Seo-gu

Seo District is a district of Jeonnam-Gwangju, South Korea. The district was once part of the city of , but on July 1, 2026, that city was dissolved and merged with into the provincial-level city of Jeonnam-Gwangju.
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  • Type: Borough with 280,000 residents
  • Description: administrative division of Gwangju, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Seo District”, “Seo District, Gwangju”, “Seo District, Jeonnam-Gwangju”, and “Seo-gu, Gwangju”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gwangju World Cup Stadium and Gwangju.

Stadium
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The is a multi-purpose stadium in , South Korea. It is the home stadium of Gwangju FC of the K League and has a capacity of 40,245.

Railway station
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Station is a train station located in , , 353 km south of Yongsan station.

Stadium
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The is a baseball in , . It has been the home of KBO club Kia Tigers since 2014, replacing Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium.

Seo-gu

Latitude
35.1521° or 35° 9′ 8″ north
Longitude
126.8901° or 126° 53′ 24″ east
Population
280,000
Elevation
51 metres (167 feet)
Open location code
8Q785V2R+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5751524192
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
8462134
Wiki­data ID
Q50403
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Seo-gu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Seo-gu”
  • Chinese: “Seo Khu”
  • Chinese: “西区 (光州)”
  • Chinese: “西区”
  • Chinese: “西區 (光州)”
  • Chinese: “西區”
  • Dutch: “Seo District (Gwangju)”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Distrikto”
  • Greek: “Σο-γκου”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Seo”
  • Italian: “Seo-gu”
  • Japanese: “西区”
  • Korean: “Seo-gu”
  • Korean: “광주 서구”
  • Korean: “광주광역시 서구”
  • Korean: “서구”
  • Malayalam: “ഇതൊരു ജില്ലയാണ്”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Seo Khu”
  • Spanish: “Seo-gu”
  • Spanish: “Seo”
  • Swedish: “Seo-gu, Gwangju”
  • Swedish: “Seo-gu”
  • Turkish: “Seo, Gwangju”
  • Urdu: “سیو ضلع، گوانگ جو”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Tây, Gwangju”
  • Vietnamese: “Seo-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju”
  • Yue Chinese: “西區 (光州)”

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