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class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Tourism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tourism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport_and_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport_and_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Sport and culture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sport_and_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cityscape" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cityscape"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Cityscape</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cityscape-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_relations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_relations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>International relations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-International_relations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle International relations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-International_relations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Partnerships_and_cooperations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Partnerships_and_cooperations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Partnerships and cooperations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Partnerships_and_cooperations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Notable people subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Art" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Art"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1</span> <span>Art</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Art-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Literature" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Literature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2</span> <span>Literature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Literature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Entertainers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Entertainers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3</span> <span>Entertainers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Entertainers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.4</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.5</span> <span>Politics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.1</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.2</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" 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Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%AC%D9%88" title="غوانغجو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="غوانغجو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvanju" title="Kvanju – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kvanju" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%AC%D9%88" title="قوانگجو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قوانگجو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%81" title="গোয়াংজু – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="গোয়াংজু" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju_K%C3%B3ng-he%CC%8Dk-chh%C4%AB" title="Gwangju Kóng-he̍k-chhī – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Gwangju Kóng-he̍k-chhī" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%83" title="Кванджу – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кванджу" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%83" title="Куанджу – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Куанджу" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju_(lalawigan)" title="Gwangju (lalawigan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Gwangju (lalawigan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwangd%C5%BEu" title="Kwangdžu – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kwangdžu" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%85" title="Γκουάνγκτζου – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γκουάνγκτζου" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%ADang%C4%B5uo" title="Kŭangĵuo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kŭangĵuo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%AC%D9%88" title="گوانگجو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گوانگجو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B4%91%EC%A3%BC%EA%B4%91%EC%97%AD%EC%8B%9C" title="광주광역시 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="광주광역시" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%BB%D5%B8%D6%82" title="Կվանգջու – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կվանգջու" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%83" title="Кванджу – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Кванджу" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%92%27%D7%95" title="קוואנגג'ו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קוואנגג'ו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%B0%D2%A3%D0%B6%D1%83" title="Куаңжу – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Куаңжу" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouanjou" title="Gouanjou – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Gouanjou" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B6%D0%B5" title="Кванже – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Кванже" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuangiu" title="Kuangiu – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Kuangiu" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvand%C5%BEu" title="Kvandžu – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kvandžu" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvangd%C5%BEu" title="Kvangdžu – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kvangdžu" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvangdzsu" title="Kvangdzsu – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kvangdzsu" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mad mw-list-item"><a href="https://mad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Madurese" lang="mad" hreflang="mad" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Madhurâ" data-language-local-name="Madurese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Madhurâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%82" title="ग्वांगजू – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ग्वांगजू" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AF%E1%83%A3" title="კვანჯუ – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="კვანჯუ" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B6%D2%AF" title="Куанжү – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Куанжү" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%82%E1%80%BD%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%82%E1%80%BB%E1%80%B0%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B7" title="ဂွမ်းဂျူမြို့ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဂွမ်းဂျူမြို့" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%89%E5%B7%9E%E5%BA%83%E5%9F%9F%E5%B8%82" title="光州広域市 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="光州広域市" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%83" title="Кванджу – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Кванджу" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvanju" title="Kvanju – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kvanju" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%AC%D9%88" title="گوانگجو – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="گوانگجو" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%80%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%84%E1%9E%87%E1%9E%BC" title="ក្វាងជូ – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ក្វាងជូ" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju_(Jeolla_Po%C5%82udniowa)" title="Gwangju (Jeolla Południowa) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Gwangju (Jeolla Południowa)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%83" title="Кванджу – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кванджу" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%AC%D9%88" title="گوانگجو – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="گوانگجو" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%9F%D1%83" title="Квангџу – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Квангџу" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%82_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="குவாங்சூ நகரம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="குவாங்சூ நகரம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D2%A3%D2%97%D1%83" title="Кваңҗу – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Кваңҗу" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B9" title="ควังจู – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ควังจู" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%83" title="Кванджу – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Кванджу" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%AC%D9%88" title="گوانگ جو – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="گوانگ جو" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%89%E5%B7%9E%E5%BB%A3%E5%9F%9F%E5%B8%82" title="光州廣域市 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="光州廣域市" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Gwangju" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%89%E5%B7%9E%E5%B9%BF%E5%9F%9F%E5%B8%82" title="光州广域市 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="光州广域市" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%89%E5%B7%9E" title="光州 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="光州" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%89%E5%B7%9E%E5%BB%A3%E5%9F%9F%E5%B8%82" title="光州廣域市 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="光州廣域市" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" 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for this location"><span class="latitude">35°09′55″N</span> <span class="longitude">126°50′55″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.16528°N 126.84861°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.16528; 126.84861</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Gwangju" title="Mayor of Gwangju">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kang_Gi-jung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kang Gi-jung (page does not exist)">Kang Gi-jung</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(South_Korea,_2015)" title="Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)">Democratic</a>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Metropolitan_Council" title="Gwangju Metropolitan Council">Gwangju Metropolitan Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">501.24 km<sup>2</sup> (193.53 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(september 2024<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,411,357</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,800/km<sup>2</sup> (7,300/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Dialect<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jeolla_dialect" title="Jeolla dialect">Jeolla</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-index.go.kr_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-index.go.kr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/KR%E2%82%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="KR₩">KR₩</a> 45 trillion<br /><a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a> 36 billion (2022)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B9" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+9">UTC+9</a> (<a href="/wiki/Korea_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Korea Standard Time">Korea Standard Time</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">+82-61</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">KR-29</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Flower</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rhododendron_schlippenbachii" title="Rhododendron schlippenbachii">Royal Azalea</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tree</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ginkgo_biloba" title="Ginkgo biloba">Ginkgo</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bird</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dove" class="mw-redirect" title="Dove">Dove</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gwangju.go.kr/eng/">Official website (English)</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gwangju</b><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">광주</span></span>; <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Korean:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ko-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean" title="Help:IPA/Korean">[kwaŋ.dʑu]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/c\/cc\/Ko-%EA%B4%91%EC%A3%BC.oga\/Ko-%EA%B4%91%EC%A3%BC.oga.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Ko-\uad11\uc8fc.oga"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/Ko-%EA%B4%91%EC%A3%BC.oga/Ko-%EA%B4%91%EC%A3%BC.oga.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Ko-%EA%B4%91%EC%A3%BC.oga" title="File:Ko-광주.oga">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>), formerly romanized as Kwangju, is South Korea's <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Korea" title="List of cities in South Korea">sixth-largest metropolis</a>. It is a designated <a href="/wiki/Special_cities_of_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Special cities of South Korea">metropolitan city</a> under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of <a href="/wiki/South_Jeolla_Province" title="South Jeolla Province">South Jeolla Province</a> <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Korea" title="Provinces of Korea">Province</a> until the provincial office moved to the southern village of <a href="/wiki/Namak,_South_Korea" title="Namak, South Korea">Namak</a> in <a href="/wiki/Muan_County" title="Muan County">Muan County</a> in 2005 because Gwangju was promoted to a <a href="/wiki/Special_cities_of_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Special cities of South Korea">metropolitan city</a> and was independent of <a href="/wiki/South_Jeolla_Province" title="South Jeolla Province">South Jeolla Province</a>. </p><p>Its name is composed of the words <i>gwang</i> (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">광</span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%85%89" class="extiw" title="wikt:光">光</a></span></span>) meaning "light" and <i>ju</i> (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">주</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B7%9E" class="extiw" title="wikt:州">州</a></span></span>) meaning "province". Gwangju was historically recorded as <i>Muju</i> (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">무주</span></span>; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">武州</span></span>), in which "<a href="/wiki/Silla" title="Silla">Silla</a> merged all of the land to establish the provinces of Gwangju, Ungju, Jeonju, Muju and various counties, plus the southern boundary of <a href="/wiki/Goguryeo" title="Goguryeo">Goguryeo</a> and the ancient territories of Silla" in the <i><a href="/wiki/Samguk_sagi" title="Samguk sagi">Samguk sagi</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the heart of the agricultural <a href="/wiki/Jeolla" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeolla">Jeolla</a> region, the city is also famous for its rich and diverse <a href="/wiki/Korean_regional_cuisine#Jeolla_province" title="Korean regional cuisine">cuisine</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:May_18th_Memorial_Monument.