Buk-gu
Buk District is a district of Jeonnam-Gwangju, South Korea. It was once a part of the city of Gwangju, but on July 1, 2026, that city was merged into Jeonnam-Gwangju. It elects two lawmakers for the South Korean National Assembly. Gwangju Station is here.
- Borough with about 427,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (300 feet)
- Description: administrative division of Gwangju, South Korea
- Also known as“Buk District”“Buk District, Jeonnam-Gwangju”
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Buk-gu
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Latitude
35.1741° or 35° 10′ 27″ north
Longitude
126.9122° or 126° 54′ 44″ east
Open location code
8Q785WF6+JV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = borough
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Buk-gu” goes by many names.
Buk-guCebuano
Buk-gu (munisipyo sa Habagatang Korea, Gwangju)Cebuano
北区Chinese
北區Chinese
Buk DistrictDutch
Norda DistriktoEsperanto
Μπουκ-γκουGreek
Buk-guItalian
Distretto di BukItalian
北区Japanese
Buk-guKorean
북구Korean
ബുക്ക് ജില്ലMalayalam
Buk KhuMin Nan Chinese
Пук-гуRussian
ПуккуRussian
Buk-guSwedish
Buk-gu, GwangjuSwedish
Buk, GwangjuTurkish
بوک ضلع، گوانگ جوUrdu
Buk-gu, Jeonnam-GwangjuVietnamese
huyện BukVietnamese
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