Gwangyang

Gwangyang is in on the south coast of . It is located in the southeastern part of South Jeolla Province. The population is 154,000 as of 2024.
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Photo: Kwangmo, CC0.
  • Type: City with 152,000 residents
  • Description: city of Jeollanam-do, South Korea
  • Also known as: Gwangyang-si” and “Tonggwangyang

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gwangyang Fire Staiton and Gwangyang Post Office.

Fire station
is a fire station.

Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The , a.k.a. the Dragon Dungeon, is a football-specific stadium in Gwangyang, South Korea. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of the Jeonnam Dragons.

Gwangyang

Latitude
34.9406° or 34° 56′ 26″ north
Longitude
127.696° or 127° 41′ 45″ east
Population
152,000
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
United Nations Location Code
KR KAN
Open location code
8Q69WMRW+79
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358015462
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1884178
Wiki­data ID
Q42067
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Gwangyang” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جوانج يانج
  • Armenian: Քվանգջանգ
  • Bengali: গোয়াংয়াং
  • Catalan: Gwangyang
  • Cebuano: Kwangyang
  • Chinese: Gwangyang Chhī
  • Chinese: 光阳市
  • Chinese: 光陽
  • Chinese: 光陽市
  • Czech: Kwangjang
  • Danish: Gwangyang
  • Dutch: Gwangyang
  • Esperanto: Kvanjan
  • Finnish: Gwangyang
  • French: Gwangyang
  • Georgian: კვანიანი
  • German: Gwangyang
  • Greek: Γκουάνγιανγκ
  • Gujarati: ગ્વાંગયાંગ
  • Hindi: ग्वांगयांग
  • Hungarian: Kvangjang
  • Indonesian: Gwangyang
  • Irish: Gwangyang
  • Italian: Gwangyang
  • Japanese: クァンヤンし
  • Japanese: 光陽市
  • Javanese: Gwangyang
  • Kannada: ಗ್ವಾಂಗ್ಯಾಂಗ್
  • Korean: Gwangyang-si
  • Korean: 광양
  • Korean: 광양시
  • Korean: 전남 광양
  • Korean: 전남 광양시
  • Latvian: Kvanjana
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Gwangyang
  • Lithuanian: Gvangdžangas
  • Lithuanian: Gvangjangas
  • Lombard: Gwangyang
  • Malay: Gwangyang
  • Marathi: ग्वांग्ययांग
  • Min Nan Chinese: Gwangyang Chhī
  • Mongolian: Куан-Ян
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gwangyang
  • Norwegian: Gwangyang
  • Occitan (post 1500): Gwangyang
  • Persian: گوانگیانگ
  • Polish: Gwangyang
  • Portuguese: Gwangyang
  • Romanian: Gwangyang
  • Russian: Кванъян
  • Sinhala: ග්වන්ග්යාන්
  • Spanish: Gwangyang
  • Swedish: Gwangyang
  • Tagalog: Gwangyang
  • Tamil: குவாங்யாங்
  • Tatar: Кваңъяң
  • Telugu: గ్వాంగ్యాంగ్
  • Thai: กวางยาง
  • Turkish: Gwangyang
  • Ukrainian: Кван’ян
  • Urdu: گوانگ یانگ
  • Urdu: گوانگیانگ
  • Venetian: Gwangyang
  • Vietnamese: Gwangyang
  • Waray (Philippines): Gwangyang
  • Yue Chinese: 光陽

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