City located in the
southeastern corner of the
province of Jeollanam-do, South Korea. It is a scenic agricultural and
industrial city of around 250,000 people near Suncheon Bay. It is just over an hour south-east of Gwangju.
Hangeul: 순천시
Revised Romanization: Suncheon-si
McCune-Reischauer: Sunch'ŏn-si
Also: Soon-Cheon, Soon Chun, Sun-Chun