Gwangju

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city metropolitan city special city in South Korea

Gwangju is a major metropolitan city in southwestern South Korea known for its rich cultural heritage and pivotal role in the country’s pro-democracy movement.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kwangju 1
光州 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
metropolitan city ⓘ
special city in South Korea ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country South Korea ⓘ
democracySymbol symbol of South Korean pro-democracy movement ⓘ
governmentType metropolitan city government ⓘ
hangulName 광주 ⓘ
hanjaName Gwangju self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 光州
hasAirport Gwangju Airport ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent Gwangju Biennale ⓘ
Gwangju Biennale ⓘ
surface form: Gwangju Design Biennale
hasFestival Gwangju World Kimchi Culture Festival ⓘ
hasInstitution Chonnam National University ⓘ
Chosun University ⓘ
hasMemorial May 18th National Cemetery ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Gwangju Songjeong station ⓘ
hasSubwaySystem Gwangju Metro ⓘ
isPartOf Honam region ⓘ
surface form: Honam economic region

South Korea ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Korea
knownFor Gwangju Biennale ⓘ
Gwangju Uprising ⓘ
arts and culture ⓘ
pro-democracy movement ⓘ
rich cultural heritage ⓘ
leaderTitle Mayor of Gwangju ⓘ
locatedIn Honam region ⓘ
South Jeolla region ⓘ
southwestern South Korea ⓘ
officialLanguage Korean ⓘ
regionCode KR-29 ⓘ
romanization Gwangju self-link ⓘ
Gwangju self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kwangju
significantEvent Gwangju Uprising ⓘ
May 18 Democratic Uprising ⓘ
significantEventYear 1980 ⓘ
sisterCity Changchun ⓘ
Chiang Mai ⓘ
Guadalajara ⓘ
Medellín ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
San Antonio ⓘ
Sendai ⓘ
Tbilisi ⓘ
timeZone Korea Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +09:00 ⓘ
writingSystem Hangul ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gwangju → hanjaName → Gwangju self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 光州
South Korea → hasCity → Gwangju ⓘ
Gwangju → romanization → Gwangju self-link ⓘ
Gwangju → romanization → Gwangju self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kwangju
Sendai → sisterCity → Gwangju ⓘ