Gwacheon-si
Gwacheon is in Gyeonggi, just south of Seoul. The city grew as a planned city in 1980s and 90s when many of the government offices and facilities was moved from Seoul.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Seoul Land and Gwacheon National Science Museum.
Seoul Land
Theme park
Photo: Bart0278, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seoul Land is an amusement park opened in 1988, in Gwacheon, a city in Gyeonggi-do province, South Korea. Located in the Seoul Grand Park complex, it opened just before the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Gwacheon National Science Museum
Museum
Photo: Kwangmo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gwacheon National Science Museum is a national museum in Gwacheon, South Korea. It opened in 2008.
Korea Racing Authority Equine Museum
Museum
The Korea Racing Authority Equine Museum is a horse museum in Gwacheon, South Korea. 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 Burim-dong and Pyeongchon-dong.
Burim-dong
Quarter
Burim-dong is a dong of Dongan District, Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Burim-dong is situated 5 km southwest of Gwacheon-si.
Pyeongchon-dong
Quarter
Pyeongchon-dong is neighborhood of Dongan district in the city of Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Pyeongchon-dong is situated 5 km southwest of Gwacheon-si.
Gwacheon-si
- Also known as: “Gwacheon” and “Gwacheon City”
- Location: Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.4341° or 37° 26′ 3″ northLongitude
126.9999° or 126° 59′ 60″ eastPopulation
85,400Elevation
51 metres (167 feet)Open location code
8Q98CXMX+JXGeoNames ID
8393798
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In Other Languages
“Gwacheon-si” goes by many names.
- Korean: “과천”
- Korean: “과천시”
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