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/May_18th_Memorial_Monument.jpg/200px-May_18th_Memorial_Monument.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/May_18th_Memorial_Monument.jpg/300px-May_18th_Memorial_Monument.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/May_18th_Memorial_Monument.jpg/400px-May_18th_Memorial_Monument.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>A memorial to commemorate the lives lost in the 1980 <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_uprising" class="mw-redirect" title="Gwangju uprising">Gwangju uprising</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The city was established in 57 BC. It was one of the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative center">administrative centers</a> of <a href="/wiki/Baekje" title="Baekje">Baekje</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Three_Kingdoms_of_Korea" title="Three Kingdoms of Korea">Three Kingdoms period</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule" title="Korea under Japanese rule">Imperial Japanese rule</a>, the city was known as Kōshū. In 1929, a confrontation between Korean and Japanese students in the city turned into <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Student_Independence_Movement" title="Gwangju Student Independence Movement">Gwangju Student Independence Movement</a>, a regional demonstration, which culminated in one of the major nationwide uprisings against Imperial Japanese cruelty during the colonial period. </p><p>The modern industry was established in Gwangju with the construction of a railway to <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>. Some of the industries that took hold include cotton textiles, rice mills and <a href="/wiki/Breweries" class="mw-redirect" title="Breweries">breweries</a>. Construction of a designated industrial zone in 1967 encouraged growth in industry, especially in the sectors linked to the automobile industry. </p><p>In May 1980, peaceful demonstrations took place in Gwangju against <a href="/wiki/Chun_Doo-hwan" title="Chun Doo-hwan">Chun Doo-hwan</a>, leader of the military <a href="/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_of_December_Twelfth" title="Coup d'état of December Twelfth">coup d'état of 12 December 1979</a>. The demonstrations were suppressed by military forces, including elite units of the <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Command_Korea" title="Special Operations Command Korea">Special Operations Command</a>. The situation escalated after a violent crackdown, resulting in the <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Uprising" title="Gwangju Uprising">Gwangju Uprising</a>, where civilians raided armories and armed themselves. By the time the uprising was suppressed 9 days later, many hundreds of civilians and several police forces / soldiers were dead. After civilian rule was reinstated in 1987, a national cemetery was established to honor the victims of the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1986, Gwangju separated from <a href="/wiki/South_Jeolla_Province" title="South Jeolla Province">South Jeolla Province</a> to become a Directly Governed City (Jikhalsi), and then became a Metropolitan City (Gwangyeoksi) in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to a variety of factors, including the ancient rivalry between <a href="/wiki/Baekje" title="Baekje">Baekje</a> and <a href="/wiki/Silla" title="Silla">Silla</a>, as well as the biased priority given to the <a href="/wiki/Gyeongsang_Province" title="Gyeongsang Province">Gyeongsang Province</a> region by political leaders in the 2nd half of the 20th century, Gwangju has a long history of voting for left-leaning politicians and is the main stronghold for the liberal <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(South_Korea,_2015)" title="Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)">Democratic Party of Korea</a> along with its predecessors, as well as the progressive <a href="/wiki/Justice_Party_(South_Korea)" title="Justice Party (South Korea)">Justice Party</a>. </p><p>Gwangju held many sports events such as <a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002 FIFA World Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_Summer_Universiade" title="2015 Summer Universiade">2015 Summer Universiade</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_World_Aquatics_Championships" title="2019 World Aquatics Championships">2019 World Aquatics Championships</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Gwangju" title="List of districts of Gwangju">List of districts of Gwangju</a></div> <p>Gwangju is divided into 5 districts ("Gu"). </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Map </th> <th>Name </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7"><div style="position: relative; font-size:100%"> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gwangju.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Gwangju.png/250px-Gwangju.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Gwangju.png/375px-Gwangju.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Gwangju.png/500px-Gwangju.png 2x" data-file-width="522" data-file-height="302" /></a></span> </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5" style="background-color:#F0F0F0">Districts </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Buk_District,_Gwangju" title="Buk District, Gwangju">Buk District</a></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">북구</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">北區</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dong_District,_Gwangju" title="Dong District, Gwangju">Dong District</a></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">동구</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">東區</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwangsan_District" title="Gwangsan District">Gwangsan District</a></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">광산구</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">光山區</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nam_District,_Gwangju" title="Nam District, Gwangju">Nam District</a></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">남구</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">南區</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Seo_District,_Gwangju" title="Seo District, Gwangju">Seo District</a></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">서구</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">西區</span></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:Black; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 1987.7609902728px; border-left-color:DarkOrchid"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:DarkOrchid"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:DarkOrchid"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 147.145531582px; border-left-color:Gold"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Gold"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Gold"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 39.592800879772px; border-left-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:63.742398974869px 77.051324277579px 0 0; border-top-color:Gray"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Gray"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Religion in Gwangju (2015)<sup id="cite_ref-2015census_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015census-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Gray; color:black;"> </span> Not religious (61%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DodgerBlue; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a> (20%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Gold; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> (9.5%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DarkOrchid; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholicism</a> (8.7%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Black; color:white;"> </span> Other (0.8%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>According to the census of 2015, 9.5% of the population followed <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> and 28.7% followed <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> (20% <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a> and 8.7% <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholicism</a>) 61% of the population are irreligious.