Verified Korean-culture entity · as of 2026-06-29 · cross-checked + Skill-scored · via KoreaAPI · ✓✓ cross-verified
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Gwangju (Korean: 광주; Korean: [kwaŋ.dʑu] ), formerly romanized as Kwangju, is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until its promotion to a metropolitan city in 2005, upon which the provincial office moved to the southern village of Namak in Muan County. Its name is composed of the words gwang (Korean: 광; Hanja: 光) meaning "light" and ju (주; 州) meaning "province".
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Gwangju (광주광역시) — verified South Korean region / administrative division.
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Gwangju (광주광역시) is a verified South Korean region (the country or a first-level administrative division) (cross-checked via Wikidata Q41283 2026-06-29 00:22 UTC; Wikipedia Gwangju 2026-06-29 00:22 UTC, as of 2026-06-29).