Gwangyang
Hangul:	광양시
Hanja:	光陽市
Revised Romanization:	Gwangyang-si
McCune-Reischauer:	Kwangyang-shi
Statistics
Area:	446.08 km²
Population:	138,012 2003 registration [1]
Pop. density:	309.4 people/km²
Administrative divisions:	1 eup, 6 myeon, 5 dong

Gwangyang (Gwangyang-si) is a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Gwangyang city is the home of POSCO's Gwangyang Steel Works, the largest facility of its kind in the world. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Hangul (hangul: 한글; revised: hangeul; McCune-Reischauer: hangÅ­l) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (hangul: 한자; hanja: 漢字; revised: hanja; McCune-Reischauer: hancha; lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer 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. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Image File history File links Made from Maps of Korea. ... Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is divided into 1 Special City (Teukbyeolsi), 6 Metropolitan Cities (Gwangyeoksi), and 9 Provinces (Do). ... South Jeolla is a province in the southwest of South Korea. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Gwangyang is also at the centre of development for the Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone (FEZ) due for completion in 2011. The Free Economic Zone will focus on port container handling, steel production, shipbuilding as well as leisure facilities.

It is home to K-League soccer side Chunnam Dragons. The Korea Professional Soccer League, more commonly known today as the K-League was founded in 1983 with five member clubs, and is the oldest professional football league in Asia. ... Chunnam Dragons is a football club founded in 1996 in the Korean city of Gwangyang, which joined the K-League for the 1997 season at the same time as Cheonbuk Hyundai Motors, their Jeolla province rivals. ...

See also

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

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. ...

External links

• Gwangyang City government home page
• Open Directory category
• Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone Authority

Administrative divisions of South Jeolla province, South Korea
Capital Muan
Cities Gwangyang | Mokpo | Naju | Suncheon | Yeosu
Counties Boseong | Damyang | Gangjin | Goheung | Gokseong | Gurye | Haenam | Hampyeong | Hwasun | Jangheung | Jangseong | Jindo | Sinan | Wando | Yeongam | Yeonggwang