<sup id="cite_ref-2015census_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015census-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The estimated population of Gwangju is as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Population </th></tr> <tr> <td>1960</td> <td>  409,283 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966</td> <td>  532,235 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970</td> <td>  622,755 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975</td> <td>  737,283 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980</td> <td>  856,545 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985</td> <td>1,042,508 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990</td> <td>1,139,003 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995</td> <td>1,257,636 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td>1,352,797 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td>1,417,716 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td>1,475,745 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td>1,500,621 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>One of the largest <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_enclave" title="Ethnic enclave">ethnic enclaves</a> of <a href="/wiki/Koryo-saram" title="Koryo-saram">Koryo-saram</a> (ethnic Koreans of the former Soviet Union) in South Korea is located in Gwangju: the <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Koryoin_Village" title="Gwangju Koryoin Village">Gwangju Koryoin Village</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schools in the vicinity of the village, such as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ha-nam_Jung-ang_Elementary_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ha-nam Jung-ang Elementary School (page does not exist)">Ha-nam Jung-ang Elementary School</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%EB%82%A8%EC%A4%91%EC%95%99%EC%B4%88%EB%93%B1%ED%95%99%EA%B5%90" class="extiw" title="ko:하남중앙초등학교">ko</a>]</span>, have significant proportions of Russian speakers as a result.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gwangju has a cooler version of the <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: <i>Cfa/Cwa</i>) with four distinct seasons and rainfall year-round but particularly during the East Asian Monsoon Season in the summer months. </p><p>Winters, while still somewhat cold, are milder than in Seoul and cities further north due to the city's southwesterly position in the Korean peninsula. Summers are hot and humid with abundant precipitation, particularly in the form of thunderstorms. Gwangju is one of the warmest cities in Korea in the summer due to its geographic location.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Gwangju (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1939–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.8<br />(65.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(86.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.9<br />(93.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(99.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1400; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.5<br />(101.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1400; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.5<br />(101.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.9<br />(96.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(88.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(80.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF1400; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">38.5<br />(101.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7<br />(42.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3<br />(46.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.8<br />(76.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.9<br />(82.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.9<br />(87.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(80.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9<br />(37.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5<br />(45.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8104; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.7<br />(72.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6<br />(49.3) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br />(37.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.7<br />(27.1) </td> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.5<br />(29.3) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4<br />(36.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8<br />(46.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.2<br />(64.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0<br />(41.0) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.8<br />(30.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−19.4<br />(−2.9) </td> <td style="background: #8787FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−17.7<br />(0.1) </td> <td style="background: #ACACFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−10.7<br />(12.7) </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.5<br />(23.9) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4<br />(34.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6<br />(42.1) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.7<br />(27.1) </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.2<br />(19.0) </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−13.7<br />(7.3) </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−19.4<br />(−2.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #CEFFCE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.6<br />(1.28) </td> <td style="background: #B7FFB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.6<br />(1.72) </td> <td style="background: #A2FFA2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.9<br />(2.44) </td> <td style="background: #79FF79; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.6<br />(3.41) </td> <td style="background: #76FF76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.4<br />(3.60) </td> <td style="background: #14FF14; color:#000000;" class="notheme">152.6<br />(6.01) </td> <td style="background: #004700; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">294.2<br />(11.58) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">326.4<br />(12.85) </td> <td style="background: #1FFF1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">145.0<br />(5.71) </td> <td style="background: #A7FFA7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.0<br />(2.32) </td> <td style="background: #B1FFB1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.2<br />(1.98) </td> <td style="background: #C7FFC7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.1<br />(1.46) </td> <td style="background: #50FF50; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,380.6<br />(54.35) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #4444FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.1 </td> <td style="background: #4545FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.0 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8 </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">120.