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Hanam

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Hanam, South Korea
Hanam, South Korea. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

About Hanam

Hanam is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Formerly a part of Gwangju County, it was designated a city in 1989. The ancient Baekje capital of Hanam Wiryeseong may have been located there.

Lying immediately east of Seoul, Hanam is also bordered by Namyangju, Gwangju, and Seongnam.

Hanam has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dwa), but can be considered a borderline humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa) using the −3 °C (27 °F) isotherm.

City Council website Archived 2019-07-22 at the Wayback Machine...

Overview adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA. Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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