Gwanghwamun

Gwanghwamun Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 5 in South Korea. It is located next to the U.S. Embassy and, despite being named for the gate, it is not the closest subway station to it.
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  • Metro station
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …is operated by 서울교통공사
  • …is part of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway network
  • Description: train station in South Korea
  • Address: 세종대로 지하172, 서울특별시, 세종로, 종로구, 03154
  • Also known as
    “Gwanghwamun Station”
    “Sejong Center for the Performing Arts”
    “세종문화회관”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Armillary Sphere and Sejong Center.
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Monument
An is a model of objects in the sky… is situated 110 metres north of Gwanghwamun.
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Arts center
for the Performing Arts is the largest… is situated 140 metres northwest of Gwanghwamun.
Castle
Deoksugung, also called Deoksu Palace or Deoksugung… is situated 630 metres south of Gwanghwamun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Seoul and Cheongjin-dong.
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Quarter
, also known as Seoul Central Business…
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is a legal dong of , South Korea.

Gwanghwamun

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Latitude
37.57162° or 37° 34′ 18″ north
Longitude
126.9769° or 126° 58′ 37″ east
Open location code
8Q98HXCG+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6039313647
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Wiki­data ID
Q498108

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Gwanghwamun” goes by many names.
光化門站Chinese
光化门Chinese
光化门站Chinese
Gwanghwamun StationDutch
GwanghwamunFrench
GwanghwamunGerman
Gwanghwamun állomásHungarian
Kvanghvamun állomásHungarian
Gwanghwamun StacionoIdo
Staciono GwanghwamunIdo
GwanghwamunItalian
クァンファムン(光化門)Japanese
光化門駅Japanese
광화문Korean
광화문역Korean
세종문화회관역Korean
КванхвамунRussian
گوانگہوامون اسٹیشنUrdu
Ga GwanghwamunVietnamese

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