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days </th> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3 </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">28.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0303FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65.7 </td> <td style="background: #1313FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61.6 </td> <td style="background: #1818FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">60.3 </td> <td style="background: #1818FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">60.2 </td> <td style="background: #0808FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">64.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000CC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000E4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000FB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000FE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000FE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">68.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #C9C900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">161.4 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">170.5 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">201.0 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">214.1 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">227.9 </td> <td style="background: #CFCF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">169.9 </td> <td style="background: #C0C020; color:#000000;" class="notheme">143.1 </td> <td style="background: #CCCC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">169.0 </td> <td style="background: #D1D100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">174.4 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">208.5 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">167.4 </td> <td style="background: #C7C700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">156.9 </td> <td style="background: #D3D300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,164.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Percent <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">possible sunshine</a> </th> <td style="background: #FFFF37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.4 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF3A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.8 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF44; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.3 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.3 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC06; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.0 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.9 </td> <td style="background: #F0F00F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.4 </td> <td style="background: #F8F823; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.3 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.5 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.7 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.1 </td> <td style="background: #FBFB2A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">48.0 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet_index" title="Ultraviolet index">ultraviolet index</a> </th> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/Korea_Meteorological_Administration" title="Korea Meteorological Administration">Korea Meteorological Administration</a> (percent sunshine 1981–2010)<sup id="cite_ref-KMA_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KMA-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KMAextremes_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KMAextremes-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KMAnormals_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KMAnormals-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Weather Atlas (UV)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Chonnam_National_University" title="Chonnam National University">Chonnam National University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Institute_of_Science_and_Technology" title="Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology">Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology</a>, and Gwangju Education University are public universities in Gwangju. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Honam_University" title="Honam University">Honam University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_University" title="Gwangju University">Gwangju University</a>, Gwangshin University, Gwangju Women's University, Nambu University, <a href="/wiki/Chosun_University" title="Chosun University">Chosun University</a>, and Honam Christian University are private universities. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Health_University" title="Gwangju Health University">Gwangju Health University</a> is a private community college offering associate degrees in humanities and social sciences, healthcare sciences, and a bachelor's degree in nursing. </p><p>Gwangju has 593 schools, consisting of 234 kindergartens, 145 elementary schools, 84 middle schools, 65 high schools, 1 science high school,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 7 junior colleges, 9 universities, 38 graduate schools, and 11 others (as of 1 May 2009) with a total of 406,669 students, or 28.5% of the total city population. The average number of students per household is 0.8. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city is served by the <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Subway" class="mw-redirect" title="Gwangju Subway">Gwangju Subway</a>. An extension was completed in April 2008 with the remainder being completed in 2012. There are two <a href="/wiki/Korea_Train_Express" title="Korea Train Express">KTX</a> stations in the city: <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_station" title="Gwangju station">Gwangju station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Songjeong_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Gwangju Songjeong Station">Gwangju Songjeong Station</a>. Gwangju Songjeong Station connects to the Gwangju Subway and local bus system. Now the Songjeong station is mainly used. </p><p>Gwangju has an extensive system of public buses that traverse the city.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bus stops and buses themselves contain stop information in Korean and in English. Local buses, but not the subway or KTX, connect to the intercity Gwangju Bus Terminal known as U-Square.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gwangju is also served by the <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Airport" title="Gwangju Airport">Gwangju Airport</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2015</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asia_Culture_Center" title="Asia Culture Center">Asia Culture Center</a> – The Asia Culture Center (also known as the ACC) is a facility in downtown Gwangju designed to celebrate and explore Gwangju's artistic and democratic culture and history, as well as provide space to host exhibits, experiences, and events from international artists. It is built primarily below street level, though its design incorporates large amounts of natural lighting. There are five facilities: ACC Exchange, ACC Theater, ACC Creation, ACC Archive & Research, and ACC Children.