Chungju

Chungju is a city in , South Korea. is a mountain located within the outskirts of the city. The city is famous for the annual martial arts festival held in October, and for being the hometown of former UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
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  • Type: City with 209,000 residents
  • Description: City in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
  • Also known as: Ch’ungju-si”, “Chhung”, “Chūshū”, “Tsch-hung”, and “Tyūsyū

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chungju Station and Chungju High School.

Railway station
is a railway station on Chungbuk Line and Jungbunaeryuk Line in Chungju, North Chungcheong, South Korea.

School
is a public secondary boys' school in Chungju-city, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea. It is located on 37 Yeseong Gil. The 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, graduated from the school.

Chungju

Latitude
36.9907° or 36° 59′ 27″ north
Longitude
127.926° or 127° 55′ 34″ east
Population
209,000
Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)
IATA airport code
JWO
United Nations Location Code
KR CHU
Open location code
8Q89XWRG+79
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415155721
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1845033
Wiki­data ID
Q31094
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Chungju” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: تشنغجو
  • Armenian: Չունգջու
  • Belarusian: Чхунджу
  • Bengali: চুংজু
  • Catalan: Chungju
  • Cebuano: Chungju-si
  • Cebuano: Chungju
  • Chinese: Chungju Chhī
  • Chinese: 忠州
  • Chinese: 忠州市
  • Czech: Čchungdžu
  • Danish: Chungju
  • Dutch: Chungju
  • Esperanto: Ĉunĝu
  • Estonian: Ch’ungju
  • Estonian: Chungju
  • Finnish: Chungju
  • French: Chongju
  • French: Chungju
  • German: Chungju-si
  • German: Chungju
  • Greek: Τσούνγκτζου
  • Gujarati: ચુંગ્જુ
  • Hakka Chinese: Chûng-chû-sṳ
  • Hakka Chinese: Chungju Sṳ
  • Hebrew: צ’ונגג’ו
  • Hindi: चुंगजू
  • Hungarian: Cshungdzsu
  • Indonesian: Chungju
  • Irish: Chungju
  • Italian: Chungju
  • Japanese: ちゅんじゅし
  • Japanese: チュンジュ市
  • Japanese: 忠州市
  • Javanese: Chungju
  • Kannada: ಚುಂಗ್ಜು
  • Kashmiri: چُنٛگجو
  • Korean: Chungju-si
  • Korean: 충주
  • Korean: 충주시
  • Latvian: Čungdžu
  • Lithuanian: Čungdžu
  • Malay: Chungju
  • Marathi: चुंगजू
  • Min Nan Chinese: Chungju Chhī
  • Mongolian: Чүнжү
  • Northern Frisian: Chungju
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Chungju
  • Norwegian: Chungju
  • Occitan (post 1500): Chungju
  • Persian: چونگجو
  • Polish: Chungju
  • Russian: Чхунджу
  • Sinhala: චන්ග්ජු
  • Slovak: Čchungdžu
  • Slovak: 충주시
  • Slovak: 忠州市
  • Slovenian: Chungju
  • Spanish: Chungju
  • Swedish: Chungju-si
  • Swedish: Chungju
  • Tagalog: Chungju
  • Tajik: Чхунҷу
  • Tamil: சுங்ஜூ
  • Tatar: Чуңҗу
  • Telugu: చున్గజు
  • Thai: ชุงจู
  • Turkish: Chungju
  • Turkish: Çungcu
  • Ukrainian: Чхунджу
  • Urdu: چونگ جو
  • Urdu: چونگجو
  • Venetian: Chungju
  • Vietnamese: Chungju
  • Waray (Philippines): Chungju
  • Yue Chinese: 忠州

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