Daejeon, South Korea

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Daejeon, South Korea is a major inland city known as a national hub for science, technology, and research, home to numerous universities, government research institutes, and high-tech industries.

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Daejeon, South Korea canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
special city
capitalOf Daejeon Metropolitan City NERFINISHED
climate humid continental to humid subtropical transition
contains Chungnam National University NERFINISHED
Daedeok Innopolis NERFINISHED
Daedeok Science Town NERFINISHED
Daejeon Convention Center NERFINISHED
Daejeon Government Complex NERFINISHED
Daejeon World Cup Stadium NERFINISHED
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) NERFINISHED
Expo Science Park NERFINISHED
Hanbat National University NERFINISHED
KAIST main campus NERFINISHED
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) NERFINISHED
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) NERFINISHED
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) NERFINISHED
Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) NERFINISHED
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) NERFINISHED
Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) NERFINISHED
Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control NERFINISHED
Korea Institute of Toxicology NERFINISHED
Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) NERFINISHED
National Fusion Research Institute NERFINISHED
National Science Museum of Korea NERFINISHED
Yuseong Hot Springs area NERFINISHED
country South Korea
distanceFromSeoul approximately 140 km south of Seoul
governingBody Daejeon Metropolitan Government NERFINISHED
hasAdministrativeStatus metropolitan city
hasDistrict Daedeok-gu NERFINISHED
Dong-gu NERFINISHED
Jung-gu NERFINISHED
Seo-gu NERFINISHED
Yuseong-gu NERFINISHED
hasMetroSystem Daejeon Metro Line 1 NERFINISHED
hasNickname Asia’s Silicon Valley (informal) NERFINISHED
Daedeok Innopolis NERFINISHED
hasSisterCity Brisbane NERFINISHED
Cluj-Napoca NERFINISHED
Guadalajara NERFINISHED
Hanoi NERFINISHED
Nanjing NERFINISHED
Novosibirsk NERFINISHED
Seattle NERFINISHED
Sofia NERFINISHED
Ulaanbaatar NERFINISHED
Yekaterinburg NERFINISHED
hasStation Daejeon KTX station (on Gyeongbu HSR) NERFINISHED
Daejeon Station NERFINISHED
Seodaejeon Station NERFINISHED
hasUniversity Chungnam National University NERFINISHED
Hanbat National University NERFINISHED
Hannam University NERFINISHED
KAIST NERFINISHED
Pai Chai University NERFINISHED
Woosong University NERFINISHED
hostedEvent Expo ’93 (Daejeon Expo 1993) NERFINISHED
isInlandCity true
knownFor Daedeok Science Town NERFINISHED
government research institutes
high-tech industries
science and technology research
universities
language Korean
locatedIn South Chungcheong region (historical) NERFINISHED
central South Korea
locatedOnRiver Gapcheon NERFINISHED
Geum River (nearby) NERFINISHED
mayorTitle Mayor of Daejeon
nationalRanking one of the largest cities in South Korea by population
primaryEconomicSectors aerospace
biotechnology
information technology
nuclear technology
telecommunications research
role administrative center
education hub
national hub for research and development
national hub for science and technology
transportation hub
subdivisionType metropolitan city
timeZone Korea Standard Time NERFINISHED
transportHubFor Gyeongbu Expressway NERFINISHED
Gyeongbu Line NERFINISHED
Honam Expressway Branch NERFINISHED
Honam Line NERFINISHED
utcOffset +09:00
writingSystem Hangul

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Jun-Ho Oh basedIn Daejeon, South Korea
KISTI headquarters Daejeon, South Korea