Gwacheon

Gwacheon is in , just south of . The city grew as a planned city in 1980s and 90s when many of the government offices and facilities was moved from Seoul.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Seonbawi Art Museum and Seonbawi.

Arts center
The Seonbawi Museum of Art is an art in , . It was designed and built on an 800-pyeong site, by the late artist Lee Seoji in 2004.

Metro station
Photo: Kth696586, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 4 in , Gyeonggi-do. Most of its passengers use the station as a transfer point between various buses and Line 4. Besides a few bus stops, there really is not much else in the vicinity of this station.

Museum
The is a horse in , . Established on September 13, 1988, to complement Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, it has over 50,000 visitors annually in a variety of audiences, ranging from the elderly to children.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Galhyeon-dong and Seorae Village.

Quarter
Photo: 안우석, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a dong of , , South Korea. It is divided into two sub-districts, Galhyeon 1-dong and Galhyeon 2-dong. The northern boundary is Jingwan-dong, while Bulgwang-dong lies to the east. is situated 4 km southwest of Gwacheon.

Neighborhood
Photo: InSapphoWeTrust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, sometimes nicknamed "", due to its hilltop location, or sometimes "French Village", is a small, affluent French ethnic enclave in and , , , South Korea. is situated 5 km north of Gwacheon.

Photo: Gaël Chardon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dongjak, Gwanak and Geumcheon are districts of south of the Han River. is a largely residential and educational region characterized by university districts, hillside neighborhoods, and industrial redevelopment zones.

Gwacheon

Latitude
37.4497° or 37° 26′ 59″ north
Longitude
127.00089° or 127° 0′ 3″ east
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open location code
8Q99C2X2+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415155274
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
6571991
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Gwacheon” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “果川洞”
  • French: “Gwacheon”
  • German: “Gwacheon”
  • Greek: “Γκουάτσον-ντονγκ”
  • Japanese: “果川洞”
  • Korean: “Gwacheon-dong”
  • Korean: “과천동”
  • Spanish: “Gwacheon”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gwacheondong Community Service Center and K&L MUSEUM.

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