Gwangju
Gwangju (offeecially kent as Gwangju Metropolitan Ceety; Korean pronunciation: [kwaŋdʑu]) is the saxt lairgest ceety in the Republic o Korea. It is a designatit metropolitan ceety unner the direct control o the central govrenment's Hame Meenister. The ceety wis an aa the caipital o Sooth Jeolla Province till the provincial office moved tae the soothren veelage o Namak in Muan Coonty in 2005.
Gwang (광, hanja 光) means "licht" an Ju (주, hanja 州) means "province."
Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Guangzhou, Cheenae
San Antonio, Unitit States [1]
Sendai, Japan [2] Archived 2007-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
Tainan, Taiwan
Hobart, Australie
Medan, Indonesie [3]
Maceio, Brazil
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Coordinates: 35°10′00″N 126°55′00″E / 35.166666666667°N 126.91666666667°E