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Biennale" title="Gwangju Biennale">Gwangju Biennale</a> – This is a modern art festival that is held every two years. It was first launched in 1995. The Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall is at the Jung-oe Park Culture Center and the Science Center.</li> <li>Gwangju Culture & Art Center – The center regularly hosts events.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=1177654">Gwangju Culture & Art Center Official Website</a></li> <li>Gwangju Hyanggyo (Confucian School) – Gwangju Hyanggyo is in the Gwangju Park in Sa-dong. There are traditional houses here estimated as built during the 1st year of the <a href="/wiki/Joseon" title="Joseon">Joseon</a> period in 1392. This school continues to hold memorial ceremonies for Confucius twice a year. Admission is free. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063259/http://www.gwangjuguide.or.kr/2010/04/gwangju-hyanggyo/">More about Gwangju Hyanggyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Institute_of_Science_and_Technology" title="Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology">Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology</a> - <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Institute_of_Science_and_Technology" title="Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology">Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology</a>(GIST) is one of the greatest research institutes in Korea. Laser research equipment with 4PW output is located within GIST.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwangju_National_Museum" title="Gwangju National Museum">Gwangju National Museum</a> – The museum houses a permanent collection of historical art and cultural relics that date back to the old Joseon and Goryeo periods of Korean history. The museum also organizes exhibitions and cultural learning activities that are open to the public.</li> <li>Gwangju 5.18 Road is the course about the <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Uprising" title="Gwangju Uprising">Democracy Movement of 1980</a>. The courses include the historical places. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://518road.518.org/">More about 5.18Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_18th_National_Cemetery" title="May 18th National Cemetery">May 18th National Cemetery</a></li> <li>Food streets - Gwangju has numerous designated Food Streets where multiple restaurants serving dishes renowned to Gwangju can be found. These include Mudeungsan Boribap Street (a meal of barley with a variety of side dishes),<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Duck Cook Street (oritang, a duck stew, and grilled duck),<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Folk Tteokgalbi Street<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (a meal of grilled minced pork or beef patties eaten wrapped in lettuce and served with ox bone soup and a variety of side dishes) and Kotgejang Baekban Street<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (a meal of crabs preserved in soy sauce served with a variety of side dishes).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwangju_World_Cup_Stadium" title="Gwangju World Cup Stadium">Gwangju World Cup Stadium</a> - It is a historical place for Korean soccer history. Because at this stadium in <a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002 FIFA World Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea national football team</a> beat Spain soccer team in 3:5 at the quarter-Final, and advanced to the Semi-Final match with Germany in that World Cup, for the first time in the Asian soccer history.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport_and_culture">Sport and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sport and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gwangju_World_Cup_Stadium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Gwangju_World_Cup_Stadium.jpg/220px-Gwangju_World_Cup_Stadium.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Gwangju_World_Cup_Stadium.jpg/330px-Gwangju_World_Cup_Stadium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Gwangju_World_Cup_Stadium.jpg/440px-Gwangju_World_Cup_Stadium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gwangju_World_Cup_Stadium" title="Gwangju World Cup Stadium">Gwangju World Cup Stadium</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gwangju_Kia_Champions_Field_View_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Gwangju_Kia_Champions_Field_View_02.jpg/220px-Gwangju_Kia_Champions_Field_View_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Gwangju_Kia_Champions_Field_View_02.jpg/330px-Gwangju_Kia_Champions_Field_View_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Gwangju_Kia_Champions_Field_View_02.jpg/440px-Gwangju_Kia_Champions_Field_View_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="2340" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gwangju-Kia_Champions_Field" title="Gwangju-Kia Champions Field">Gwangju-Kia Champions Field</a>, home field of Kia Tigers.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>It is the home of <a href="/wiki/Kia_Tigers" title="Kia Tigers">Kia Tigers</a> of the Korea Professional Baseball League (<a href="/wiki/Korea_Baseball_Organization" title="Korea Baseball Organization">KBO</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002 FIFA World Cup</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_World_Cup_Stadium" title="Gwangju World Cup Stadium">Gwangju World Cup Stadium</a> was one of the venues used for the World Cup, and was where the <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_team" title="South Korea national football team">South Korea national football team</a> advanced to the semi-finals for the first time in its history, by defeating Spain.</li> <li>It is the home of <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_FC" title="Gwangju FC">Gwangju FC</a> of the <a href="/wiki/K_League" title="K League">K League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universiade" class="mw-redirect" title="Universiade">Universiade</a> – It was the venue for the 2015 Summer <a href="/wiki/Universiade" class="mw-redirect" title="Universiade">Universiade</a> games.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Asia_Song_Festival" title="Asia Song Festival">3rd Asia Song Festival</a> an annual Asian pop music festival hosted by the <i>Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange</i>, in 2006, was held at the <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_World_Cup_Stadium" title="Gwangju World Cup Stadium">Gwangju World Cup Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The International Design Alliance (IDA) appointed Gwangju as the host destination of the 2015 IDA Congress.</li> <li>Festivals are held in Gwangju. (<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_festivals_in_Gwangju&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of festivals in Gwangju (page does not exist)">List of festivals in Gwangju</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B4%91%EC%A3%BC%EA%B4%91%EC%97%AD%EC%8B%9C%EC%9D%98_%EC%B6%95%EC%A0%9C_%EB%AA%A9%EB%A1%9D" class="extiw" title="ko:광주광역시의 축제 목록">ko</a>]</span>)</li> <li>2019 <a href="/wiki/FINA_World_Aquatics_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="FINA World Aquatics Championships">FINA World Aquatics Championships</a></li> <li>2014 Gwangju ACE Fair (Asia Content & Entertainment Fair)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Ministry of SMEs said Gwangju was selected as the site for the creation of the <i><b>"Green-Startup-Town."