Gunsan

Also known as Gunsan-si, Kunsan

Gunsan (; ), also romanized as Kunsan, is a city in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is on the south bank of the Geum River just upstream from its exit into the Yellow Sea. It has emerged as a high-tech manufacturing industrial city and an international trade seaport that is approximately southwest of Seoul on the midwest coast of the Korean Peninsula.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Gunsan
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipal City
Settlement.translit_lang1: Korean
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Hangul
Settlement.translit_lang1_type2: Hanja
Settlement.translit_lang1_info3: Gunsan-si
Settlement.translit_lang1_info4: Kunsan-si
Settlement.image_caption: From the left: Daeya Station, Haemang Cave, Former Gunsan Branch of Korean Food Corporation, Teddy Bear Museum, Gunsan City Hall, Dunyul-dong Cathedral, Seonyudo
Settlement.image_map: North Jeolla-Gunsan.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in South Korea
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Dialect
Settlement.population_blank1: Jeolla
Settlement.area_total_km2: 377.72 <!--
Settlement.population_total: 264,656
Settlement.population_as_of: September 2024
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

23 sections

Contents

History
Economy
Culture
Tourist attractions
Festival
Museum
Park
Climate
Food
Education
Primary and secondary schools
Universities
Shopping
Transportation
Port
Airport
Island
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable people from Gunsan
See also
References
Sources
External links

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| government_footnotes = 2—is the biggest discount shopping mall in Gunsan with an indoor parking lot from the fourth to seventh floor which provides shopping convenience.

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