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Changwon City, South Gyeongsang Province, South Koreai
Regional Level Types
Changwon CityCity
South Gyeongsang ProvinceProvince
South KoreaCountry

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Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Changwon550,000 (2012)
Naesŏ80,987 (2006)
Mindat Locality ID:
340167
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:340167:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Changwon, Gyeongsang du Sud, Corée du Sud
German:
Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, Südkorea
Italian:
Changwon, Gyeongsang Meridionale, Corea del Sud
Russian:
Чханвон, Кёнсан-Намдо, Республика Корея
Simplified Chinese:
昌原市, 庆尚南道, 大韩民国
Spanish:
Changwon, Provincia de Gyeongsang del Sur, Corea del Sur
Afrikaans:
Changwon, Suid-Korea
Arabic:
تشانغوون, غيونغسانغ الجنوبية (مقاطعة), كوريا الجنوبية
Armenian:
Չանգվոն, Հարավային Գյոնգսանգ, Հարավային Կորեա
Asturian:
Changwon, Corea del Sur
Basque:
Changwon, Hego Gyeongsang, Hego Korea
Bengali:
চ্যাংউন, দক্ষিণ কোরিয়া
Breton:
Changwon, Republik Korea
Bulgarian:
Чангуон, Кьонсан-Намдо, Южна Корея
Catalan:
Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, Corea del Sud
Cebuano:
Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, Habagatang Korea
Chechen:
Чханвон, Къилба Корей
Czech:
Čchangwon, Jižní Kjongsang, Jižní Korea
Danish:
Changwon, Sydkorea
Dutch:
Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, Zuid-Korea
Esperanto:
Ĉangvon, Sud-Gjeongsang, Sud-Koreio
Farsi/Persian:
چانگ‌وون, جئونسانگنام-دو, کره جنوبی
Finnish:
Changwon, Etelä-Gyeongsang, Korean tasavalta
Greek:
Τσάνγουον, Γκιόνγκσανγκναμ-ντο, Νότια Κορέα
Greenlandic:
Changwon, Korea Kujalleq
Gujarati:
ચેંગવોન, દક્ષિણ કોરિયા
Hebrew:
צ'נגוון, קוריאה הדרומית
Hindi:
चांगवन, दक्षिण कोरिया
Hungarian:
Cshangvon, Dél-Kjongszang, Dél-Korea
Ido:
Changwon, Sud-Korea
Indonesian:
Changwon, Gyeongsang Selatan, Korea Selatan
Japanese:
昌原市, 慶尚南道, 大韓民国
Javanese:
Changwon, Koréa Kidul
Kannada:
ಚ್ಯಾನ್ಗ್ ವೊನ್, ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕೊರಿಯಾ
Korean:
창원시, 경상남도, 대한민국
Latvian:
Čhanvona, Dienvidkoreja
Lithuanian:
Čangvonas, Pietų Kiongsango provincija, Pietų Korėja
Lombard:
Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, Curea del Süd
Malay:
Changwon, Gyeongsang Selatan, Korea Selatan
Maori:
Changwon, Kōrea-ki-te-tonga
Marathi:
चांगवोन, दक्षिण ग्याँगसांग प्रांत, दक्षिण कोरिया
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Changwon Chhī, Hân-kok
Mongolian:
Чанвон, Өмнө Кёнсан, Өмнөд Солонгос
Norwegian:
Changwon, Sør-Gyeongsang, Sør-Korea
Ossetian:
Чханвон, Республикæ Корей
Polish:
Changwon, Gyeongsang Południowy, Korea Południowa
Portuguese:
Changwon, Gyeongsang do Sul, Coreia do Sul
Scots:
Changwon, Sooth Gyeongsang Province, Sooth Korea
Sinhalese:
චැන්ග්වොන්, දකුණු කොරියාව
Slovak:
Čchangwon, Kórejská republika
Swahili:
Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea Kusini
Swedish:
Changwon, Södra Gyeongsang, Sydkorea
Tagalog:
Changwon, Timog Korea
Tamil:
சாங்ஒன், தென் கொரியா
Tatar:
Чаңвон, Көньяк Корея
Telugu:
ఛాంగ్వాన్, దక్షిణ కొరియా
Thai:
ชางวอน, จังหวัดคย็องซังใต้, ประเทศเกาหลีใต้
Traditional Chinese:
昌原, 慶尚南道, 大韓民國
Turkish:
Changwon, Güney Gyeongsang, Güney Kore
Ukrainian:
Чханвон, Південний Кьонсан, Південна Корея
Urdu:
چانگوون, جنوبی گیئونگسانگ صوبہ, جنوبی کوریا
Vietnamese:
Changwon, Gyeongsang Nam, Hàn Quốc
Waray:
Changwon, Salatan nga Korea
Western Punjabi:
چانگون, صوبہ تھلواں گیونگسونگ, دکھنی کوریا


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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences6
Youngest Fossil Listed101 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed125 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Hayang - Jindong6113 - 100.5 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Sauropoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Sauropoda125 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ornithopoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Ornithopoda125 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Jindongornipes kimi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Jindongornipodidae : Jindongornipes : Jindongornipes kimi125 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Koreanaornis hamanensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Koreanaornipodidae : Koreanaornis : Koreanaornis hamanensis125 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Iguanodontipodidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Iguanodontipodidae113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changwon
Wikidata ID:Q243327
GeoNames ID:1846322


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