Jeonju

capital of North Jeolla Province, South Korea
Place city_of_south_korea Q42140

Facts

17 properties

Identity

Instance of
city of South Korea, big city, half million city, big city of South Korea, list of capitals in South Korea[5][6][7][8]
Official website
www.jeonju.go.kr[21]
Native label
전주[28]

Location

Located in the administrative territorial entity
North Jeolla[3]
Shares border with
Wanju County, Gimje, Iksan[9][10][11]

Population and size

Area
+206.22[31]
Elevation above sea level
+50[30]
Population
342k (342k–653k, n=3)[22][23][24]
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Codes

Local dialing code
63[19]
Postal code
560011–561870[18]
More facts +5
Time of earliest written record
757[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jeonju ar جونجو cs Čonču cs Čondžu de Jeonju-si el Τζόντζου fa جئونجو he ג'אונג'ו hi जेओञु hu Csondzsu ja チョンジュ ja チョンジュ市 ja 全州市 ko 전주시 ru Чонджу sv Jeonju-si th จอนจู th ช็อนจู
🔖 Identifiers · 30
VIAF cluster ID
251207918
Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID
E0049669
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Chonju
Freebase ID
/m/01w961
GNS Unique Feature ID
-706906
GeoNames ID
1845457
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
chonju
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0017648
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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Chonju
INaturalist place ID
35638
Museum-digital place ID
95836
NDL Authority ID
00639686
Namuwiki ID
전주시
National Library of Korea ID
KAB201909444
OpenStreetMap relation ID
7619919
OpenWeatherMap city ID
1845457
Quora topic ID
Jeonju-South-Korea
RKD thesaurus ID
47475
Topic's main category
Category:Jeonju
UN/LOCODE
KRJNJ
Vikidia article ID
fr:Jeonju
Who's on First ID
102026471
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrwW6K344Xt4YW93CkxDq
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🔗 Connections
People born here 68
Contained subdivisions 13
← Headquarters location 6
Twinned administrative body 5
← Twinned administrative body 5
People who died here 4
Shares border with 3
Capital of 2
Instance of 2
Located in this place 2
Residents 2
← Ancestral home 2
← Capital 2
← Category combines topics 2
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Category of associated people 1
Country 1
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Member of 1
Named after 1
Owned entities 1
Owner of 1
SNARC ID 1
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Summary

Jeonju is a city of South Korea[1].

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Jeonju include Jeonju Airport[32], an airport[33], in South Korea[34].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Jeonju include Jeonju Airport[32], an airport[33], in South Korea[34].

References

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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  1. 6w ago · B.Zsolt · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → 전주
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: 전주"
  2. 14w ago · Abductive · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 35.82388888888889, 'longitude': 127.1475}
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Coordinate location: 35°49'26"N, 127°8'51"E"
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