East Asia
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South Gyeongsang

Changwon

Changwon is the capital city of in , and incorporates the known harbor town of Masan. Changwon is the first of 's few planned cities.
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  • Type: City with 1,060,000 residents
  • Description: specific city in South Gyeongsang, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Changwon City”, “Changwon-si”, “Sangwon”, and “Shōgen”
  • Neighbors:
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Changwon Civic Stadium and Changwonjungang station.

Stadium
The Changwon Stadium is a group of sports facilities in Changwon, South Korea. The complex consists of the Changwon Stadium, Changwon Gymnasium and a swimming pool.

Railway station
Photo: Choi2451, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station in South Korea. It is on the Gyeongjeon Line.

Stadium
is a velodrome in Changwon, . It opened in 2000, and has a seating capacity of 14,000 spectators. The venue hosted the 2002 Asian Games and 2003 Asian Cycling Championships.

Changwon

Latitude
35.228° or 35° 13′ 41″ north
Longitude
128.6819° or 128° 40′ 55″ east
Population
1,060,000
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
United Nations Location Code
KR CHW
Open location code
8Q7C6MHJ+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 257370659
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1846326
Wiki­data ID
Q243327
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Changwon” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Changwon”
  • Arabic: “تشانجوون”
  • Arabic: “تشانغوون”
  • Arabic: “جانجوان”
  • Armenian: “Չանգվոն”
  • Armenian: “Չհանվոն”
  • Asturian: “Changwon”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çhanvon”
  • Bashkir: “Чханвон-си”
  • Bashkir: “Чханвон”
  • Basque: “Changwon”
  • Belarusian: “Чханвон”
  • Bengali: “চ্যাংউন”
  • Breton: “Changwon”
  • Bulgarian: “Чангуон”
  • Catalan: “Changwon”
  • Cebuano: “Changwon-si”
  • Cebuano: “Changwon”
  • Central Bikol: “Changwon”
  • Chechen: “Чханвон”
  • Chinese: “Changwon Chhī”
  • Chinese: “昌原”
  • Chinese: “昌原市”
  • Czech: “Čchangwon”
  • Czech: “Čchangwŏn”
  • Danish: “Changwon”
  • Dutch: “Changwon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تشانجوون”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉangvon”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉangvono”
  • Estonian: “Changwon”
  • Finnish: “Changwon”
  • French: “Changwon”
  • German: “Changwon”
  • Greek: “Τσανγκγουόν”
  • Greek: “Τσανγουάν”
  • Greek: “Τσανγουόν”
  • Greek: “Τσάνγουον”
  • Gujarati: “ચેંગવોન”
  • Hebrew: “צ’אנגוון”
  • Hebrew: “צ’נגוון”
  • Hebrew: “צנגוון”
  • Hindi: “चांगवन”
  • Hungarian: “Changwon”
  • Hungarian: “Cshangvon”
  • Ido: “Changwon”
  • Indonesian: “Changwon”
  • Irish: “Changwon”
  • Italian: “Changwon”
  • Japanese: “チャンウォン”
  • Japanese: “チャンウォン市”
  • Japanese: “昌原”
  • Japanese: “昌原市”
  • Javanese: “Changwon”
  • Kalaallisut: “Changwon”
  • Kannada: “ಚ್ಯಾನ್ಗ್ ವೊನ್”
  • Korean: “Changwon-si”
  • Korean: “경상남도 창원시”
  • Korean: “마창진”
  • Korean: “진창마”
  • Korean: “창마진”
  • Korean: “창원 통합시”
  • Korean: “창원”
  • Korean: “창원부”
  • Korean: “창원시”
  • Korean: “통합 창원시”
  • Latvian: “Čhanvona”
  • Lithuanian: “Čangvonas”
  • Lombard: “Changwon”
  • Malay: “Changwon”
  • Maori: “Changwon”
  • Marathi: “चांगवोन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Changwon Chhī”
  • Mingrelian: “ჩანვონი”
  • Mongolian: “Чанвон”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Changwon”
  • Norwegian: “Changwon”
  • Ossetian: “Чханвон”
  • Persian: “چانگ وون”
  • Persian: “چانگ‌وون”
  • Polish: “Ch’angwŏn”
  • Polish: “Changwon”
  • Portuguese: “Ch’angwon-shi”
  • Portuguese: “Ch’angwŏn-shi”
  • Portuguese: “Ch’angwon”
  • Portuguese: “Ch’angwonshi”
  • Portuguese: “Changwon-si”
  • Portuguese: “Changwon”
  • Portuguese: “Changwonsi”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Changwon”
  • Romanian: “Changwon”
  • Russian: “Чанвон”
  • Russian: “Чханвон-си”
  • Russian: “Чханвон”
  • Scots: “Changwon”
  • Sinhala: “චැන්ග්වොන්”
  • Slovak: “Čchangwon-si”
  • Slovak: “Čchangwon”
  • Slovak: “창원시”
  • Slovenian: “Čangvon”
  • Spanish: “Changwon”
  • Swahili: “Changwon”
  • Swedish: “Changwon-si”
  • Swedish: “Changwon”
  • Tagalog: “Changwon”
  • Tamil: “சாங்ஒன்”
  • Tatar: “Чаңвон”
  • Telugu: “ఛాంగ్వాన్”
  • Thai: “ชางวอน”
  • Turkish: “Changwon”
  • Ukrainian: “Чханвон”
  • Urdu: “چانگوون”
  • Urdu: “چینگ وون”
  • Vietnamese: “Changwon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Changweon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Changwon”
  • Western Panjabi: “چانگون”
  • Yue Chinese: “昌原”

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