๐ฐ๐ท Gwangju 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 the provincial office moved to the southern village of Namak in Muan County in 2005 because Gwangju was promoted to a metropolitan city and was independent of South Jeolla province.
Its name is composed of the words Gwang (Korean:ย ๊ด; Hanja:ย ๅ ) meaning "light" and Ju (์ฃผ; ๅท) meaning "province". Gwangju was historically recorded as Muju (๋ฌด์ฃผ; ๆญฆๅท), in which "Silla merged all of the land to establish the provinces of Gwangju, Ungju, Jeonju, Muju and various counties, plus the southern boundary of Goguryeo and the ancient territories of Silla" in the Samguk Sagi. In the heart of the agricultural Jeolla region, the city is also famous for its rich and diverse cuisine.
1Gwangju is ranked #198 by the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (GUCR) which evaluates and ranks world cities in the context of economic competitiveness. Gwangju was ranked #459 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Gwangju has a population of over 1,502,881 people. Gwangju also forms one of the centres of the wider Honam Region which has a population of over 5,262,127 people. Gwangju is ranked #755 for startups with a score of 0.189.
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Gwangju is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Media Arts see: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Gwangju has links with:
๐ฆ๐บ Adelaide, Australia ๐จ๐ณ Changzhi, China ๐จ๐ณ Dalian, China ๐ฟ๐ฆ Durban, South Africa ๐จ๐ฆ Edmonton, Canada ๐จ๐ณ Guangzhou, China ๐ท๐บ Kazan, Russia ๐ง๐ท Maceiรณ, Brazil ๐ฎ๐ฉ Medan, Indonesia ๐จ๐ณ Nansha District, China ๐บ๐ธ San Antonio, USA ๐ฒ๐พ Seberang Perai, Malaysia ๐ฏ๐ต Sendai, Japan ๐น๐ผ Tainan, Taiwan ๐ฏ๐ต Toyama, Japan ๐ฎ๐น Turin, Italy ๐จ๐ณ Wuhan, China ๐จ๐ณ Zibo, China UNESCO Creative Cities for Media Arts include:
๐บ๐ธ Austin
๐ต๐น Braga
๐ซ๐ท Caen
๐ง๐ท Campina Grande
๐ฒ๐ฆ Casablanca
๐จ๐ณ Changsha
๐ธ๐ณ Dakar
๐ซ๐ท Enghien-les-Bains
๐ฒ๐ฝ Guadalajara
๐ฐ๐ท Gwangju
๐ณ๐ด Hamar
๐ฉ๐ช Karlsruhe
๐ธ๐ฐ Koลกice
๐ฆ๐น Linz
๐ฎ๐น Modena
๐ง๐ช Namur
๐ท๐ธ Novi Sad
๐จ๐ด Santiago de Cali
๐ฏ๐ต Sapporo
๐ฌ๐ช Tbilisi
๐ฎ๐ฑ Tel Aviv-Yafo
๐จ๐ฆ Toronto
๐ฉ๐ฐ Viborg
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ York
See Also: ๐ฐ๐ท Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, Sudogwon, South Korea
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๐จ๐พ North Nicosia 35.177
๐ฐ๐ท Haeundae District 35.153
๐ฐ๐ท Nam District 35.14
๐ฐ๐ท Gwangmyeong 126.866
๐ฐ๐ท Yeongdeungpo 126.883
๐ฐ๐ท Eunpyeong District 126.929
๐ฐ๐ท Gangseo District 126.85
๐ฐ๐ท Yesan County 126.845
๐ฐ๐ท Gangseo-gu 126.831
๐ฐ๐ท Hwaseong-si 126.817
Locations Near: Gwangju 126.853,35.1595
๐ฐ๐ท Jangseong 126.785,35.302 d: 17
๐ฐ๐ท Naju 126.718,35.03 d: 19
๐ฐ๐ท Gochang County 126.7,35.433 d: 33.5
๐ฐ๐ท Gochang 126.7,35.433 d: 33.5
๐ฐ๐ท Yeonggwang 126.509,35.275 d: 33.8
๐ฐ๐ท Yeongam 126.7,34.798 d: 42.5
๐ฐ๐ท Muan County 126.482,34.991 d: 38.6
๐ฐ๐ท Jeongeup 126.847,35.57 d: 45.7
Antipodal to: Gwangju -53.147,-35.16
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๐บ๐พ Canelones -56.284,-34.538 d: 19720.6
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