Gungnae

Guonei City
UNESCO World Heritage Site
LocationJi'an, Jilin, China
Part ofCapital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
Reference1135-002
Inscription2004 (28th Session)
Area59.24 ha (146.4 acres)
Coordinates41°8′19.4″N 126°10′34.3″E / 41.138722°N 126.176194°E / 41.138722; 126.176194
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese國內城
Simplified Chinese国内城
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGúonèi Chéng
Wade–GilesKuo-Nei Ch'eng
Korean name
Hangul국내성
Hanja國內城
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationGungnae-seong
McCune–ReischauerKungnae-sŏng
Gungnae is located in Jilin
Gungnae
Location of Gungnae in Jilin
Gungnae is located in China
Gungnae
Gungnae (China)

Gungnaeseong (Korean국내성; 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.

  1. ^ Complex of Koguryo Tombs (UNESCO/NHK) (Youtube). UNESCO. 2010.
  2. ^ The Capital City of Koguryo Viewed from the Satellite (enlarged edition) Northeast Asian History Foundation, Retrieved 2015-06-27
  3. ^ (in Korean) "Gungnae Fortress", Naver encyclopedia
  4. ^ "Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 10 Apr 2021.