Jangheung

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Jangheung
Hangul 장흥군
Hanja 長興郡
Revised Romanization Jangheung-gun
McCune-Reischauer Changhŭng-gun
Statistics
Area 617.96 km² (238.60 sq mi)
Population (2001) 53,392
Population density 86 /km² (220 /sq mi)
Administrative divisions 3 eup, 7 myeon
Location map
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Jangheung County (Jangheung-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.

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[edit] Slow city

Jangheung was designated as the first region of slow city not only in South Korea but also in whole Asia with other local Korean regions in December of 2007.

[edit] Spot for filming

The Festival (1996 film) was taken in Jangheung county by director Im Kwon-taek.[1] The film conveys deep Korean traditional culture together with natural sceneries of county.

[edit] Eulalia

In Jangheung, Cheonkwan Mt. is famous for beautiful sceneries with eulalias. The plants start to grow its full scale from mid September and continue to keep its beauty to Oct.[2]

[edit] Symbols

  • Bird : Dove
  • Flower : Azalea
  • Tree : Camellia

[edit] Special products

The county is famous for its production of pyogo mushroom(표고버섯). These vegetables are not chemically treated and are originally cultivated in uncontaminated land.[3] Its reputation fits current trends in well-being and gets wide publicity.[4]

Other crops from strawberries to herbs used in Korean medicine are widely cultivated by eco-friendly methods. Jangheung county officially got an award for being the best region growing high-quality crops in 2006.[5]

[edit] Sister Cities

[edit] See also

[edit] Reference

  1. ^ Southern point of Namdo - Spring is coming into barley fields 남도의 끝자락… 보리밭 사잇길로 봄이 온다 헤럴드경제 2008.01.18 http://www.heraldbiz.com/SITE/data/html_dir/2008/01/18/200801180011.asp
  2. ^ Blooming eulalia in Jangheung 장흥 천관산에 억새 활짝 Seoul Shinmun 2007-09-12 http://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20070912011005
  3. ^ County official page
  4. ^ The place of pyogo mushroom표고버섯의 고장 정남진 연합뉴스 2007.12.05
  5. ^ Jangheung officially acknowledged best region for eco-friendly farming 장흥군, 친환경농업 전국최고 공식인정 Yeonhap news 2006.12.18 (kor) http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LPOD&mid=etc&oid=098&aid=0000194033
  6. ^ http://www.yeongdo.go.kr/(kor) 자매결연도시

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