Buan
South Korea
Buan: facts
At a glance
- Country: South Korea
- Region: Jeollabuk-do
- Administrative status: populated place (GeoNames code PPL)
- Population: approximately 22,267
- Coordinates: 35.7281° N, 126.7319° E
- Time zone: Asia/Seoul (UTC+09:00)
- Currency: Won (KRW)
- Distance to the capital, Seoul: 206 km (128 mi), straight line
Getting there
- Gunsan Airport / Gunsan Air Base (KUV): 22 km (14 mi), straight line
- Gwangju Airport (KWJ): 68 km (42 mi), straight line
- Muan International Airport (MWX): 88 km (55 mi), straight line
Nearby
- Sanwol-li: 13 km (8 mi)
- Kimje: 16 km (10 mi)
- Jeongeup: 22 km (14 mi)
- Yuyu: 23 km (14 mi)
- Yongi: 24 km (15 mi)
- Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Jeongeup, 22 km (14 mi)
Coming up in Buan
- 24 Dec 2026: Christmas Eve
- 25 Dec 2026: Christmas Day
- 31 Dec 2026: New Year's Eve
- 1 Jan 2027: New Year's Day
- 7 Feb 2027: Seollal
- 8 Feb 2027: Seollal Holiday
- 9 Feb 2027: Day off for Seollal
- 1 Mar 2027: Independence Movement Day
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