Yangju

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City in Gyeonggi, South Korea

title: "Yangju" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["yangju", "cities-in-gyeonggi-province"] description: "City in Gyeonggi, South Korea" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangju" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary City in Gyeonggi, South Korea ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
name	Yangju
native_name	양주시
translit_lang1	Korean
settlement_type	Municipal City
translit_lang1_type1	Hangul
translit_lang1_info1	양주시
translit_lang1_type2	Hanja
translit_lang1_info2	楊州市
translit_lang1_type3	Revised Romanization
translit_lang1_info3	Yangju-si
translit_lang1_type4	McCune–Reischauer
translit_lang1_info4	Yangju-si
image_skyline	[[File:Yangju City Hall.JPG
image_map	Gyeonggi-Yangju.svg
map_caption	Location in South Korea
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	South Korea
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Gyeonggi Province (Sudogwon)
population_blank1_title	Dialect
population_blank1	Seoul
area_total_km2	310.1
population_as_of	September 2024
population_total	285,930
population_density_km2	611.1
parts_type	Administrative divisions
parts	1 eup, 4 myeon, 6 dong
image_flag	Flag of Yangju.svg
blank_emblem_type	Emblem of Yangju
image_blank_emblem	Yangju logo.png
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In the past, it was one region with Uijeongbu-si, Guri-si, Namyangju-si, Dongducheon-si, and some parts of Seoul, so the county office was located in Uijeongbu, which was the largest town in Yangju at the time and the center of all of Yangju, including the current Guri and Namyangju. Even after the separation of Uijeongbu-si in 1963, the county office remained in Uijeongbu city, and it was not until 2000 that it ended its life as Uijeongbu and moved to its current location near the site of the Yangju Mok government office, and when it was promoted to Yangju-si in 2003, it was given the title of city hall.

History

1395Renamed to Yangju.
January 1, 1963Uijeongbu is separated and becomes a city.
April 1, 1980Namyangju is separated and becomes a city.
July 1, 1981Dongducheon is separated and becomes a city.

Attractions

Yangju is home to the Jangheun Art Gallery, which features six exhibition halls and includes subsidiary facilities such as outdoor performances and outdoor sculptures. Yangju also has an astronomical observatory and planetarium that is open to the public. The city also used to have a walking Dae Jang Geum Theme Park featuring the film locations and constructed sets for the MBC Korean drama Daejanggeum, but this was closed permanently in late 2011 due to persistent vandalism.

Yangju also hosts the yearly Yangju Snow Festival. The city has a few mountains, including Gamaksan and Bulgoksan, which can be hiked. Part of Bukhansan is located within Yangju.

Town

It is divided into Okjeong New City and Hoecheon New City.

Okjeong City consists of Okjeong Village, Yuljeong Village, Hoeam Village, Wow Village, Cheonbosan Village, and Dokbawigol.

Okjeong new city

In the beginning, the correct name was Okjeong-gu, Yangjin City, but the LH removed the name Yangjin-city to reflect the opinions of residents, and Okjeong-gu was called Okjeong-si, and Hoecheon-si was called Hoecheon New Town. It is being sold under the name of the city of Okshin City. It claims to be a pleasant new town with a green area ratio of 26.88% where a high-tech city and clean nature harmonize. Okjeong and Hoecheon With a population of 160,000, the target population of 41,481 households is 106,000. As of March 2021, 17 complexes have been completed / moved in, and the resident population has exceeded 50,000 (as of February 10, 2021).

Currently 8 complexes remain.

Okjeong Lake Park

Okjeong Lake Park is a lake park that has been completed since the development of Yangshuo City in 2007. There are facilities such as a fountain facility, an outdoor stage, and a lake observatory.

Climate

Yangju has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen: Dwa) with cold, dry winters and hot, rainy summers. | location = Yangju (1996–2020 normals) | metric first = Y | single line = Y

| source = Korea Meteorological Administration | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220129211110/https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf | archive-date = 29 January 2022 | url = https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf | title = Climatological Normals of Korea (1991 ~ 2020) | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 7 June 2023 | language = ko}}

Transportation

There are three subway stations covered by the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, and it takes about 70 minutes from the center of Seoul to the first station located in Yangju. Also, there are numerous public bus services running between Seoul, Uijeongbu, and up to Yeoncheon, where the border with North Korea is crossed by the Demilitarized Military Zone.

Railroad

Korail (Seoul Subway Line 1)

Bus

City Bus: ,
Intercity Bus:

Road

Highway

Route

National Route 3, National Route 39

Local Roads

Local Route 39, , Local Route 78,
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Sister cities

Notable people from Yangju

Lee Seung-hyung (), South Korean actor.

Statistics

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References

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