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Gyeongju

city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
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Summary

Gyeongju is a city of South Korea[1]. Gyeongju ranks in the top 1% of city of south korea entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,203 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: League of Historical Cities[3], Organization of World Heritage Cities[4]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: North Gyeongsang[5]
  • Country: South Korea[6]
  • Instance of: big city[7]
  • Follows: Seorabeol[8]
  • Twinned administrative body: Versailles[9], Nara[10], Xi'an[11], Jiaozuo[12], Huế[13], Iksan[14], Nitra[15], Obama[16], Pompei[17], Samarkand[18]
  • Postal code: 38056–38201[19], 38210[20]
  • Commons category: Gyeongju[21]
  • Coordinate location: 35.85, 129.21666666667[22]
  • Official website: http://www.gyeongju.go.kr/eng/main/index.asp[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gyeongju[24]
  • Commons gallery: 경주시[25]
  • Population: 264,091[26], 248,244[27], 245,365[28]
  • Capital of: Silla[29], Later Silla[30]
  • Category for people born here: Category:People from Gyeongju[31]
  • Category of associated people: Q123740795[32]
  • Area: 1,324,390,000[33]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Gyeongju[34]
  • Social media followers: 5746[35]
  • P14541: 1ivxQa[36]

Why It Matters

Gyeongju has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Gyeongju is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Related Entities

Later Silla Nitra Pompei South Korea Versailles

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · B.Zsolt · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+264091'}, {'amount': '+248244'}, {'amount': '+245365'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Population: 245,365"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Gyeongju
    Member of → —
    Capital of → Silla, Later Silla
    Twinned administrative body → Versailles, Nara, Xi'an +7
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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