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Dongducheon

Dongducheon (; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

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Settlement.name: Dongducheon
Settlement.translit_lang1: Korean
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipal City
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Hangul
Settlement.translit_lang1_type2: Hanja
Settlement.translit_lang1_info3: Dongducheon-si
Settlement.translit_lang1_info4: Tongduch'ŏn-si
Settlement.image_skyline: Jihaeng_Station_-_Looking_North.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Jihaeng Station in Dongducheon
Settlement.image_map: Gyeonggi-Dongducheon.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in South Korea
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gyeonggi Province (Sudogwon)
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Dialect
Settlement.population_blank1: Seoul
Settlement.area_total_km2: 95.66
Settlement.population_as_of: September 2024

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Climate
Festivals
Education
U.S. Military Bases
Notable people from Dongducheon
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Dongducheon (; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

The city, to the north of Seoul, is strategically important for the defense of the Korean capital. The main camps of the United States Second Infantry Division are in the city, and the division command is at Uijeongbu.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dongducheon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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