Gijang County
Gijang County is a gun, or county, located between Haeundae-gu and Ulsan in northern Busan, South Korea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: County with 159,000 residents
- Description: administrative division of South Korea
- Also known as: “Gijang”, “Kichang”, “Kichō”, and “Kijang”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gijang station and Waeseong in Jukseong-ri, Gijang.
Gijang station
Railway station
Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gijang station is a railway station of the Donghae Line in Gijang-eup, Gijang County, Busan, South Korea.
Waeseong in Jukseong-ri, Gijang
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Waeseong in Jukseong-ri, Gijang is located in Gijang-gun, Busan, South Korea. It is a stone fortress built by the Japanese general, Kuroda Nagamasa who was defending the area against the Korean Joseon army in about June 1593, during the second year of the Imjin War.
Gijang County
- Categories: county of South Korea and locality
- Location: Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun, Busan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.2448° or 35° 14′ 41″ northLongitude
129.2215° or 129° 13′ 18″ eastPopulation
159,000Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)United Nations Location Code
KR KJGOpen location code
8Q7F66VC+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 4473495835OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Gijang County” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gijang-gun”
- Chinese: “Gijang Kūn”
- Chinese: “机张郡”
- Chinese: “機張郡”
- Dutch: “Gijang-gun”
- Esperanto: “Giĵang”
- Estonian: “Gijang-gun”
- Estonian: “Gijangi maakond”
- French: “district de Gijang”
- French: “Gijang”
- German: “Gijang-gun”
- German: “Gijang”
- Greek: “Γκίτζανγκ-γκουν”
- Indonesian: “Daerah Gijang”
- Indonesian: “Kabupaten Gijang”
- Italian: “Contea di Gijang”
- Italian: “Gijang-gun”
- Japanese: “機張郡”
- Javanese: “Gijang”
- Korean: “Gijang-gun”
- Korean: “기장”
- Korean: “기장군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gijang Kūn”
- Mongolian: “Кижан-гүнь”
- Persian: “گیجانگ”
- Russian: “Киджан”
- Scots: “Gijang Coonty”
- Spanish: “Gijang-gun”
- Spanish: “Gijang”
- Swedish: “Gijang-gun”
- Thai: “อำเภอคีจัง”
- Turkish: “Gijang”
- Urdu: “جیجگنگ کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Gijang”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Gijang”
- Welsh: “Sir Gijang”
- Yue Chinese: “機張郡”
- “Gijang-gun”
- “기장군”
- “機張郡”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jukseong Crossroad and Sincheon-ri.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 기장군의회 and 기장군청.
Busan: Must-Visit Destinations
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