Namhansanseong
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: fortress in Korea
- Also known as: “Namhansanseong Fortress” and “Namhansansŏng”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sueojangdae and Macheon.
Sueojangdae
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Sueojangdae is situated 320 metres west of Namhansanseong.
Macheon
Metro station
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Macheon Station is a subway station on, and eastern terminus of the Macheon branch of Seoul Subway Line 5. Macheon is situated 3 km northwest of Namhansanseong.
Namhansanseong
Metro station
Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Namhansanseong station is a railway station on Seoul Subway Line 8. Namhansanseong is situated 3½ km southwest of Namhansanseong.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wirye and Jangji-dong.
Wirye
Suburb
Wirye New Town is a planned community in Songpa District, Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. It is named after Wiryeseong. Wirye is situated 3½ km west of Namhansanseong.
Jangji-dong
Quarter
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Jangji-dong is a dong of Songpa District, Seoul, South Korea. The old name of the dong was janbeodeuri, derived from jan beodeul where the species grew a lot. Jangji-dong is situated 4½ km west of Namhansanseong.
Suseo-dong
Quarter
Suseo-dong is a ward of Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea. The name Suseo originated from the feature of Han River running through the western part of the region. Suseo-dong is also home to the Tancheon park. Suseo-dong is situated 7 km west of Namhansanseong.
Namhansanseong
- Categories: rocca, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.47914° or 37° 28′ 45″ northLongitude
127.18016° or 127° 10′ 49″ eastElevation
385 metres (1,263 feet)Open location code
8Q99F5HJ+M3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2668229479OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
6573539Wikidata ID
Q562529
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Namhansanseong” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة نامهانسان”
- Arabic: “نامهانسانسونغ”
- Catalan: “Namhansanseong”
- Chinese: “南漢山城”
- Croatian: “Namhansanseong”
- Czech: “Namhansanseong”
- Dutch: “Namhansanseong”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نامهانسانسونج”
- Finnish: “Namhansanseong”
- French: “Namhansanseong”
- Georgian: “ნამჰანსანსეონი”
- Georgian: “ნამჰანსანსონგი”
- German: “Festung Namhansanseong”
- Hebrew: “מבצר נמהאנסאנסאונג”
- Hindi: “नामहानसानसौंग”
- Hungarian: “Namhanszanszong”
- Indonesian: “Benteng Gunung Nam”
- Indonesian: “Namhansanseong”
- Italian: “Namhansanseong”
- Japanese: “南漢山城(ナムハンサンソン)”
- Japanese: “南漢山城”
- Javanese: “Namhansanseong”
- Korean: “남한 산성”
- Korean: “남한산성 도립공원”
- Korean: “남한산성”
- Maithili: “नामहनसानसेओङ”
- Maltese: “Namhansanseong”
- Nepali: “नामहनसानसेओङ”
- Persian: “نام هان سن سونگ (کره ی جنوبی)”
- Persian: “نام هان سن سونگ”
- Portuguese: “Namhansanseong”
- Russian: “Намхансансон”
- Slovak: “Namhansanseong”
- Slovenian: “Namhansansong”
- Spanish: “Namhansanseong”
- Sundanese: “Namhansanseong”
- Thai: “นัมฮันซันซ็อง”
- Turkish: “Namhansanseong”
- Ukrainian: “Намхансансон”
- Vietnamese: “Namhansanseong”
- Yue Chinese: “南漢山城”
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