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Gwangju

Nam-gu

Nam District is the southern district of , South Korea. Among Gwangju's five districts, it has a relatively short history. It was established in 1995 after being separated from the , and a month later, it absorbed the Daechon Subdistrict Office from the .
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  • Type: Borough with 207,000 residents
  • Description: administrative division of Gwangju, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Nam District” and “Nam District, Gwangju”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gwangju World Cup Stadium and Asia Culture Center.

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.

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The , also referred to as ACC, is located in , South Korea. It was opened in November 2015 after more than 10 years of planning and development.

Hospital
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Nam-gu

Latitude
35.1327° or 35° 7′ 58″ north
Longitude
126.9025° or 126° 54′ 9″ east
Population
207,000
Elevation
80 metres (262 feet)
Open location code
8Q784WM3+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5751524193
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
8462135
Wiki­data ID
Q50361
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Nam-gu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Nam-gu (munisipyo sa Habagatang Korea, Gwangju)”
  • Cebuano: “Nam-gu”
  • Chinese: “Nam Khu”
  • Chinese: “南区”
  • Chinese: “南區”
  • Dutch: “Nam District”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Distrikto”
  • Greek: “Ναμ-γκου”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Nam”
  • Italian: “Nam-gu”
  • Japanese: “南区”
  • Korean: “Nam-gu”
  • Korean: “남구”
  • Malayalam: “നാം ജില്ല”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nam Khu”
  • Russian: “Нам”
  • Spanish: “Nam-gu”
  • Spanish: “Nam”
  • Swedish: “Nam-gu, Gwangju”
  • Swedish: “Nam-gu”
  • Turkish: “Nam, Gwangju”
  • Urdu: “نام ضلع، گوانگ جو”
  • Vietnamese: “huyện Nam”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam-gu, Gwangju”
  • “Nam-gu”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nam-gu”. Photo: G43, CC BY-SA 3.0.