Gwangju
metropolitan city in South Korea
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Summary
Gwangju is a metropolitan city of South Korea[1]. Gwangju draws 5,050 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan city of south korea category, ranking #3 of 5).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: World Tourism Cities Federation[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: South Korea[4]
- Country: South Korea[5]
- Instance of: big city[6]
- Shares border with: South Jeolla[7]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Dong District, Gwangju[8], Seo District[9], Nam District[10], Buk District[11], Gwangsan District[12]
- Flag: flag of Gwangju[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Guangzhou[14], San Antonio[15], Medan[16], Tainan[17], Sendai[18]
- Legislative body: Gwangju municipal council[19]
- Executive body: Gwangju Metropolitan Government[20]
- Commons category: Gwangju[21]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[22]
- Enclave within: South Jeolla[23]
- Official website: https://www.gwangju.go.kr/[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gwangju[25]
- Commons gallery: 광주광역시[26]
- Population: 1,501,557[27], 1,490,092[28], 1,422,999[29], 1,409,624[30]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Gwangju[31]
- Replaced by: Gwangju Special City[32]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Gwangju[33]
- Category for people who died here: Q131341429[34]
- Female population: 754,014[35]
- Male population: 748,867[36]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Gwangju[37]
- Owner of: Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium[38], Gwangju Mudeung Stadium[39], Gwangju Baseball Stadium[40]
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Physical Characteristics
Gwangju covers an area of 501.18 km²[41].
Why It Matters
Gwangju has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Gwangju is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]