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Suwon

Suwon 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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  • Type: City with 1,200,000 residents
  • Description: capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Suigen”, “Suwŏn”, and “Suwon-si”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Suwon World Cup Stadium and Map Museum.

Stadium
Photo: Realidad y Illusion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a football stadium located in Suwon, South Korea. It has been home of the K League 2 team Suwon Samsung Bluewings since 2001. The capacity of the stadium is 44,031.

Museum
Photo: Jonah Probell, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Metro station
Photo: IMKSv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in the city of Suwon, . The station was completely redeveloped in 2002 and 2003, and is now integrated with the Aekyung Shopping Mall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jowon-dong and Jeongja-dong.

Quarter
is a dong in Jangan-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, . Divided into two "dongs", namely Jowon-1-dong and Jowon-2-dong, lies in the north of the city, backing onto , a mountain to the north.

Quarter
is a group of three administrative neighbourhoods of Jangan-gu, Suwon, , . is also a legal status neighbourhood, though the administrative neighbourhoods' boundaries are wider.

Quarter
Singal is an area of , in , . It is near two major expressways and a large reservoir by the same name. As such, it is a major junction for the surrounding area.

Suwon

Latitude
37.2633° or 37° 15′ 48″ north
Longitude
127.0287° or 127° 1′ 44″ east
Population
1,200,000
Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)
IATA airport code
SWU
United Nations Location Code
KR SUO
Open location code
8Q99727H+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 257764593
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1835553
Wiki­data ID
Q20714
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Satellite Map

Discover Suwon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Suwon” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Suwon”
  • Arabic: “سوون (مدينة)”
  • Arabic: “سوون”
  • Armenian: “Սուվոն”
  • Asturian: “Suwon”
  • Azerbaijani: “Suvon”
  • Balinese: “Suwon”
  • Basque: “Suwon”
  • Belarusian: “Сувон”
  • Bengali: “সোন”
  • Bulgarian: “Сувон”
  • Catalan: “Suwon”
  • Cebuano: “Suwon-si (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Suwon-si”
  • Central Kurdish: “سوۆن”
  • Chechen: “Сувон”
  • Chinese: “Suwon Chhī”
  • Chinese: “水原”
  • Chinese: “水原市”
  • Croatian: “Suwon”
  • Czech: “Suwon”
  • Danish: “Suwon”
  • Dutch: “Suwon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سوون”
  • Esperanto: “Suvon”
  • Estonian: “Suwon”
  • Finnish: “Suwon”
  • French: “Suwon”
  • Georgian: “სუვონი”
  • German: “Puwan”
  • German: “Suwon”
  • Greek: “Σούουον”
  • Gujarati: “સુવોન”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Súi-ngièn-sṳ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Suwon Sṳ”
  • Hebrew: “סוואן”
  • Hindi: “सुवान”
  • Hungarian: “Szuvon”
  • Ido: “Suwon”
  • Indonesian: “Suwon”
  • Irish: “Suwon”
  • Italian: “Suwon”
  • Japanese: “すうぉんし”
  • Japanese: “スウォン市”
  • Japanese: “水原市”
  • Kalaallisut: “Suwon”
  • Kannada: “ಸುವೋನ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Suwon”
  • Korean: “Suwon-si”
  • Korean: “경기 수원”
  • Korean: “경기 수원시”
  • Korean: “경기도 수원”
  • Korean: “경기도 수원시”
  • Korean: “수원”
  • Korean: “수원시”
  • Lao: “ຊູວອນ”
  • Latvian: “Suvona”
  • Lithuanian: “Suvonas”
  • Malagasy: “Suwon”
  • Malay: “Suwon”
  • Maltese: “Puwan”
  • Maltese: “Suwon”
  • Maori: “Suwon”
  • Marathi: “सुवोन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Súi-goân-chhī”
  • Mingrelian: “სუვონი”
  • Mongolian: “Сүвон”
  • Mongolian: “Сүвонь”
  • Nepali: “सुओन”
  • Northern Frisian: “Suwon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Suwon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Suwon”
  • Norwegian: “Suwon”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Suwon”
  • Ossetian: “Сувон”
  • Persian: “سوون”
  • Polish: “Suwon”
  • Portuguese: “Suwon-si”
  • Portuguese: “Suwon”
  • Romanian: “Suwon”
  • Russian: “Сувон”
  • Scots: “Suwon”
  • Serbian: “Сувон”
  • Silesian: “Suwon”
  • Sinhala: “සුවොන්”
  • Slovak: “Suwon-si”
  • Slovak: “Suwon”
  • Slovak: “수원시”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سوون (شهر)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سوون”
  • Spanish: “Suwon”
  • Sundanese: “Suwon”
  • Swahili: “Suwon”
  • Swedish: “Suwon-si (kommun)”
  • Swedish: “Suwon”
  • Tagalog: “Suwon”
  • Tamil: “சுவொன்”
  • Tatar: “Сувон”
  • Telugu: “సువాన్”
  • Thai: “ซูว็อน”
  • Tok Pisin: “Suwon”
  • Turkish: “Suwon”
  • Ukrainian: “Сувон”
  • Urdu: “سوون”
  • Urdu: “سووون”
  • Uzbek: “Suvon”
  • Venetian: “Suwon”
  • Veps: “Suvon”
  • Vietnamese: “Suwon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Suwon”
  • Welsh: “Suwon”
  • Western Panjabi: “سوون”
  • Wu Chinese: “水原市”
  • Yue Chinese: “水原”

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