Taebaek

Taebaek is a city in the southern part of , with abundant tourism resources including Tae-baek Mountain. It's a highland city where two of South Korea's four major rivers, the Han River and the Nakdong River, originate.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Taebaek station and Mungok.

Railway station
is a railway station in the city of Taebaek. It is on the Taebaek Line.

Railway station
Photo: G43, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station.

Railway station
Photo: G43, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station.

Taebaek

Latitude
37.1638° or 37° 9′ 50″ north
Longitude
128.9857° or 128° 59′ 9″ east
Population
43,500
Elevation
691 metres (2,267 feet)
United Nations Location Code
KR TBK
Open location code
8Q9C5X7P+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6919770645
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1835515
Wiki­data ID
Q42150
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Taebaek” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: تيبيك
  • Bengali: তায়েবেক
  • Catalan: Taebaek
  • Cebuano: T’aebaek
  • Cebuano: Taebaek-si
  • Chinese: Taebaek Chhī
  • Chinese: 太白市
  • Czech: Tchebek
  • Danish: Taebaek
  • Dutch: Taebaek
  • Estonian: T’aebaek
  • Estonian: Taebaek
  • Finnish: Taebaek
  • French: Taebaek
  • German: Taebaek-si
  • German: Taebaek
  • Greek: Τέμπεκ
  • Gujarati: તૈબીક
  • Hakka Chinese: Taebaek Sṳ
  • Hakka Chinese: Thai-pha̍k-sṳ
  • Hindi: टाईबैक
  • Hungarian: Thebek
  • Indonesian: Taebaek
  • Italian: Taebaek
  • Japanese: テベク市
  • Japanese: 太白市
  • Kannada: ಟೇಬೇಕ್
  • Korean: T’aebaek
  • Korean: Taebaek-si
  • Korean: 태백
  • Korean: 태백시
  • Latvian: Thebeka
  • Lithuanian: Tebekas
  • Lombard: Taebaek
  • Malay: Taebaek
  • Marathi: तयेबाइक
  • Min Nan Chinese: Taebaek Chhī
  • Mongolian: Тэбэк
  • Northern Frisian: Taebaek
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Taebaek
  • Norwegian: Taebaek
  • Occitan (post 1500): Taebaek
  • Persian: تاباک
  • Persian: ته‌بک
  • Polish: Taebaek
  • Portuguese: Taebaek
  • Romanian: Taebaek City
  • Romanian: Taebaek
  • Russian: Тхэбэк
  • Silesian: Taebaek
  • Sinhala: ටයිබයික්
  • Slovak: Tchäbäk
  • Spanish: Taebaek
  • Swedish: Taebaek-si
  • Swedish: Taebaek
  • Tagalog: Taebaek
  • Tamil: டாபீக்
  • Telugu: టాయెబాయిక్
  • Thai: แทแบค
  • Turkish: Taebaek
  • Ukrainian: Тхебек
  • Urdu: تائے بائیک
  • Vietnamese: Taebaek
  • Waray (Philippines): Taebaek

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