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The city is geographically located between 127°33'21"and 127°14'54" in the east longitude, and 36°10'50" through 36°29'47" in the north latitude. It is in the same latitude as Athens, Lisbon, and San Francisco.
The city is located in the center of South Korea: 167.3 km from Seoul, 294 km from Busan, and 169 km from Gwangju. It is also the gateway between Yeongnam province and Honam province. It is an important place where traffic diverges into two major expressways, the Gyungbu Expressway going to the east and the Honam Expressway to the west. It becomes the hub of national traffic both in name and reality, after the rapid transit railway started operation in April, 2004. |
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Daejeon is the fifth largest city among South Korea's top six cities, including Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Incheon, and Gwangju. Its population is 1,390,510 and it covers an area of 539.83 km² at the end of 2000. Comparing areas of the boroughs, Yuseong-gu is the largest borough of the city; the second is Dong-gu; the third is Seo-gu; the fourth is Daedeok-gu; and Jung-gu is the smallest. |
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| The city is surrounded by four mountains. These mountains are Gyeoryongsan (mountain), Gyejoksan (mountain), Sikjangsan (mountain), and Maninsan (mountain). The city is also located along three major rivers. They are the Gapcheon, Yudeungcheon, and Daejeoncheon. These rivers help form the basin for the city. The water for the city comes from these three rivers and many small branches of these rivers. All rivers run from south to north, and flow into Geumgang - one of the biggest rivers in South Korea. The city originally developed from farms and houses that were on the hillsides and the valleys between the four mountains and along the three rivers. The three rivers divide the city's five boroughs: Dong-gu and Daedeok-gu are located east of Daejeoncheon; Jung-gu is between Daejeoncheon and Yudeungcheon; Seo-gu is between Yudeungcheon and Gapcheon; and Yuseong-gu is west of Gapcheon. |
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