East Asia
South Korea
Gyeonggi

Uiwang-si

Uiwang is a small city in southern Province, forming part of the ring of satellite cities around Seoul. Wedged between Anyang and Suwon and backed by the low peaks of the Gwangju mountain range, it is largely residential while also offering easy access to nearby parks and trails.
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  • Type: City with 157,000 residents
  • Description: city in South Korea
  • Also known as: “Uiwang” and “Uiwang City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Obong Station and Dangjeong.

Railway station
Photo: Banwol, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station.

Metro station
Photo: Sim1992, CC BY-SA 3.0.
station is an infill station on the Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 1. It serves the city of in , South Korea and is the subway station closest to Hansei University.

Metro station
Photo: 분당선M, Public domain.
is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 1. It serves the city of in , . The name of the station is derived from the local name.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gunpo and Ogeum-dong.

Photo: Jpbarrass, Public domain.
is a small city dominated by greenspace with numerous of small mountains and Surisan mountain which is south of 's capital city .

Quarter
is neighbourhood of , Gyeonggi Province, . In Choseon era, was called 'Goegok-ri ', and because there was Elm-like Tree, it also called 'Neutiul'.

Quarter
is neighbourhood of , Gyeonggi Province, .

Uiwang-si

Latitude
37.3449° or 37° 20′ 42″ north
Longitude
126.969° or 126° 58′ 8″ east
Population
157,000
Elevation
68 metres (223 feet)
Open location code
8Q988XV9+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358015422
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
8393796
Wiki­data ID
Q42134
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Satellite Map

Discover Uiwang-si from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Uiwang-si” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “يوانغ”
  • Bengali: “উইওয়াং”
  • Catalan: “Uiwang”
  • Cebuano: “Uiwang-si”
  • Chinese: “Uiwang Chhī”
  • Chinese: “义王市”
  • Chinese: “義王”
  • Chinese: “義王市”
  • Czech: “Uiwang”
  • Czech: “Ŭiwang”
  • Danish: “Uiwang”
  • Dutch: “Uiwang”
  • Esperanto: “Uivan”
  • Finnish: “Uiwang-si”
  • Finnish: “Uiwang”
  • French: “Uiwang”
  • Georgian: “იივანი”
  • German: “Uiwang”
  • Greek: “Ούιουανγκ”
  • Gujarati: “ઉઈવાંગ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Ngi-vòng-sṳ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Uiwang Sṳ”
  • Hebrew: “איוואנג”
  • Hindi: “उइवांग”
  • Indonesian: “Uiwang”
  • Irish: “Uiwang”
  • Italian: “Uiwang”
  • Japanese: “儀旺市”
  • Japanese: “義王市”
  • Kannada: “ಉವಾಂಗ್”
  • Korean: “Uiwang-si”
  • Korean: “경기 의왕”
  • Korean: “경기 의왕시”
  • Korean: “경기도 의왕”
  • Korean: “경기도 의왕시”
  • Korean: “의왕”
  • Korean: “의왕시”
  • Latvian: “Ijvana”
  • Lithuanian: “Uivangas”
  • Malay: “Uiwang”
  • Marathi: “वुईवांग”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Uiwang Chhī”
  • Northern Frisian: “Uiwang”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Uiwang”
  • Norwegian: “Uiwang”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Uiwang”
  • Persian: “اووانگ”
  • Persian: “یی‌وانگ”
  • Polish: “Uiwang”
  • Portuguese: “Uiwang”
  • Romanian: “Uiwang”
  • Russian: “Ыйван”
  • Scots: “Uiwang”
  • Sinhala: “උයිවොන්ග්”
  • Slovak: “Uiwang-si”
  • Slovak: “Uiwang”
  • Spanish: “Uiwang”
  • Swedish: “Uiwang”
  • Tagalog: “Uiwang”
  • Tamil: “யுவாங்”
  • Tatar: “Ыйваң”
  • Telugu: “ఉయివాంగ్”
  • Thai: “อึยวัง”
  • Turkish: “Uiwang”
  • Ukrainian: “Ийван”
  • Urdu: “اوئی وانگ”
  • Urdu: “اوئیوانگ”
  • Venetian: “Uiwang”
  • Vietnamese: “Uiwang”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Uiwang”
  • Yue Chinese: “義王”
  • “의왕”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Gocheon-dong and 안골.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 의왕시의회 and 의왕시청 민원동.

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