Yeonggwang-gun

Yeonggwang County is a county in Jeonnam-Gwangju, .
  • Type: County with 52,000 residents
  • Description: county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Reikō”, “Reikō-gun”, “Yeonggwang”, and “Yeonggwang County”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Yeonggwang Police Station.

Police station

Yeonggwang-gun

Latitude
35.2769° or 35° 16′ 37″ north
Longitude
126.5125° or 126° 30′ 45″ east
Population
52,000
Elevation
86 metres (282 feet)
UN/LOCODE
KR YGG
Open location code
8Q787GG6+QX
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Yue Chinese—“Yeonggwang-gun” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Ёнгван”
  • Cebuano: “Yeonggwang-gun”
  • Chinese: “灵光郡”
  • Chinese: “靈光郡”
  • Dutch: “Yeonggwang County”
  • Esperanto: “Jongŭang”
  • Finnish: “Yeonggwang”
  • French: “district de Yeonggwang”
  • French: “District de Yeonggwang”
  • French: “Yeonggwang”
  • German: “Yeonggwang”
  • Greek: “Γιόνγκουανγκ”
  • Italian: “Contea di Yeonggwang”
  • Italian: “Yeonggwang”
  • Japanese: “霊光郡”
  • Korean: “Yeonggwang-gun”
  • Korean: “Yŏnggwang-gun”
  • Korean: “영광”
  • Korean: “영광군”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yeonggwang Kūn”
  • Mongolian: “Ёнгуан-гүнь”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yeonggwang”
  • Norwegian: “Yeonggwang”
  • Persian: “یونگ وانگ”
  • Polish: “Yeonggwanggun”
  • Romanian: “Yeonggwang”
  • Russian: “Йонгван”
  • Spanish: “Yeonggwang”
  • Swedish: “Yeonggwang-gun”
  • Swedish: “Yeonggwang”
  • Turkish: “Yeonggwang İlçesi”
  • Turkish: “Yeonggwang”
  • Urdu: “یونگگونگ کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Yeonggwang”
  • Welsh: “Sir Yeonggwang”
  • Yue Chinese: “靈光”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Yeonggwang-eup and Namcheon-ri.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: 영광군우체국 and 영광군청.

South Jeolla: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Gwangju and Muan.

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