Gyeonggi

Gyeonggi is a province in the north-west of , surrounding the national capital city of .
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is the capital of . With a population of over 9 million, is by far South Korea's largest city and one of East Asia's financial and cultural centers.

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is a city in on the coast directly bordering the west of . It is a rapidly expanding centre for new urban development. Several beautiful islands, such as and , are also within city limits.

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is a city in the southern central part of Gyeonggi-do. As the provincial capital, it is the political, economic and administration center of Gyeonggi-do.

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is a city in Gyeonggi, , on the coast of the Yellow Sea. The Yellow Sea lies to the west of the city, and portions of various islands lie within the city's jurisdiction.

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is a city to the southwest of Seoul. It is a satellite city because it is close to Seoul and Incheon. Because of the Sihwa National Industrial Complex, it forms an important pillar of Gyeonggi Province's industry on its own, and is also an attractive city with nature, such as the Gaetgol Ecology Park and sea route.

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is a city in Gyeonggi Province in the northern part of South Korea. It is part of the Seoul Metropolitan Area, making one of 's satellite cities.

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is in Gyeonggi province in . is home to large scale amusement parks and resorts, the Korean Folk Village and a ski resort.

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is a city in Gyeonggi Province 25 km away from , of which it is a satellite city. It is located between Incheon and Seoul.

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is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is located on the coast of the Yellow Sea. It has the largest area of farmland of any city or county in Gyeonggi Province.

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is a city in Gyeonggi-do, , known for its strategic location as a major transportation hub and its proximity to U.S. military bases such as Camp Humphreys.

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For the city in China, see is a city in the southern part of Gyeonggi Province, and one of the satellite cities of . It serves as the central hub of the region, which also includes and Uiwang.

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is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. was made a city in 1997; it had previously been a county. The city area of is 672.78 km2, and it is located just south of Panmunjeom on the 38th parallel.

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is a small city dominated by greenspace with numerous of small mountains and Surisan mountain which is south of 's capital city .

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is in the western part of Gyeonggi, and lower part of the Han River. As soon as the Ara Waterway in Gyeongin was completed, the area was surrounded by water.

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is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is the tenth-most populous city in the province and a suburb of within the greater Seoul Metropolitan Area.

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is a city in Gyeonggi Province, about 6 km southeast of eastern . is an exciting city filled with diverse activities that are hard to find elsewhere in the Seoul metropolitan area.

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is a small city south east of Seoul in Gyeonggi-do Province. is a center for Korean ceramics and holds the annual Ceramic festival - the largest ceramic culture festival in Korea.

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, previously romanized as Kanghwa Island, is a rural county of , . It is the fourth largest island in South Korea, with an area of 302.6km2.

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is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The city, to the north of , is strategically important for the defense of the Korean capital.

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is a city in the northeast part of Gyeonggi province, . 's best-known son, and one of Korea's greatest writers, was Jeong Yak-yong. Both his birthplace and his tomb are in the town, plus Jeong Yak-yong Ecological Park.

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is in Gyeonggi 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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is a group of South Korean islands in the Yellow Sea, in Gyeonggi province in . It lies about 80 km west of Incheon and 12 km south of the coast of Hwanghae Province, North Korea. The island is known for its crab fisheries.

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is a city in northern Gyeonggi Province, . has beautiful natural scenery, and there are Jangheung tourist attractions, Bukhansan National Park, Bulgoksan Mountain, Gamaksan Mountain, and Cheonbosan Mountain.

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is a small city in southern Gyeonggi Province, forming part of the ring of satellite cities around Seoul. Wedged between Anyang and Suwon and backed by the low peaks of the Gwangju mountain range, it is largely residential while also offering easy access to nearby parks and trails.

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is in Gyeonggi, just south of . The city grew as a planned city in 1980s and 90s when many of the government offices and facilities was moved from Seoul.

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is a city in Gyeonggi province, . On the land, the town of is to the east, and is to the westside, is on the north side, and Eumsong is to the south side.

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is a city of about 36,000 in northern Gyeonggi. Major attractions are Sanjeong Lake, Baekun Valley, Sinbuk Hot Springs, Sanjeong Hot Springs, National Arboretum, Bidulginang Falls, and Herb Island.

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, officially known as the International Business District, is a district in , , located 30 km southwest of . Built on 1,500 acres of reclaimed land along the Yellow Sea, the district is home to 170,000 residents and is still under construction, over 30 years since construction began.

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is an island that is part of city in the province of Gyeonggi, . is known as 'the Hawaii of Ansan'. The northern tip of the island is connected to the Ansan mainland by the Sihwa seawall, which has a road running along it.

is a modern and bustling city located in the heart of South Korea's Gyeonggi Province. With its blend of cutting-edge architecture, lush green spaces, and a rich cultural heritage, offers travelers a diverse range of experiences.
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Gyeonggi