</b></i> It is said that it will benchmark <a href="/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" title="London King's Cross railway station">King's Cross Station</a>, a successful case of urban regeneration in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a>, to establish a start-up hub (private research institute, research and development company, start-up company, etc.) at Gwangju Station.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>It is the home of <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_AI_Peppers" title="Gwangju AI Peppers">Gwangju AI Peppers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/V-League_(South_Korea)" title="V-League (South Korea)">V-League</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cityscape">Cityscape</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cityscape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gwangju_at_sunset.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Gwangju_at_sunset.jpg/220px-Gwangju_at_sunset.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Gwangju_at_sunset.jpg/330px-Gwangju_at_sunset.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Gwangju_at_sunset.jpg/440px-Gwangju_at_sunset.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Picture taken from a hill overlooking Gwangju in April 2017.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chonnam_National_University_Hospital,_Dong-gu,_Gwangju_08.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Chonnam_National_University_Hospital%2C_Dong-gu%2C_Gwangju_08.jpg/220px-Chonnam_National_University_Hospital%2C_Dong-gu%2C_Gwangju_08.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Chonnam_National_University_Hospital%2C_Dong-gu%2C_Gwangju_08.jpg/330px-Chonnam_National_University_Hospital%2C_Dong-gu%2C_Gwangju_08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Chonnam_National_University_Hospital%2C_Dong-gu%2C_Gwangju_08.jpg/440px-Chonnam_National_University_Hospital%2C_Dong-gu%2C_Gwangju_08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1620" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dong-gu,_Gwangju" class="mw-redirect" title="Dong-gu, Gwangju">Dong-gu</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mudeungsan" title="Mudeungsan">Mudeungsan</a> – It is a mountain that is part of <a href="/wiki/Mudeungsan_National_Park" title="Mudeungsan National Park">Mudeungsan National Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_relations">International relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: International relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_South_Korea" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in South Korea">List of twin towns and sister cities in South Korea</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gwangju is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Changzhi" title="Changzhi">Changzhi</a>, China (2014)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Guangzhou" title="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</a>, China (1996)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia"><img alt="Indonesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Medan" title="Medan">Medan</a>, Indonesia (1997)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, United States (1982)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sendai" title="Sendai">Sendai</a>, Japan (2002)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan">Tainan</a>, Taiwan (1968)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Partnerships_and_cooperations">Partnerships and cooperations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Partnerships and cooperations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a>, Italy<sup id="cite_ref-Turin_twinnings_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turin_twinnings-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia"><img alt="Malaysia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Seberang_Perai" title="Seberang Perai">Seberang Perai</a>, Malaysia (2013)<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Art">Art</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zheng_L%C3%BCcheng" title="Zheng Lücheng">Chong Ryul-song</a> – author of the <i><a href="/wiki/Military_Anthem_of_the_People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="Military Anthem of the People's Liberation Army">Military Anthem of the People's Liberation Army of China</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Han_Kang" title="Han Kang">Han Kang</a> – author of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Vegetarian" title="The Vegetarian">The Vegetarian</a></i> and <i>Human Acts</i> and winner of the 2024 <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Nobel Prize in Literature</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Entertainers">Entertainers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Entertainers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Goo Hara (member of kpop group KARA)</li> <li>Jung Ho-seok (stage name <a href="/wiki/J-Hope" title="J-Hope">J-Hope</a>) – member of K-pop group <i><a href="/wiki/BTS" title="BTS">BTS</a></i></li> <li>Jeong Yun-ho (stage Name Yunho) - member of K-pop group <a href="/wiki/ATEEZ" class="mw-redirect" title="ATEEZ">ATEEZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon_Geun-young" title="Moon Geun-young">Moon Geun-young</a> – South Korean actress and singer</li> <li>Lee Seung-hyun (stage name <a href="/wiki/Seungri" title="Seungri">Seungri</a>) – former member of K-pop group <i><a href="/wiki/Big_Bang_(South_Korean_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Bang (South Korean band)">Big Bang</a></i></li> <li>Jung Yun-ho (stage name <a href="/wiki/Yunho" title="Yunho">U-Know</a>) – member of K-pop group <i><a href="/wiki/TVXQ" title="TVXQ">TVXQ</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seo_Hye-lin" title="Seo Hye-lin">Seo Hye-lin</a> – member of K-pop group <i><a href="/wiki/EXID" title="EXID">EXID</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sim_Jayoon_(stage_name_YOON)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sim Jayoon (stage name YOON) (page does not exist)">Sim Jayoon (stage name YOON)</a> – member of K-pop group <i><a href="/wiki/STAYC" title="STAYC">STAYC</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Gi-kwang" title="Lee Gi-kwang">Lee Gi-kwang</a> – member of K-pop group <i><a href="/wiki/Highlight_(band)" title="Highlight (band)">Highlight</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Sung-jong" class="mw-redirect" title="Lee Sung-jong">Lee Sung-jong</a> – member of K-pop group <i><a href="/wiki/Infinite_(group)" title="Infinite (group)">Infinite</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyungwon" title="Hyungwon">Chae Hyung-won</a> – member of K-pop group <i><a href="/wiki/Monsta_X" title="Monsta X">Monsta X</a></i></li> <li>Im Chang-kyun (stage name <a href="/wiki/I.M_(rapper)" class="mw-redirect" title="I.M (rapper)">I.M.