Gwangsan-gu

Gwangsan District is a district, similar to a ward, of Jeonnam-Gwangju, South Korea. The district was once part of the city of , but on July 1, 2026, that city was dissolved and merged with into the provincial-level city of Jeonnam-Gwangju.
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  • Type: Borough with 393,000 residents
  • Description: administrative division in Gwangju, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Gwangsan District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gwangju Airport and GwangjuSongjeong station.

Aerodrome
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is an airport in , South Korea, and is managed by the Korea Airports Corporation. In 2018, 1,986,125 passengers used the airport.

Railway station
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is a station in , South Korea. It is on the national high-speed KTX railway network, 341 km south of .

Metro station
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station is a station of Gwangju Metro Line 1 in Songjeong-dong, Gwangsan District, , South Korea. The station is unrelated to the GwangjuSongjeong Station of Korail.

Gwangsan-gu

Latitude
35.1396° or 35° 8′ 23″ north
Longitude
126.7938° or 126° 47′ 38″ east
Population
393,000
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Open location code
8Q784QQV+VG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415146173
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
1841791
Wiki­data ID
Q50354
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Gwangsan-gu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Gwangsan-gu”
  • Chinese: “Gwangsan Khu”
  • Chinese: “光山区”
  • Chinese: “光山區”
  • Dutch: “Gwangsan District”
  • Greek: “Γκουάνγκσαν-γκου”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Gwangsan”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Gwangsan”
  • Italian: “Gwangsan-gu”
  • Japanese: “光山区”
  • Korean: “Gwangsan-gu”
  • Korean: “광산”
  • Korean: “광산구”
  • Malayalam: “ഗ്വാങ്‌സാൻ ജില്ല”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gwangsan Khu”
  • Russian: “Квансан-гу”
  • Russian: “Квансан”
  • Spanish: “Gwangsan”
  • Swedish: “Gwangsan-gu”
  • Turkish: “Gwangsan”
  • Urdu: “گوانگسان ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Gwangsan-gu”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Gwangsan”
  • “Gwangsan-gu”

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