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Geonju
City
City of Geonju
Skyline of Riverside Downtown Geonju.
Skyline of Riverside Downtown Geonju.
Motto: 
"Dynamic Geonju"
City foundedc. 188 BC
District DivisionPrefecture of Guangzhou
Government
 • TypeGeonju Prefecture Assembly
 • Elected bodyGeonju Prefecture Assembly
 • MayorJinpo Wei (U)
 • Representative5 Representatives
Area
 • City887.2 km2 (342.5 sq mi)
 • Land802.7 km2 (309.9 sq mi)
 • Water84.5 km2 (32.6 sq mi)
Highest elevation
1,006.5 m (3,302.2 ft)
Lowest elevation
441.5 m (1,448.5 ft)
Population
 (2019)
 • Rank7th in Zhenia
 • Metro
5,891,378
Time zoneUTC+08:00 (Zhenia Central Standard Zone (CEST))
ZIP Code
29001-29016
Zhenia Federal Area Code029
Websitewww.cityofgeonju.zhen.gov

Geonju (Classic Zhenian: 建州, Modern Zhenian: 건주), formally the City of Geonju (Classic Zhenian: 建州市, Modern Zhenian: 건주시), is the provincial capital and most populous city of Zhenia's Donggwang Province. As the seventh-most populous city in the nation, it is the most populous and largest city that is a part of a province-level area and not its own metropolitan municipality.

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