Gurye-gun

Gurye is in the northeastern part of , . The area is characterized by mountainous terrain centered around the Nogodan Peak of Jirisan, with the Seomjin River running through the county, forming a landscape of basins and mountains.
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  • Type: County with 27,100 residents
  • Description: administrative division of South Korea
  • Also known as: Gurye”, “Gurye County”, and “Kurye-gun

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gurye Police Station and Gurye Post Office.

Police station

Post office

Railway station
Photo: G43, CC BY 3.0.
station is a KTX station in the city of , South Jeolla Province, on the southern coast of South Korea. It is on the Jeolla Line.

Gurye-gun

Latitude
35.2024° or 35° 12′ 9″ north
Longitude
127.4632° or 127° 27′ 48″ east
Population
27,100
Elevation
310 metres (1,017 feet)
United Nations Location Code
KR GRE
Open location code
8Q796F27+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358896907
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
1841975
Wiki­data ID
Q50214
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Gurye-gun” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Gurye-gun
  • Chinese: Gurye Kūn
  • Chinese: 求礼郡
  • Chinese: 求禮
  • Chinese: 求禮郡
  • Dutch: Gurye
  • Esperanto: Kantono Gurje
  • French: district de Gurye
  • French: District de Gurye
  • French: Gurye
  • German: Gurye
  • Greek: Γκούριε
  • Italian: Contea di Gurye
  • Italian: Gurye
  • Japanese: クレ郡
  • Japanese: 求礼郡
  • Korean: Gurye-gun
  • Korean: 구례
  • Korean: 구례군
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Gurye
  • Min Nan Chinese: Gurye Kūn
  • Mongolian: Күре-гүнь
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gurye
  • Norwegian: Gurye
  • Persian: گوری کانتی
  • Polish: Gurye
  • Romanian: Gurye
  • Russian: Куре
  • Spanish: Gurye-gun
  • Spanish: Gurye
  • Swedish: Gurye-gun
  • Turkish: Gurye
  • Ukrainian: округ Куре
  • Urdu: گوریے کاؤنٹی
  • Vietnamese: Gurye
  • Welsh: Sir Gurye
  • Yue Chinese: 求禮

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 구례군청 and Gurye County Office.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Gurye-gun”. Photo: eimoberg, CC BY 2.0.