Latitude of center
37.2885° or 37° 17′ 19″ north
Longitude of center
127.0535° or 127° 3′ 13″ east
Population
13,600,000
Elevation
80 metres (262 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1850580646
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­province
Geo­Names ID
1841610
Wiki­data ID
Q20937
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Gyeonggi” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Gyeonggi”
  • Amharic: “ጌዮንግጂ-ዶ”
  • Arabic: “غيونغي دو”
  • Arabic: “غيونغي”
  • Armenian: “Գյոնգի-դո”
  • Armenian: “Գյոնգի”
  • Armenian: “Գյոնգիդո”
  • Azerbaijani: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Azerbaijani: “Köngido vilayəti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kyonqido”
  • Balinese: “Gyeonggi”
  • Basque: “Gyeonggi”
  • Belarusian: “Кёнгідо”
  • Bengali: “গিওংগি-ডো”
  • Bengali: “গিয়েওনগি প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Кьонги-до”
  • Burmese: “ဂယောင်းဂီတိုင်း”
  • Catalan: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Cebuano: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای گیۆنگگی”
  • Chinese: “Gyeonggi Tō”
  • Chinese: “京畿”
  • Chinese: “京畿道”
  • Czech: “Gjŏnggi”
  • Czech: “Kjonggi”
  • Danish: “Gyeonggi Province”
  • Dutch: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Esperanto: “Gjongi”
  • Estonian: “Gyeonggi provints”
  • Estonian: “Kyŏnggi provints”
  • Finnish: “Gyeonggi”
  • French: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • French: “Gyeonggi”
  • Galician: “Gyeonggi”
  • Georgian: “გიონგიდოს პროვინცია”
  • Georgian: “კიონგიდო”
  • German: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Greek: “Γκιόνγκι-ντο”
  • Greek: “επαρχία Γκιόνγκι”
  • Gujarati: “ગ્યોંગી પ્રાંત”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Gyeonggi Tho”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kîn-ki-tho”
  • Hausa: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Hebrew: “קיונגי”
  • Hindi: “गियॉन्गी प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Kjonggi”
  • Icelandic: “Gyeonggi-hérað”
  • Ido: “Kyonki provinco”
  • Iloko: “Gyeonggi”
  • Indonesian: “Gyeonggi”
  • Italian: “Gyeonggi”
  • Japanese: “キョンギド”
  • Japanese: “キョンギ道”
  • Japanese: “京畿”
  • Japanese: “京畿道”
  • Javanese: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Kannada: “ಜಿಯಾಂಗ್ಗಿ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kashmiri: “گیٛونٛگی صوبہٕ”
  • Kazakh: “Кёнгги-до”
  • Kazakh: “Кёнгидо”
  • Kazakh: “Кёңгидо”
  • Khmer: “ខេត្តក្យុងគី”
  • Kirghiz: “Кёнгги-до”
  • Korean: “경기”
  • Korean: “경기도”
  • Lao: “ແຂວງເກຢອງກິ”
  • Latvian: “Kjongido province”
  • Latvian: “Kjongido”
  • Literary Chinese: “京畿道”
  • Lithuanian: “Kiongi provincija”
  • Lombard: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Malay: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Malay: “Gyeonggi”
  • Marathi: “ग्याँगी प्रांत”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Gyeonggi Dô̤”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kiaⁿ-ki-tō”
  • Mingrelian: “კიონგიდოშ პროვინცია”
  • Mongolian: “Кёнги муж”
  • Mongolian: “Кёнги”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gyeonggi”
  • Norwegian: “Gyeonggi”
  • Oromo: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Ossetian: “Кёнгидо”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਿਓਂਗਗੀ-ਡੋ”
  • Persian: “استان گیونگ‌گی”
  • Persian: “گیونگی-دو”
  • Polish: “Gyeonggi”
  • Polish: “Kjonggi”
  • Portuguese: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Portuguese: “Gyeonggi”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Gyeonggi”
  • Pushto: “ګیونګی-ډو”
  • Quechua: “Gyeonggi pruwinsya”
  • Romanian: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Russian: “Кёнгидо”
  • Scots: “Gyeonggi Province”
  • Scots: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Sinhala: “ග්යොංගි පළාත”
  • Sinhala: “ග්‍යොංගි පළාත”
  • Sinhala: “ග්‍යොංගි-දෝ”
  • Sinhala: “ග්‍යොංගි”
  • Slovak: “Kjonggi-do”
  • Slovak: “Kjonggi”
  • Slovak: “경기도”
  • Slovenian: “Gjeongi”
  • Slovenian: “Gyeonggi”
  • Somali: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Spanish: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Spanish: “Gyeonggi”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Gyeonggi”
  • Sundanese: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Swahili: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Swedish: “Gyeonggi”
  • Tagalog: “Gyeonggi”
  • Tajik: “Кёнгги-до”
  • Tamil: “இக்யாங்கி மாநிலம்”
  • Tamil: “கியேஓங்கி மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Гёнги-до”
  • Telugu: “జయోంగి ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “జయోంగి రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดคย็องกี”
  • Tok Pisin: “Gyeonggi”
  • Turkish: “Gyeonggi”
  • Ukrainian: “Кьонгі”
  • Ukrainian: “Провінція Кьонгі”
  • Urdu: “گیئونگی صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Gyeonggi-do”
  • Venetian: “Gyeonggi”
  • Vietnamese: “Gyeonggi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gyeonggi”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Gyeonggi”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ گیونگی”
  • Wu Chinese: “京畿道”
  • Yue Chinese: “京畿道”

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