Paju 파주 坡州
—  Municipal City  —
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	파주시
• Hanja	坡州市
• Revised Romanization	Paju-si
• McCune-Reischauer	P'aju-si
Country	South Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Administrative divisions	5 eup, 9 myeon, 2 dong
Area
• Total	672.56 km2 (259.68 sq mi)
Population (2012 Feb)
• Total	390,961
• Density	581.3/km2 (1,506/sq mi)
• Dialect	Seoul

Paju is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Paju was made a city in 1997; it had previously been a county (gun).^[1]

The city is located just south of Panmunjeom on the 38th parallel. To defend the Korean capital, Seoul, many US and Korean army bases are set up in the city. In 2002, the northernmost Korean railway station, Dorasan, was opened. North Korean territory and Kaesong City can be seen from Mount Dora in the city.

Administrative divisions[link]

Paju is divided as follows:

• Beobwon-eup (법원읍)
• Paju-eup (파주읍)
• Munsan-eup (문산읍)
• Jori-eup (조리읍)
• Wollong-myeon (월롱면)
• Papyeong-myeon (파평면)
• Jeokseong-myeon (적성면)
• Gwangtan-myeon (광탄면)
• Tanhyeon-myeon (탄현면)
• Gunnae-myeon (군내면)
  • Jangdan-myeon (장단면)
  • Jinseo-myeon (진서면)
  • Jindong-myeon (진동면)
• Gyoha-dong (교하동)
• Geumchon1(il)-dong (금촌1동)
  • Maekgeum-dong (맥금동)
  • Yadong-dong (야동동)
  • Geomsan-dong (검산동)
  • Adong-dong (아동동)
  • Geumchon-dong (금촌동 - 1)
• Geumchon2(ii)-dong (금촌2동)
  • Geumneung-dong (금릉동)
  • Geumchon-dong (금촌동 - 2)

US military bases[link]

• Camp Bonifas & Camp Liberty-Bell (home to US/ROKA Joint Security Area)
• Multi-Purpose Live Fire Complex (MLFC), also called Rodriguez Range or Rodriguez Live Fire Complex
• Camp Edwards -closed
• Camp Garry Owen -closed
• Camp Giant -closed
• Camp Greaves -closed
• Camp Howze -closed
• Camp Semper Fidelis (home of 1st Provisional DMZ Police Co., 1st Marine Div. 1953-1956)
• Camp Stanton -closed

Attractions[link]

• Korean Demilitarized Zone
• the Jayuro Road of Freedom
• Tongilro Road of Unification or National Road No. 1
• Gloucester Valley Battle Monument ("Gloster Hill") - war memorial
• Heyri Art Village - with 350 artists in fine arts, music, theater, photography, sculpture, crafts and literature. It aims to promote cultural interchange, education, and exhibit and sell hand-crafted works of art.^[2]

Notable people[link]

• Kim Young-moo, poet and scholar
• Ahn Jung-Hwan, professional footballer
• Kang Jiyoung, member of South Korea girl group Kara
• Kim Kwang Yeon, member of South Korean boy group LEDApple
• Lee Mi-Swel, contestant on Kpop Star.
• Choi Ji-woo, South Korean actress

In media[link]

• It is the location of film Paju, starring by Lee Sun Gyun and Seo Woo.

Sister cities[link]

Paju is twinned with the following places:^[3]

• Coquitlam, Canada
• Cuenca, Spain
• Hadano, Japan
• Mudanjiang, China
• Pasadena, California
• Stellenbosch, South Africa
• Toowoomba, Australia

See also[link]

• List of cities in South Korea

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Paju, Gyeonggi-do

• City government website

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Coordinates: 37°52′N 126°48′E / 37.867°N 126.8°E / 37.867; 126.8

Imbi Paju at the Turku Book Fair, 2009

Imbi Paju (born June 3, 1959 Jõgevamaa, Estonia) is an Estonian-born journalist, writer and filmmaker resident in Finland.^[1]

Paju has been operating in Finland as a correspondent of the Estonian newspapers Eesti Päevaleht and Postimees. Before Estonia's re-independence, she worked in Tartu's Vanemuine Theatre opera chorus.

In 2006, her book "Memories Denied" was published in Estonian, Swedish and Russian languages. Paju has also made a documentary of the same name, Memories Denied, which examined Paju's own family struggle during the Soviet period.

In 2009, she completed a documentary "Sisters Across the Gulf of Finland" which tells the story of the cooperation and friendship between the members of the Estonian and Finnish voluntary auxiliary organizations for women (Naiskodukaitse and Lotta Svärd) that began in the 1920s and was cut off by World War II and the Soviet occupation of Estonia.

References[link]

External links[link]

• http://imbipaju.wordpress.com

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