Yeosu
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
Yeosu or Yosu , city (1995 pop. 183,559), South Jeolla (Cholla) prov., S South Korea, on the Korea Strait. It is a trading port and fishing base and the site of a large oil refinery. Yeosu also has an important thermal power plant.
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