Local time
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Gwangju
35.17° N, 126.91° E
- Population
- 1,440,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 6 of 27
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 27 cities of South Korea in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of South Korea, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1986
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Area
- 501 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Time zone
- Asia/Seoul
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Practical bearings for Gwangju, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Gwangju have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
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