places in the Area
Gwangju World Cup Stadium
Stadium
The Gwangju World Cup Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the South Korean city of Gwangju.
Gwangju Bus Terminal(U-square)
Bus station
Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gwangju Bus Terminal(U-square) is a bus station.
Gwangju
- Type: City with 1,460,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan city in South Korea
- Categories: metropolitan city of South Korea, big city, million city and locality
- Location: South Jeolla, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.1595° or 35° 9' 34" northLongitude
126.8515° or 126° 51' 5" eastPopulation
1,460,000Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)IATA airport code
KWJUnited Nations Location Code
KR KWJOpen Location Code
8Q785V52+QJOpenStreetMap ID
node 358015168OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
1841811Wikidata ID
Q41283Gwangju Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Achinese: Gwangju
- Afar: Gwangju
- Afrikaans: Gwangju
- Arabic: Gwangju
- Arabic: غوانغجو
- Armenian: Գվանջու
- Armenian: Կվանգջու
- Asturian: Gwangju
- Azerbaijani: Kvanju
- Balinese: Gwangju
- Basque: Gwangju
- Belarusian: Кванджу
- Bengali: গোয়াংজু
- Bengali: গোয়াংজু প্রদেশ
- Bislama: Gwangju
- Bulgarian: Куанджу
- Catalan: Gwangju
- Cebuano: Gwangju (lalawigan)
- Cebuano: Gwangju
- Central Kurdish: گوانگجو
- Chechen: Кванджу
- Chinese: Gwangju Kóng-he̍k-chhī
- Chinese: 光州
- Chinese: 光州市
- Chinese: 光州广域市
- Chinese: 光州廣域市
- Croatian: Gwangju
- Czech: Kwangdžu
- Danish: Gwangju
- Dutch: Gwangju
- Dutch: Kwangju
- English: Gwangju-si
- English: Gwangju City
- Esperanto: Gŭangĝu
- Esperanto: Kŭangĵuo
- Esperanto: Kŭanĵuo
- Estonian: Gwangju
- Estonian: Kwangju
- Finnish: Gwangju
- French: Gwangju
- German: Gwangju
- German: Gwangju-gwangyeoksi
- German: Kwangdschu
- Greek: Γκουάνγκτζου
- Gujarati: ગ્વંગજુ
- Gujarati: ગ્વાંગજુ
- Haitian: Gouanjou
- Hakka Chinese: Gwangju
- Hausa: Gwangju
- Hebrew: קוואנגג'ו
- Hebrew: קוואנגגו
- Hindi: ग्वांगजू
- Hungarian: Gwangju
- Hungarian: Kvangdzsu
- Ido: Gwangju
- Indonesian: Gwangju, Korea Selatan
- Indonesian: Gwangju
- Interlingue: Gwangju
- Irish: Gwangju
- Italian: Gwangju
- Japanese: グワンジュ
- Japanese: 光州
- Japanese: 光州市
- Japanese: 光州広域市
- Japanese: 光州廣域市
- Javanese: Gwangju
- Kalaallisut: Gwangju
- Kannada: ಗ್ವಾಂಗ್ಜು
- Kara-Kalpak: Gwangju
- Kazakh: Кванджу
- Kazakh: Кваңджу
- Khmer: ក្វាងជូ
- Kirghiz: Кванже
- Korean: 광주
- Korean: 광주광역시
- Korean: 광주시
- Latin: Kuangiu
- Latin: Quansua
- Latvian: Kvandžu
- Literary Chinese: 光州
- Literary Chinese: 光州廣域市
- Lithuanian: Kvandžu
- Lithuanian: Kvangdžu
- Lombard: Gwangju
- Macedonian: Квангџу
- Madurese: Gwangju
- Malay: Gwangju
- Maori: Gwangju
- Marathi: ग्वांगजू
- Min Dong Chinese: Gwangju
- Min Nan Chinese: Gwangju Kóng-he̍k-chhī
- Min Nan Chinese: Kong-chiu-chhī
- Mingrelian: კვანჯუ
- Mongolian: Куанжү
- Northern Frisian: Gwangju
- Norwegian: Gwangju
- Norwegian Bokmål: Gwangju
- Occitan (post 1500): Gwangju
- Occitan (post 1500): Kwangju
- Ossetian: Кванджу
- Persian: گوانگجو
- Polish: Gwangju
- Polish: Kwangdzu
- Polish: Kwangju
- Portuguese: Cidade de Gwangju
- Portuguese: Gwangju
- Quechua: Gwangju
- Romanian: Gwangju
- Russian: Кванджу
- Scots: Gwangju
- Serbian: Квангџу
- Serbo-Croatian: Gwangju
- Sinhala: ග්වන්ග්ජු
- Slovak: Kwangdžu
- Slovenian: Gvangdžu
- South Azerbaijani: قوانگجو
- Spanish: Gwangju
- Swahili: Gwangju
- Swedish: Gwangju
- Tagalog: Gwangju
- Tamil: குவாங்கு
- Tamil: குவாங்சூ நகரம்
- Tamil: குவாங்ஜு
- Tatar: Кваңҗу
- Telugu: గ్వాంగ్జూ
- Thai: กวางจู
- Thai: ควังจู
- Turkish: Gwangju
- Ukrainian: Кванджу
- Urdu: گوانگ جو
- Uzbek: Kvanju
- Venetian: Gwangju
- Vietnamese: Gwangju
- Volapük: Gwangju
- Waray (Philippines): Gwangju
- Welsh: Gwangju
- Western Panjabi: گوانگجو
- Wu Chinese: 光州广域市
- Yue Chinese: 光州
- Kuangju
- Kwang-choo
- Kwang-dschu
- Kōshū
- Kōsyū
Other Places Named Gwangju
In the Area
Gwangju is situated close to the quarters Yuchon-dong and Chipyeong-dong.
- Ssangchon-dongQuarter
- Dongcheon-dongQuarter
- Deokheung-dongQuarter
- Mareuk-dongQuarter
- Dongnim-dongQuarter
- Hwajeong-dongQuarter
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