Daegu, formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. Daegu is located in south-eastern Korea about 80 km (50 mi) from the seacoast, near the Geumho River and its mainstream, Nakdong River in Gyeongsang-do. The Daegu basin is the central plain of the Yeongnam region.
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