Editing Namwon (section)

{{Short description|City in North Jeolla, South Korea}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Namwon
| native_name                     = {{lang|ko|남원시}}
| settlement_type                 = [[Cities of South Korea|Municipal City]]
| translit_lang1                  = Korean
| translit_lang1_type1            = Hangul
| translit_lang1_type2            = [[Hanja]]
| translit_lang1_info1            = {{lang|ko|남원시}}
| translit_lang1_info2            = {{lang|ko|南原市}}
| translit_lang1_type3            = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}}
| translit_lang1_type4            = {{nowrap|McCune–Reischauer}}
| translit_lang1_info3            = Namwon-si
| translit_lang1_info4            = Namwŏn-si
| image_skyline      = {{multiple image
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 |image1      = Gwanghallu Pavilion at Night- Namwon.jpg
 |image2      = Seodo (Namwon) Station, in Namwon, North Jeolla Province, South Korea 01.jpg
 |image3      = Namwon6.jpg
 |image4      = Namwon City Hall.JPG
 |image5      = Namwon9.jpg
 |image6      = Namwon Station 2013-07-02.jpg
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| image_caption      = From the left: Gwanghalluwon, Seodo station, Namwon City Hall, road, [[Namwon station]]
| image_blank_emblem              = [[File:Namwon city logo.svg|60px]]
| blank_emblem_type               = CI of Namwon
| image_map                       = North Jeolla-Namwon.svg
| map_caption                     = Location in South Korea
| coordinates                     = {{coord|35|24|36|N|127|23|9|E|region:KR-45|display=it}}
| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = South Korea
| subdivision_type1               = [[Regions of Korea|Region]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Honam]]
| parts_type                      = [[Administrative divisions of South Korea|Administrative divisions]]
| parts                           = 1 ''eup'', 15 ''myeon'', 7 ''dong''
| area_total_km2                  = 752.4
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| population_total        = 104,198
| population_as_of        = 2002
| population_total        = 86,460
| population_as_of        = 2014  
| population_total        = 75,646
| population_as_of        = September 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jumin.mois.go.kr/|title=Population statistics |date=2024|website=Korea Ministry of the Interior and Safety}}</ref>
| population_total        = 83,281
| population_as_of        = 2017 
| population_total        = 81,257
| population_as_of        = 2020
-->| population_total                = 79,015 
| population_as_of                = 2022
| population_blank1_title         = Dialect
| population_blank1               = [[Jeolla dialect|Jeolla]]
| image_flag                      = Flag of Namwon.svg
}}
'''Namwon''' ({{Langx|ko|남원}}, {{IPA|ko|na̠m.wʌ̹n}}) is a [[Administrative divisions of South Korea|city]] in [[North Jeolla Province]], South Korea.  Namwon is about 50 minutes from the provincial capital of [[Jeonju]], which is almost three hours away from [[Seoul]]. The official city flower is [[Royal Azalea]] ({{Korean|labels=no|철쭉}}) while the city tree is the [[Lagerstroemia|crape-myrtle]] ({{Korean|labels=no|배롱나무}}) and the city bird is the [[swallow]] ({{Korean|labels=no|제비}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.namwon.go.kr/main/content.action?cmsid=101010101000|script-title=ko:상징물-남원시청|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201115805/http://www.namwon.go.kr/main/content.action?cmsid=101010101000|archive-date=February 1, 2011}}</ref> Namwon is a small city located just outside [[Jirisan National Park]], which has the largest set of mountains on the South Korean Mainland. It also borders the [[Seomjin River]], one of South Korea's more prominent rivers.  It is 3 hours and 15 minutes from the Seoul Central City Bus Terminal (via direct bus) and about one hour from both the U-Square Bus Terminal in Gwangju and the Jeonju Inter City Bus Terminal (depending on traffic).  It is called "the City of Love" because of the famous Korean love story of Chunhyang. Gwanghanlu Garden is a shrine to this love story.