Country South Korea Administrative divisions 3 eup, 3 dong, 4 myeon Province Gyeonggi Province Local time Sunday 6:20 PM | Region Sudogwon Area 431 km² Population 286,699 (Dec 2013) | |
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Gwangju ([kwaŋ.dʑu]) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, a suburb southeast of Seoul. The city is not to be confused with the much larger Gwangju Metropolitan City, former capital of South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Bunwon-ri in Gwangju took an important role of ceramic production during the Kingdom of Joseon. There had official kilns and produced superb quality of white porcelains for use at the royal court and to export to China.
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Map of Gwangju-si, South Korea
History
In 1962, 4 myuns(towns) including 5 ris(townships) were incorporated to Seoul.
In 1973, 6 of ris were separated and these came to parts of Seongnam city. In 1979, gwangju myun promoted eup. In fact, Gwangju was a county but became a city in 2001.
Notable people
Sister cities
Friendship City
References
Gwangju, Gyeonggi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA