Dong-gu
Dong District is a district of Gwangju, South Korea. Mudeungsan is a famous landmark in the district. Modern art is displayed at the Street of Art, which was the first one of its kind in South Korea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Borough with 106,000 residents
- Description: administrative division of Gwangju, South Korea
- Also known as: “Dong District” and “Dong District, Gwangju”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gwangju and Gwangju National University of Education.
Gwangju
Railway station
Photo: IMKSv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gwangju Station is a train station located in Gwangju, South Korea, 353 km south of Yongsan station.
Gwangju National University of Education
University
Gwangju National University of Education is a national university located in Buk-gu, Gwangju, South Korea. It is one of ten national universities that are designed to raise high-quality elementary school teachers.
Asia Culture Center
Photo: Lain4lest, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Asia Culture Center, also referred to as ACC, is located in Gwangju, South Korea. It was opened in November 2015 after more than 10 years of planning and development.
Dong-gu
- Categories: district of South Korea and locality
- Location: Gwangju, South Jeolla, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.1462° or 35° 8′ 46″ northLongitude
126.9229° or 126° 55′ 22″ eastPopulation
106,000Elevation
59 metres (194 feet)Open location code
8Q784WWF+F5OpenStreetMap ID
node 415146372OpenStreetMap feature
place=boroughGeoNames ID
8462137Wikidata ID
Q50375
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Dong-gu” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dong-gu”
- Chinese: “Dong Khu”
- Chinese: “东区 (光州)”
- Chinese: “东区”
- Chinese: “東区”
- Chinese: “東區 (光州)”
- Chinese: “東區”
- Greek: “Ντονγκ-γκου”
- Italian: “Distretto di Dong”
- Italian: “Dong-gu”
- Japanese: “東区”
- Korean: “Dong-gu”
- Korean: “동구”
- Malayalam: “ഡോങ് ജില്ല, ഗ്വാങ്ജു”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Dong Khu”
- Persian: “ناحیه دونگ”
- Russian: “Тон-гу”
- Russian: “Тонку”
- Spanish: “Dong-gu”
- Spanish: “Dong”
- Swedish: “Dong-gu, Gwangju”
- Swedish: “Dong-gu”
- Turkish: “Dong, Gwangju”
- Urdu: “دونگ ضلع، گوانگ جو”
- Vietnamese: “Dong-gu, Gwangju”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Đông”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dong-gu Office and 동구청 별관.
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