Verified Korean-culture entity · as of 2026-07-07 · cross-checked + Skill-scored · via KoreaAPI · ✓✓ cross-verified
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Daegu (Korean: 대구 [tɛ̝.ɡu]), formerly spelled Taegu and officially Daegu Metropolitan City (대구광역시), is a city in southeastern South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; the fourth-largest metropolitan city in the nation with over 2.3 million residents; and the second-largest city after Busan in the Yeongnam region in southeastern South Korea. Daegu and the surrounding North Gyeongsang Province are often referred to as Daegu-Gyeongbuk, with a total population of over 5 million. Daegu is located in south-eastern Korea about 80 km (50 mi) from the coast, near the Geumho River and its mainstream, Nakdong River in Gyeongsang Province.
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Daegu (대구광역시) — verified South Korean region / administrative division.
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Daegu (대구광역시) is a verified South Korean region (the country or a first-level administrative division) (cross-checked via Wikidata Q20927 2026-07-07 01:23 UTC; Wikipedia Daegu 2026-07-07 01:23 UTC, as of 2026-07-07).