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Gwangju

#222 in World

South Korea

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Population
1.5M
Coordinates
35.1595, 126.8526
Category
cities

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Gwangju, formerly romanized as Kwangju, is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until its promotion to a metropolitan city in 2005, upon which the provincial office moved to the southern village of Namak in Muan County.

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