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Gwangmyeong

Gwangmyeong is in province in , a satellite city designed to decentralize Seoul's residential functions. It borders Seoul's Geumcheon-gu on the east, Seoul's Guro-gu on the north, Siheung-si and Bucheon-si on the west and Anyang-si on the south.
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  • Type: City with 298,000 residents
  • Description: City in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Kwangmyŏng”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gocheok Sky Dome and Gwangmyeong Speedom.

Stadium
The is a domed baseball stadium in , Seoul, South Korea. It is the home ballpark of KBO club Kiwoom Heroes. The stadium is primarily used for baseball and has a capacity for 16,744 spectators for baseball games.

Stadium
The is a velodrome in Gwangmyeong, . It opened in 2006, and has a seating capacity of 10,863 spectators. The venue was designed to resemble a racing cyclist's helmet; and is the largest domed structure ever built in South Korea.

Metro station
Photo: Integral, CC BY-SA 2.0 kr.
belongs to Seoul Subway Line 1.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yeongdeungpo-Guro and Doksan-dong.

Photo: yuseokoh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yeongdeungpo and Guro are districts in . Yeongdeungpo is mostly a commercial area, and many of the nation's media companies are based here especially in Yeouido.

Quarter
is a dong of , , South Korea.

Quarter
is a dong of , , South Korea. is the main transportation point where the Gyeongin-ro and western highway are interlocked with Sindorim Station, the transfer station for Seoul subway lines No.

Gwangmyeong

Latitude
37.4785° or 37° 28′ 43″ north
Longitude
126.8644° or 126° 51′ 52″ east
Population
298,000
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Open location code
8Q98FVH7+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1912558055
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1948005
Wiki­data ID
Q42066
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Gwangmyeong” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غوانغميونغ”
  • Armenian: “Կվանգմյոնգ”
  • Asturian: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Asturian: “광명시”
  • Belarusian: “Кванмён”
  • Catalan: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Cebuano: “Gwangmyeong-si”
  • Chinese: “Gwangmyeong Chhī”
  • Chinese: “光明市”
  • Chinese: “光明市廳”
  • Czech: “Kwangmjong”
  • Danish: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Dutch: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Esperanto: “Kvanmjon”
  • Finnish: “Gwangmyeong”
  • French: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Georgian: “კვანმიონი”
  • German: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Greek: “Γκουάνγκμιονγκ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Gwangmyeong Sṳ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kông-mìn-sṳ”
  • Hungarian: “Kvangmjong”
  • Indonesian: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Irish: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Italian: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Japanese: “くぁんみょんし”
  • Japanese: “光明市”
  • Javanese: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Korean: “Gwangmyeong-si”
  • Korean: “광명”
  • Korean: “광명시”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gwangmyeong Chhī”
  • Mongolian: “Куанмён хот”
  • Mongolian: “Куанмён”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Norwegian: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gwangmyeong”
  • Ossetian: “Кванмён”
  • Persian: “گوانگ‌میونگ”
  • Polish: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Portuguese: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Romanian: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Russian: “Кванмён”
  • Scots: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Spanish: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Swedish: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Tagalog: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Tatar: “Кваңмйоң”
  • Turkish: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Urdu: “گوانگ میانگ”
  • Urdu: “گوانگمیانگ”
  • Venetian: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Vietnamese: “Gwangmyeong”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gwangmyeong”
  • Yue Chinese: “光明市”
  • “Gwangmyeong”

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