Gwangju, Gyeonggi

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Gwangju
광주시
Municipal City
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul
 • Hanja [1]
 • Revised Romanization Gwangju-si
 • McCune-Reischauer Kwangju-si
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Official logo of Gwangju
Emblem of Gwangju
Location in South Korea
Location in South Korea
Country  South Korea
Region Sudogwon
Administrative divisions 3 eup, 3 dong, 4 myeon
Area
 • Total 430.99 km2 (166.41 sq mi)
Population (December 2013)
 • Total 286,699
 • Density 665.2/km2 (1,723/sq mi)
 • Dialect Seoul

Gwangju (Korean pronunciation: [kwaːŋdʑu]) 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, South Korea. Bunwon-ri in Gwangju took an important role of ceramic production during the Joseon dynasty. There had official kilns and produced superb quality of white porcelains for use at the royal court and to export to China.[2]

History

In 1962, 4 myuns(towns) including 5 ris(townships) were incorporated to Seoul.[3]

In 1973, 6 of ris were separated and these came to parts of Seongnam city. In 1979, gwangju myun promoted eup. In fact, Gwangju was a county but became a city in 2001.[4]

Notable people

Sister cities

Friendship City

See also

References

  1. 광주역사-연혁
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  3. Law concerning Seoul metropolitan city, provinces, counties, districts and counties(1962. 11. 21.)
  4. Establishment of new cities including Hwasung.(2000. 12. 20.)

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