Gwangju

metropolitan city in South Korea
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Gwangju

Summary

Gwangju is a metropolitan city of South Korea[1]. Gwangju draws 1,146 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_city_of_south_korea category, ranking #3 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gwangju was a member of World Tourism Cities Federation[3].
  • Gwangju is located in South Korea[4].
  • Gwangju is in the country of South Korea[5].
  • Gwangju's image is recorded as Gwangju montage.png[6].
  • Gwangju's instance of is recorded as metropolitan city of South Korea[7].
  • Gwangju's instance of is recorded as big city[8].
  • Gwangju's flag image is recorded as Flag of Gwangju.svg[9].
  • Gwangju's shares border with is recorded as South Jeolla[10].
  • Gwangju's coat of arms image is recorded as Emblem of Gwangju.svg[11].
  • Gwangju's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Dong District, Gwangju[12].
  • Gwangju's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Seo District[13].
  • Gwangju's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Nam District[14].
  • Gwangju's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Buk District[15].
  • Gwangju's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Gwangsan District[16].
  • Gwangju's flag is recorded as flag of Gwangju[17].
  • Gwangju's twinned administrative body is recorded as Guangzhou[18].
  • Gwangju's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Antonio[19].
  • Gwangju's twinned administrative body is recorded as Medan[20].
  • Gwangju's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tainan[21].
  • Gwangju's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sendai[22].
  • Gwangju's legislative body is recorded as Gwangju municipal council[23].
  • Gwangju's executive body is recorded as Gwangju Metropolitan Government[24].
  • Gwangju's ISNI is recorded as 0000000459958248[25].
  • Gwangju's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 153622297[26].
  • Gwangju's GND ID is recorded as 4265172-4[27].

Body

Geography

Gwangju is in the country of South Korea[5]. Gwangju is located in South Korea[4].

Physical Characteristics

Gwangju's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+501.18'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1501557'}[29], {'amount': '+1490092'}[30], {'amount': '+1422999'}[31], and {'amount': '+1409624'}[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include metropolitan city of South Korea[7] and big city[8].

Why It Matters

Gwangju draws 1,146 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_city_of_south_korea category, ranking #3 of 5).[2] Gwangju has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Gwangju is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . sanantonio.gov. sanantonio.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] . cn.wtcf.org.cn. cn.wtcf.org.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . kosis.kr. kosis.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] . kosis.kr. kosis.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [32] . gwangju.go.kr. gwangju.go.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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