Wonju

Japanese: 原州 - げんしゅう
Wonju

It is a city located inland in the southern part of Gangwon Province, South Korea. It has an area of ​​867.77 square kilometers and a population of 267,849 (2000). The Charyeong Mountains run through the southeast, and the Wonju River, a tributary of the Namhan River, flows through the city, forming a basin. As an inland basin, the city experiences a large annual temperature range (average temperature: maximum 17.3°C, minimum -5.5°C). It produces a lot of rice, wheat, vegetables, and fruit, and cattle farming is also thriving. Light industries such as silk weaving and kudzu wallpaper are well developed, and it has become a transportation hub since the opening of the Suwon-Gangneung national expressway along with the Central Line railway.

[Mori Seiu]

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Japanese:

韓国(大韓民国)、江原道(こうげんどう/カンウォンド)南部の内陸に位置する都市。面積867.77平方キロメートル、人口26万7849(2000)。南東部に車嶺(しゃれい/チャリョン)山脈が走り、南漢江(なんかんこう/ナムハンガン)の支流である原州川が流れ、盆地を形成した。内陸盆地のため気温の年較差が大きい(平均気温、最高17.3℃、最低-5.5℃)。米、麦、蔬菜(そさい)、果実類の生産が多く、牧牛も盛んである。工業は絹織物、葛布(くずふ)の壁紙など軽工業が発達しており、中央線鉄道とともに水原(すいげん/スウォン)―江陵(こうりょう/カンヌン)間高速国道が開通したため交通の要地となっている。

[森 聖雨]

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