</a>) – member of K-pop group <i>Monsta X</i> (originally from <a href="/wiki/Suwon" title="Suwon">Suwon</a>)</li> <li>Bae Su-ji (stage name <a href="/wiki/Bae_Suzy" title="Bae Suzy">Suzy</a>) – former member of K-pop group <i><a href="/wiki/Miss_A" title="Miss A">Miss A</a></i></li> <li>Gong Min-ji (stage name <a href="/wiki/Minzy" title="Minzy">Minzy</a>) – member of K-pop group <i><a href="/wiki/2NE1" title="2NE1">2NE1</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Yu-bin_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kim Yu-bin (musician)">Kim Yu-bin</a> – former member of K-pop group <i><a href="/wiki/Wonder_Girls" title="Wonder Girls">Wonder Girls</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Jin-young" title="Hong Jin-young">Hong Jin-young</a> – a trot singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park_Shin-hye" title="Park Shin-hye">Park Shin-hye</a> – South Korean actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wooseok" title="Wooseok">Jung Woo-seok</a> – member of K-pop group <i><a href="/wiki/Pentagon_(South_Korean_band)" title="Pentagon (South Korean band)">Pentagon</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Na-gyung" class="mw-redirect" title="Lee Na-gyung">Lee Na-gyung</a> – member of K-pop group <a href="/wiki/Fromis_9" title="Fromis 9">Fromis 9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fromis_9" title="Fromis 9">Song Ha Young</a> – member of K-pop group <a href="/wiki/Fromis_9" title="Fromis 9">Fromis 9</a></li> <li>Seo Woobin – member of K-pop group <a href="/wiki/Cravity" title="Cravity">Cravity</a></li> <li>Oh Seunghee - member of K-pop group <a href="/wiki/CLC_(group)" title="CLC (group)">CLC</a></li> <li>Lee Su-jeong (stage name <a href="/wiki/Babysoul" class="mw-redirect" title="Babysoul">Babysoul</a>)- leader and member of K-pop group <a href="/wiki/Lovelyz" title="Lovelyz">Lovelyz</a></li> <li>Bae Seung-min - member of K-pop group <a href="/wiki/Golden_Child_(band)" title="Golden Child (band)">Golden Child</a></li> <li>Park Soeun - member of K-pop group <a href="/wiki/Weeekly" title="Weeekly">Weeekly</a></li> <li>Lee Taeyeob (stage name Yoojung) - member of K-pop group <a href="/wiki/OnlyOneOf" title="OnlyOneOf">OnlyOneOf</a></li> <li>Jang Seowon - member of K-pop group <a href="/wiki/Lapillus_(group)" title="Lapillus (group)">Lapillus</a></li> <li>Kim Yeunja (born 1959) - South Korean trot singer</li> <li>Joo Hyunmi (born 1961) - South Korean trot singer</li> <li>Jang Beomjoon (born 1989) - South Korean singer, former member of <a href="/wiki/Busker_Busker" title="Busker Busker">Busker Busker</a></li> <li>Lee Ha-joon (stage name Hajoon) - member of Korean indie-rock band <a href="/wiki/The_Rose_(band)" title="The Rose (band)">The Rose</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ki_Sung-yueng" title="Ki Sung-yueng">Ki Sung-yueng</a> – International <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">footballer</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/An_San" title="An San">An San</a> – Olympic gold medalist in women's team, mixed team, and individual archery at the 2021 Tokyo Summer Games.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/An_Se-young" title="An Se-young">An Se-young</a> - Badminton Player.</li> <li>Kim Byunghyun (born 1979) - South Korean former baseball player.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chi_Hyun_Chung" title="Chi Hyun Chung">Chi Hyun Chung</a> - Bolivian politician and presidential candidate for <a href="/wiki/2019_Bolivian_general_election" title="2019 Bolivian general election">2019</a> and <a href="/wiki/2020_Bolivian_general_election" title="2020 Bolivian general election">2020</a> elections</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Lee_(politician)" title="Elizabeth Lee (politician)">Elizabeth Lee</a> – Australian politician and <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Australian_Capital_Territory)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Australian Capital Territory)">Leader of the Opposition of the Australian Capital Territory</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Castle" title="Gwangju Castle">Gwangju Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Korea" title="List of cities in South Korea">List of cities in South Korea</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In the 19th century, Gwangju was also known in English sources as <b>Tsien-tsiou</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878390_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878390-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwangju&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jumin.mois.go.kr/">"Population statistics"</a>. <i>Korea Ministry of the Interior and Safety</i>. 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Korea+Ministry+of+the+Interior+and+Safety&rft.atitle=Population+statistics&rft.date=2024&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fjumin.mois.go.kr%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGwangju" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-index.go.kr-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-index.go.kr_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kostat.go.kr/boardDownload.es?bid=243&list_no=428565&seq=3"><bdi lang="ko">2022년 지역소득(잠정)</bdi></a>. <i>www.kostat.go.kr</i>.</cite><span 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href="https://www.gwangju.go.kr/contentsView.do?menuId=gwangju0505020000">"Origin and History of Gwangju"</a>. <i>www.gwangju.go.kr</i> (in Korean). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180418161614/https://www.gwangju.go.kr/contentsView.do?menuId=gwangju0505020000">Archived</a> from the original on 18 April 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 April</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.gwangju.go.kr&rft.atitle=Origin+and+History+of+Gwangju&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gwangju.go.kr%2FcontentsView.do%3FmenuId%3Dgwangju0505020000&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGwangju" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eng.gwangju.go.kr/contentsView.do?menuId=gjeng0102020000">"The History of Gwangju"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170630175615/http://eng.gwangju.go.kr/contentsView.do?menuId=gjeng0102020000">Archived</a> from the original on 30 June 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 April</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+History+of+Gwangju&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Feng.gwangju.go.kr%2FcontentsView.do%3FmenuId%3Dgjeng0102020000&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGwangju" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eng.gwangju.go.kr/contentsView.do?menuId=gjeng0102030000">"May 18th Democratic Uprising"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170630165741/http://eng.gwangju.go.kr/contentsView.do?menuId=gjeng0102030000">Archived</a> from the original on 30 June 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 April</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=May+18th+Democratic+Uprising&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Feng.gwangju.go.kr%2FcontentsView.do%3FmenuId%3Dgjeng0102030000&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGwangju" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2015census-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2015census_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2015census_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kosis.kr/statHtml/statHtml.do?orgId=101&tblId=DT_1PM1502&conn_path=I2">"2015 Census – Religion Results"</a> (in Korean). KOSIS KOrean Statistical Information Service. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226150454/https://kosis.kr/statHtml/statHtml.do?orgId=101&tblId=DT_1PM1502&conn_path=I2">Archived</a> from the original on 26 February 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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