Gijang County

Gijang County is a gun, or county, located between Haeundae-gu and in northern , .
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Wikipedia
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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 Ilgwang.

Railway station
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is a railway station of the Donghae Line in Gijang-eup, Gijang County, , South Korea.

Railway station
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Station is a railway station of the Donghae Line in Ilgwang-myeon, Gijang County, , .

Archaeological site
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is located in Gijang-gun, , . 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

Latitude
35.2448° or 35° 14′ 41″ north
Longitude
129.2215° or 129° 13′ 18″ east
Population
159,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
United Nations Location Code
KR KJG
Open location code
8Q7F66VC+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4473495835
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
1842966
Wiki­data ID
Q50217
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Satellite Map

Discover Gijang County from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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: “Гиянг”
  • 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”

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