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Hwaseong
Sign in to savecity in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Key facts
- Hangul
- 화성시
- Hanja
- 華城市
- Revised romanization
- Hwaseong-si
- Mccune reischauer
- Hwasŏng-si
- Country
- South Korea
- Province
- Gyeonggi
- Administrative divisions
- 4 eup , 9 myeon , 13 dong
- Mayor
- Seo Cheol-mo ( Democratic )
- Total
- 689.48 km (266.21 sq mi)
- Density
- 929.53/km (2,407.5/sq mi)
- Dialect
- Seoul
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 화성시
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Gyeonggi Province
- Population
- 1004079
- Area
- 688
- Elevation
- 66
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Shares border with
- Siheung
- Official website
- www.hscity.go.kr
- Image
- 화성시청 동부출장소 001.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Cirebon
- Commons category
- Hwaseong
- topic's main category
- Category:Hwaseong, Gyeonggi
- number of seats in assembly
- 2
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hwaseong, Gyeonggi
- P12749
- Cyrus the Great
- inception
- 2001-03-21
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Encyclopedic overview
Hwaseong (Korean: 화성; Korean pronunciation: [ɸa.sʰʌŋ]) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is located on the coast of the Yellow Sea. It has the largest area of farmland of any city or county in Gyeonggi Province. Seoul Subway Line 1 passes through Hwaseong, stopping at Byeongjeom Station. Suin-Bundang Line also passes through the city, stopping at Eocheon Station.
Hwaseong Fortress is located in nearby Suwon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hwaseong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.