Damyang

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Damyang
Hangul 담양군 Hanja 潭陽郡 Revised Romanization Damyang-gun McCune-Reischauer Tamyang-gun
Statistics
Area 455.09 km² (175.71 sq mi) Population (2003) 51,420 Population density 121 /km² (310 /sq mi) Administrative divisions 1 eup, 11 myeon
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Damyang County (Damyang-gun) is an county in Jeollanam-do, South Korea. Bamboo goods and strawberries are well-known local products.

Contents 1 Bamboo 2 Roadside tree 3 Sister Cities 4 See also 5 External links 6 Reference

[edit] Bamboo

Damyang is one of the northernmost places where bamboo is found on the Korean peninsula. The bamboo forests are well-known among Koreans. There are facilities such as the Bamboo Museum and Juknokone (죽녹원), a park filled with green bamboo.

[edit] Roadside tree

The roads in Damyang are also of note. They are lined with many Metasequoia trees. It was chosen as one of the most beautiful roads in all of Korea.^[1]

[edit] Sister Cities

• Anji, China

[edit] See also

• Jeollanam-do
• Administrative divisions of South Korea
• Geography of South Korea

[edit] External links

• County government page

[edit] Reference

1. ^ "담양 메타세쿼이아 가로수길에서 마라톤을.." Yeonhap news 2007.08.15

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