United Nations Memorial Cemetery | |
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재한유엔기념공원 | |
Commission for the UNMCK (CUNMCK) | |
Used for those deceased 1950–53 plus UNC deceased post-war | |
Established | 18 January 1951 (as the United Nations Military Cemetery (UNMC)) |
Location | 35°7′41″N 129°5′49″E / 35.12806°N 129.09694°E 93 UN Pyeonghwa-ro, Nam-gu, Busan, 608-812, Republic of Korea (Old address: 779 Daeyon 4-dong, Nam-gu, Busan) |
Total burials | 2,300 |
Burials by nation | |
United Nations Command (UNC):
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Statistics source: * UN Memorial Cemetery (Official) * Korean War Memorials: UN Memorial Cemetery in Korea |
United Nations Memorial Cemetery | |
Hangul | |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jaehan yuen ginyumgongwon |
McCune–Reischauer | Chaehan yuen kinyŏmgongwŏn |
The United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea (UNMCK; Korean: 재한유엔기념공원; RR: Jaehahn yuen ginyeomgongwon),[10] located at Tanggok in the Nam District,[11] City of Busan,[nb 2] Republic of Korea, is a burial ground for United Nations Command (UNC) casualties of the Korean War.[nb 3] It contains 2,300 graves and is the only United Nations cemetery in the world. Laid out over 14 hectares (35 acres), the graves are set out in 22 sites designated by the nationalities of the buried servicemembers.[12]
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