Gongju

Gongju, formerly romanised as Kongju, is a city in province, . Gongju is a major tourism drawcard of the South Chungcheong area, particularly amongst Japanese tourists of certain ethnic descent, curious about their ancient roots.
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  • City with 110,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 23 metres (75 feet)
  • Description: City in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
  • Also known as
    “Kochu”
    “Kong Tjou”
    “Kong-dschu”
    “Kongju”
    “Kōshū”
    “Kōsyū”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gongju National Museum and Ancient Tombs in Songsan-ri.
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is a national museum in Gongju, .
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There are a number of Baekje-era royal tombs in Songsan-ri, Gongju, South Korea.
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Gongsanseong is a castle in Gongju, , South Korea.

Gongju

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Latitude
36.4726° or 36° 28′ 21″ north
Longitude
127.0912° or 127° 5′ 29″ east
UN/LOCODE
KR GOJ
Open location code
8Q89F3FR+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415161922
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1842616
Wiki­data ID
Q42062

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Gongju” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جونجو”
  • Armenian: “Գոնգջու”
  • Asturian: “Gongju”
  • Belarusian: “Конджу”
  • Bengali: “গংজু”
  • Catalan: “Gongju”
  • Cebuano: “Gongju-si”
  • Cebuano: “Gongju”
  • Central Kurdish: “گۆنگجو”
  • Chinese: “公州”
  • Chinese: “公州市”
  • Czech: “Kongdžu”
  • Danish: “Gongju”
  • Dutch: “Gongju”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جونجو”
  • Esperanto: “Konĝu”
  • Estonian: “Gongju”
  • Finnish: “Gongju”
  • French: “Gongju”
  • French: “Kongju”
  • German: “Gongju”
  • Greek: “Γκόνγκτζου”
  • Gujarati: “ગોન્ગજુ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Gongju Sṳ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kûng-chû-sṳ”
  • Hebrew: “קונגג’ו”
  • Hindi: “गोंग्जू”
  • Hungarian: “Kongdzsu”
  • Hungarian: “공주시”
  • Ido: “Gongju”
  • Indonesian: “Gongju”
  • Irish: “Gongju”
  • Italian: “Gongju”
  • Japanese: “公州市”
  • Javanese: “Gongju”
  • Kannada: “ಗೊಂಗ್ಜು”
  • Korean: “Gongju-si”
  • Korean: “공주”
  • Korean: “공주시”
  • Latvian: “Gongdžu”
  • Lithuanian: “Gongdžu”
  • Malay: “Gongju”
  • Marathi: “गोंगजू”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gongju Chhī”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kong-chiu-chhī”
  • Mongolian: “Кунжү”
  • Newari: “गोंगजु”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gongju”
  • Norwegian: “Gongju”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gongju”
  • Persian: “گنگجو”
  • Polish: “Gongju”
  • Polish: “Kongju”
  • Portuguese: “Gongju”
  • Romanian: “Gongju”
  • Russian: “Конджу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gongju”
  • Sinhala: “ගොන්ජු”
  • Spanish: “Gongju”
  • Swedish: “Gongju-si”
  • Swedish: “Gongju”
  • Tagalog: “Gongju”
  • Tamil: “காங்ஜூ”
  • Tatar: “Коңҗу”
  • Telugu: “గోంగ్జు”
  • Thai: “ค็องจู”
  • Turkish: “Gongju”
  • Ukrainian: “Конджу”
  • Urdu: “گونگ جو”
  • Urdu: “گونگجو”
  • Venetian: “Gongju”
  • Vietnamese: “Gongju”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gongju”
  • Yue Chinese: “公州”

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