Honam
Honam is a region coinciding with the former Jeolla Province in what is now South Korea. Today, the term refers to Jeonnam-Gwangju, Jeju Province and Jeonbuk State.- Type: Region with 5,940,000 residents
- Description: region in South Korea
- Also known as: “호남”, “호남권”, “호남지방”, and “ホナム地方”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Gwangju Airport and Geungnakgang.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gwangju.
Honam
- Location: South Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.1793° or 35° 10′ 45″ north
Longitude
126.8232° or 126° 49′ 24″ east
Population
5,940,000
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
8Q785RHF+P7
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Honam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هونام”
- Central Kurdish: “ھۆنام”
- Chinese: “湖南地方”
- Hungarian: “Honam”
- Indonesian: “Honam”
- Italian: “Honam”
- Japanese: “湖南地方 (朝鮮)”
- Korean: “호남 지방”
- Malay: “Honam”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Honam”
- Mongolian: “Хунам”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Honam”
- Norwegian: “Honam”
- Russian: “Хонам”
- Spanish: “Honam”
- Thai: “โฮนัม”
- Turkish: “Honam”
- Urdu: “ہونام”
- Uzbek: “Honam”
- Vietnamese: “Honam”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Unnamjigu and Singajigu.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hansarangbyeongwon and Geungnakgangyeok.
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