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ID: 1082371
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1082371
Record Type:
administrative
Suwŏn (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 37 16 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 37.2667
decimal degrees
Long: 126 59 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 126.9833
decimal degrees
Note:
Located 48 km S of Sŏul & connected to that city by subway; old fortress walls & gates recently have been reconstructed; nearby Korean Folk Village has working craftsmen in residence; noted for "Suwŏn kalbi," a traditional marinated beef dish.
Names:
Suwŏn
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Suweon
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Han'guk
(nation) (
P
)
............
Gyeonggi
(province) (
P
)
................
Suwŏn
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
............
since 1981
industrial center (
C
)
fortified settlement (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Suweon..........
[
VP
]
.................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
622
Suwŏn..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Britannica Book of the Year (1990)
653, n.1
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
192
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Britannica Book of the Year (1990)
653, n.1
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
622
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
192
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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