Cheongdo

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Cheongdo

Hangul	청도군
Hanja	淸道郡
Revised Romanization	Cheongdo-gun
McCune-Reischauer	Ch'ŏngdo-gun

Statistics

Area	696.53 km² (268.93 sq mi)
Population (2005)	47,099 ^[1]
Population density	72.8 /km² (189 /sq mi)
Administrative divisions	2 eup, 7 myeon

Location map

Cheongdo County (Cheongdo-gun) is a county in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is connected to the national transportation grid by the Gyeongbu Line railroad and the Daegu-Busan Expressway. The seat of government is located in the center of the county, in Hwayang-eup.

In the Samhan period, Cheongdo may have been the site of the small polity of Ieso-guk. It was later absorbed into Silla, and gained its current name of "Cheongdo" in 940. The nine subdivisions of the town were established in 1919. The county government moved to its current location in 1961. In 1966, the New Village Movement began in Sindo 1-ri, Cheongdo-eup.

Every year Cheongdo is host to an international festival of bullfighting.

1 Administrative divisions
2 Sister Cities
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Administrative divisions

Cheongdo is divided into two eup and seven myeon, as below. These in turn are divided into 212 ri, and 668 natural villages (jayeon burak).

Hwayang-eup
Cheongdo-eup
Gakbuk-myeon
Punggak-myeon
Iseo-myeon
Gangnam-myeon
Maejeon-myeon
Geumcheon-myeon
Unmun-myeon

[edit] Sister Cities

Nenjiang, China

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

v • d • e Administrative divisions of North Gyeongsang province, South Korea

Capital	Daegu

Cities	Andong · Gimcheon · Gumi · Gyeongju · Gyeongsan · Mungyeong · Pohang · Sangju · Yeongcheon · Yeongju

Counties	Bonghwa · Cheongdo · Cheongsong · Chilgok · Goryeong · Gunwi · Seongju · Uiseong · Uljin · Ulleung · Yecheon · Yeongdeok · Yeongyang