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.

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Highlights include Daejeon Station and Hanwha Life Eagles Park.

Daejeon Station

Railway station

Photo: *Youngjin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Daejeon Station is on South Korea's high-speed KTX railway network, 166.6 km south of Seoul Station.

The Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium, formerly known as Hanwha Life Eagles Park for sponsorship reasons, is a baseball park in Daejeon, South Korea. The stadium is located in the vicinity of Daejeon Station.

Seodaejeon station

Railway station

Photo: IMKSv, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Seodaejeon station, meaning "West Daejeon station", is on the normal speed Honam Line, 161 km south of Yongsan 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

GeoNames ID

1835224

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In Other Languages

From Greek to Korean—“Daejeon” goes by many names.

Greek: “Ντέτζον”
Korean: “Taejŏn-gwangyŏksi”
Korean: “대전”
Korean: “대전광역시”
Korean: “대전직할시” (historical)
Korean: “大田”
Korean: “大田廣域市”

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