Source identity and administrative path
The source row behind Anyang-si is GeoNames ID 1846898. Its recorded administrative path is Anyang-si → Gyeonggi-do → South Korea, and GeoNames classifies the place as a populated place. Anyang-si occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2023-06-29; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Population position inside fixed cohorts
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Anyang-si ranks 937 by recorded population. Inside the 22 selected South Korea entries it ranks 18; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 507. Its 595,644 population value is 0.67 times the 883,490 median for the country cohort and 0.59 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Anyang-si sits in the lower half of this atlas's selected South Korea entries. Anyang-si's recorded value is materially below the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Nearest-reference pattern
Anyang-si's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Ansan-si at 12.033 km with 623,256 recorded people; Suwon at 13.401 km with 1,234,582 recorded people; Bucheon-si at 17.358 km with 850,731 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 5.325 km. Compared with Ansan-si, Anyang-si's recorded population is 0.96 times as large. Against Anyang-si, Ansan-si follows Ansan-si → Gyeonggi-do → South Korea in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected South Korea cohort, uses the shared Asia/Seoul identifier, and carries the same populated place class. Its recorded population is above Anyang-si's. Against Anyang-si, Suwon follows Suwon-si → Gyeonggi-do → South Korea in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected South Korea cohort, uses the shared Asia/Seoul identifier, and carries first-order administrative seat rather than populated place. Its recorded population is above Anyang-si's. Against Anyang-si, Bucheon-si follows Bucheon-si → Gyeonggi-do → South Korea in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected South Korea cohort, uses the shared Asia/Seoul identifier, and carries the same populated place class. Its recorded population is above Anyang-si's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 173 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Anyang-si's nearest-coordinate gap falls between the tightest tenth and quarter of the atlas. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 1846898, the coordinate pair 37.3925 / 126.9269, country rank 18 of 22, and neighbor GeoNames 1846918 at 12.033 km bind Anyang-si to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts
Anyang-si's reference point is 37.3925° north and 126.9269° east. The IANA identifier Asia/Seoul is shared by 22 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPL is shared by 243 rows. Anyang-si's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Anyang-si's point falls in the middle-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Anyang-si's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Anyang-si, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.
- Record keys
- Anyang-si · GeoNames 1846898 · no verified Wikidata entity
- Name scope
- Anyang-si · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
- Administrative chain
- Anyang-si · Gyeonggi-do · South Korea
- Coordinate signature
- 37.3925° N · 126.9269° E
- Population snapshot
- 595,644 · atlas rank 937 of 1,206
- Country comparison
- South Korea rank 18 of 22 · median 883,490 · ratio 0.67×
- Regional comparison
- Asia rank 507 of 632 · median 1,008,426 · ratio 0.59×
- Time-zone cohort
- Asia/Seoul · 22 of 1,206 atlas rows
- Place-class cohort
- PPL populated place · 243 of 1,206 rows
- Elevation field
- Anyang-si · missing in GeoNames
- Nearest reference
- Ansan-si · 12.033 km · population 623,256 · atlas rank 896
- Second reference
- Suwon · 13.401 km · population 1,234,582 · atlas rank 423
- Third reference
- Bucheon-si · 17.358 km · population 850,731 · atlas rank 655
- Neighbour geometry
- Anyang-si · nearest-distance rank 173 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 5.325 km
- Source dates
- Anyang-si row updated 2023-06-29 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04