Gwangju, Gyeonggi
Hangul:	광주시
Hanja:	廣州市
Revised Romanization:	Gwangju-si
McCune-Reischauer:	Kwangju-si
Statistics
Area:	431.61 km²
Population:	186,200 2003
Pop. density:	431.4 people/km²
Administrative divisions:	1 eup, 3 dong, 6 myeon

Gwangju is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, 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. The city also shares the same Hanja (Chinese characters) name as the mainland Chinese city of Guangzhou. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Jamo redirects here. ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) 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 by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... 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. ... Seoul (Sŏul[1] 서울)   is the capital and largest city of South Korea (Republic of Korea). ... This article is about Gwangju Metropolitan City in South Korea. ... South Jeolla is a province in the southwest of South Korea. ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province in southern mainland China. ...

See also

• List of cities in South Korea
• Geography of South Korea

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External links

• City government English-language website
• Gwangju, Gyeonggi on the Galbijim Wiki

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