Gwacheon
Gwacheon is in Gyeonggi, just south of Seoul. The city grew as a planned city in 1980s and 90s when many of the government offices and facilities was moved from Seoul. It is now a commuter town of Seoul, with Government Complex Gwacheon, Zoo, and many museums.
Photo: Sven Brinkhoff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Gwanaksan
Summit
Gwanaksan is a mountain in southern Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Government Complex Gwacheon
Metro station
Government Complex Gwacheon station is a station on the Gwacheon Line. Photo: Kth696586, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gwacheon
Metro station
Gwacheon Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 4. Photo: 분당선M, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seoul Racecourse Park
Metro station
Seoul Racecourse Park Station is a station on Line 4 of the Seoul Subway. Photo: 이경준, GFDL.
Gwacheon
- Type: City
- Description: city in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
- Category: city of South Korea
- Location: Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
Latitude 37.4289° or 37° 25' 44.1" north | Longitude 126.9882° or 126° 59' 17.4" east |
Population 66,800 | United Nations Location Codes KR GCN and KR KHO |
Elevation 57 metres (187 feet) | OpenStreetMap ID node 1910974426 |
GeoNames ID 1841909 |
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Gwacheon
- Arabic: غواتشيون
- Azerbaijani: Kvaçxon
- Bengali: গোয়াচেন
- Catalan: Gwacheon
- Cebuano: Gwacheon-si
- Cebuano: Gwacheon
- Chinese: Gwacheon Chhī
- Chinese: 果川市
- Czech: Kwačchon
- Danish: Gwacheon
- Dutch: Gwacheon
- English: Gwacheon-si
- English: rm es en esposo
- Finnish: Gwacheon
- French: Gwacheon
- Georgian: კვაჩხონი
- German: Gwacheon
- Greek: Γκουατσεόν
- Gujarati: ગ્વાચેઓન
- Hakka Chinese: Kó-chhôn-sṳ
- Hausa: Gwacheon Sṳ
- Hindi: ग्वाचेंन
- Hungarian: Kvacshon
- Indonesian: Gwacheon
- Italian: Gwacheon
- Japanese: 果川市
- Javanese: Gwacheon
- Kannada: ಗ್ವೆಚೆಯಾನ್
- Korean: 과천
- Korean: 과천시
- Latvian: Gvačeona
- Lithuanian: Gvačeonas
- Luxembourgish: Gwacheon
- Malay: Gwacheon
- Marathi: ग्वाच्यॉन
- Min Nan Chinese: Gwacheon Chhī
- Mongolian: Куачонь
- Northern Frisian: Gwacheon
- Norwegian: Gwacheon
- Norwegian Bokmål: Gwacheon
- Occitan (post 1500): Gwacheon
- Persian: گواچئون
- Polish: Gwacheon
- Russian: Квачхон
- Sinhala: ග්වචියෝන්
- Slovak: Kwačchon-si
- Slovak: Kwačchon
- Slovak: 果川市
- Slovak: 과천시
- Spanish: Gwacheon
- Swedish: Gwacheon-si
- Swedish: Gwacheon
- Tagalog: Gwacheon
- Tamil: இஃவாசேயோன்
- Telugu: గ్వాచెయోన్
- Thai: กวาชอน
- Turkish: Gwacheon
- Ukrainian: Квачхон
- Urdu: گواچیون
- Vietnamese: Gwacheon
- Waray (Philippines): Gwacheon
- Kwach’ŏn
- კვაჩონი
Other Places Named Gwacheon
- Gwacheon-siGyeonggi, South Korea
- GwacheonVillage, Gyeonggi, South Korea
In the Area
Localities
- Byeoryang-dongVillage
- Chungang-dong
- Purim-dong
- Munwon-dongVillage
- Sagimak-kol
- Galhyeon-dongVillage
Landmarks
- Jungang-gongwonPark
- Yangua Am HelipadHeliport
- Pogwang-saTemple
- Useongjonghap-byeongwonHospital
- Yongun-amTemple
- PoktoridongsanPark
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