| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |||||||||
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| Location | Ji'an, Jilin, China | ||||||||
| Part of | Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom | ||||||||
| Reference | 1135-002 | ||||||||
| Inscription | 2004 (28th Session) | ||||||||
| Area | 59.24 ha (146.4 acres) | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°8′19.4″N 126°10′34.3″E / 41.138722°N 126.176194°E | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 國內城 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 国内城 | ||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||
| Hangul | 국내성 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 國內城 | ||||||||
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  Location of Gungnae in Jilin  Gungnae (China) | |||||||||
Gungnaeseong (Korean: 국내성; Hanja: 國內城) or Guonei (Chinese: 國內) was the capital of the ancient Korean[1] kingdom of Goguryeo, which was located in Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula.[2] The perimeter of its outer fortress measures 2,686m.[3] It is located in present day Ji'an city, Jilin province, northeast China. Because of its historical importance and exceptional architecture, Gungnae was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.[4] It is part of the Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom World Heritage Site, together with nearby Hwando Mountain City and the Onyeosan City, in modern northeast China.
- ^ Complex of Koguryo Tombs (UNESCO/NHK) (Youtube). UNESCO. 2010.
- ^ The Capital City of Koguryo Viewed from the Satellite (enlarged edition) Northeast Asian History Foundation, Retrieved 2015-06-27
- ^ (in Korean) "Gungnae Fortress", Naver encyclopedia
- ^ "Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 10 Apr 2021.