Daejeon
Daejeon is the capital of South Chungcheong province. Yuseong Hot Springs Resort and Daecheong Dam are amongst the city's most popular tourist attractions.Places of Interest
Highlights: Daejeon Station and Hanwha Life Eagles Park.
Daejeon Station
Railway station
Daejeon
- Also known as: “Daejeon-gwangyeoksi”
- Historically known as: “Taejŏn-jikhalsi”
- Location: South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.3333° or 36° 20′ north
Longitude
127.4167° or 127° 25′ east
Population
1,470,000
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
Open location code
8Q898CM8+8M
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Daejeon” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ዳይጅዮን”
- Azerbaijani: “Daejeon”
- Bengali: “দাইজিয়ন”
- French: “Daejeon”
- German: “Daejeon”
- Greek: “Ντέτζον”
- Hausa: “Daejeon”
- Japanese: “大田”
- Javanese: “Daejeon”
- Kazakh: “Тэджон”
- Kirghiz: “Тэджон”
- Korean: “Taejŏn-gwangyŏksi”
- Korean: “대전”
- Korean: “대전광역시”
- Korean: “대전직할시” (historical)
- Korean: “大田”
- Korean: “大田廣域市”
- Malay: “Daejeon”
- Oromo: “Daejeon”
- Panjabi: “ਦਾਈਜਿਓਨ”
- Persian: “دایجئون”
- Portuguese: “Daejeon”
- Pushto: “ډیجیون”
- Somali: “Daejeon”
- Spanish: “Daejeon”
- Swahili: “Daejeon”
- Tajik: “Тэджон”
- Tatar: “Дэджон”
- Uzbek: “Daejeon”
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