Gwangsan District

Gwangsan

광산구
Gwangsan 광산구
Autonomous District
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	光山區
• Revised Romanization	Gwangsan-gu
• McCune–Reischauer	Kwangsan-gu
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Country	South Korea
Region	Honam
Provincial level	Gwangju
Area
• Total	222.89 km2 (86.06 sq mi)
Population (September 2024)
• Total	392,653
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
• Dialect	Jeolla
Website	Gwangsan District Office

Gwangsan District (Korean: 광산구; RR: Gwangsan-gu) is a district, similar to a ward, situated in Gwangju, South Korea. The total population of the district, as of September 2004, is 295,294, and the population density of the district is 1,085 per 1 km.^[2]^[3] Its area is about 45% of the city of Gwangju.^[4]

The district bird is the White Heron, the district flower is Magnolia, and the district tree is the Pine Tree.^[5] Gwangsan District has 1913 Songseong Market, and Songseong Market(held every 3,8day), Yonga birthplace, and there has Korean wheat festival.

Sister cities

References

^ "Population statistics". Korea Ministry of the Interior and Safety. 2024.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2007-11-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2007-11-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Welcome to Gwangsan-gu". Archived from the original on 2007-07-09. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2007-11-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)