Guri
Hangul:	구리시
Hanja:	九里市
Revised Romanization:	Guri-si
McCune-Reischauer:	Kuri-si
Statistics
Area:	33.3 km²
Population:	211,720 2005 [1]
Pop. density:	5,550 people/km²
Administrative divisions:	8 dong

Guri is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is located immediately to the east of Seoul, in the heart of the Capital Metropolitan Area. The Joseon Dynasty royal tombs of Donggureung are located in the city. The low mountain of Achasan is also located here, site of the Baekje-era Acha Mountain Fortress. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja, or hanmun, sometimes translated as Sino-Korean characters, are what Chinese characters (hanzi) are called in Korean. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Image File history File links made from Maps of Korea File links The following pages link to this file: Guri ... Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is divided into 1 Special City (Teukbyeolsi), 6 Metropolitan Cities (Gwangyeoksi), and 9 Provinces (Do). ... Gyeonggi is the most populous province in South Korea. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... The Joseon Dynasty (also Chosŏn, Hangul: 조선왕조, Hanja: 朝鮮王朝) was the final ruling dynasty of Korea, lasting from 1392 until 1910. ... Baekje was a kingdom that existed in southwestern Korea from 18 BCE to 660 CE. Together with Goguryeo and Silla, Baekje is known as one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. ... Acha Mountain Fortress is an earthen fortress of the Korean Three Kingdoms period. ...

Guri first became a separate city in 1986. Previously, it had been considered part of Yangju from antiquity until 1980, and part of Namyangju from 1980 to 1986. The name "Guri" was first used in 1914, at which time it was a myeon in Yangju. Guri is connected to Seoul via a commuter railway (Jungang Line). Yangju is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. ... Namyangju is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. ... Seoul (서울, ▶ (help· info)) is the capital of South Korea (the Republic of Korea) and is one of the most populous cities in the world, located in the northwestern part of the country on the Han River. ... The Jungang Line is a railway line connecting Seoul to Gyeongju in South Korea. ...

Famous people

• BoA

Screencaps from interview with BoA prior to her debut (1999~2000) BoA (권보아 Kwŏn Boa, born in November 5, 1986) grew up in South Korea with two older brothers. ...

Statistics

• Land Use:
  

Image File history File links Land use chart for Guri, South Korea. ...

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Image File history File links Temperature chart for Guri, South Korea. ...

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See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of cities in South Korea
• Geography of South Korea

Coming into Guri

This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ... Map of South Korea The largest cities in South Korea have self-governing status equivalent to that of provinces. ... South Korea is located in Eastern Asia, on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula jutting out from the far east of the Asian land mass. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (442x626, 32 KB)A view as one enters Guri. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (442x626, 32 KB)A view as one enters Guri. ...

External links

• City government website

Administrative divisions of Gyeonggi province, South Korea
Capital Suwon
Cities Ansan | Anseong | Anyang | Bucheon | Dongducheon | Gimpo | Goyang | Gunpo | Guri | Gwacheon | Gwangju | Gwangmyeong | Hanam | Hwaseong | Icheon | Namyangju | Osan| Paju | Pocheon | Pyeongtaek | Seongnam | Siheung | Suwon | Uijeongbu | Uiwang | Yangju | Yongin
Counties Gapyeong | Yangpyeong | Yeoju | Yeoncheon