Gwangyang

{{Infobox settlement | name = Gwangyang | native_name = | settlement_type = Municipal City | translit_lang1 = Korean | translit_lang1_type1 = Hangul | translit_lang1_info1 = | translit_lang1_type2 = Hanja | translit_lang1_info2 = | translit_lang1_type3 = | translit_lang1_info3 = Gwangyang-si | translit_lang1_type4 = | translit_lang1_info4 = Kwangyang-si | image_skyline = 03 포스코터미널 CTS (1).jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = A POSCO shipping terminal in front, with the city to the left (2021) | image_map = South Jeolla-Gwangyang.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = Location in South Korea | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Honam | population_blank1_title = Dialect | population_blank1 = Jeolla | area_total_km2 = 446.08 | population_as_of = September 2024 | population_total = 154,266 | population_density_km2 = auto | government_footnotes = File:Gwangyang Cultural Center, in South Jeolla Province, South Korea 03.jpg|Gwangyang Cultural Center File:Gwangyang-eup office.JPG|Gwangyang-eup office File:광양 옥룡사 동백나무 숲 오솔길2 (촬영년도 2015년).jpg|Okryongsa Camellia Forest File:Gwangyang Station 20160815 145452.jpg|Gwangyang Station File:Gwangyang City Hall.JPG|Gwangyang City Hall File:Gwangyangstadium4.jpg|Gwangyang Stadium File:Gwangyang Maehwa Festival in Spring - 4403554076.jpg|The Maehwa Culture Festival File:02 컨부두 배후부지 서측.jpg

==Festival== Gwangyang is famous for its beautiful apricot trees. In Korean, the ume flower is called maehwa () and it has been honored for its early blooming. Because of its characteristic, the Gwangyang Maehwa Festival is the earliest opened festival in the whole South Jeolla Province area.