Eunjin
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| Eunjin | |
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| Hangul: |
은진면
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| Hanja: |
恩津面
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| Revised Romanization: | Eunjin-myeon |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Ŭnjin-myŏn |
- For the page on Shim Eun Jin, the Korean singer, please visit Shim Eun Jin.
Eunjin is myeon, or rural district, of Nonsan, South Korea. Located in the southwestern portion of Nonsan, it covers 22.3 square kilometers, and has a population of 5,983.
Eunjin is best known for the giant standing stone Buddha called the Eunjin Mireuk , a popular place to visit for all South Koreans. The statue is 18.12 meters tall. It was completed in A.D. 968, in the nineteenth year of the reign of King Gwangjong, after 37 years of construction.
[edit] Notes
- ^ 일반현황. Eunjin local government website. Retrieved on January 20, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Local government website, in Korean
- Korean article about Eunjin Mireuk: http://blog.naver.com/hiondongkor/17261154
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