Suncheon: facts

At a glance

• Country: South Korea
• Region: Jeollanam-do
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 276,375
• Coordinates: 34.9505° N, 127.4878° E
• Time zone: Asia/Seoul (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Won (KRW)
• Distance to the capital, Seoul: 294 km (183 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Yeosu Airport (RSU): 17 km (10 mi), straight line
• Sacheon Airport / Sacheon Air Base (HIN): 55 km (34 mi), straight line
• Gwangju Airport (KWJ): 65 km (40 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Sangsa: 3.2 km (2.0 mi)
• Haeryong: 6.1 km (3.8 mi)
• Byeollyang: 9.0 km (5.6 mi)
• Kwangyang: 9.6 km (6.0 mi)
• Bonggang: 11 km (7 mi)