Jipyeong-ri

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Jipyeong-ri
Hangul 지평리 Hanja 砥平里 Revised Romanization Jipyeong-ri McCune-Reischauer Chip'yŏng ri

Jipyeong-ri is a village in Jije-myeon, Yangpyeong County, Gyeonggi-do Province, South Korea. It was the site of a battle during the Korean War, to which a memorial has been erected. Various older historical landmarks are also located there, including the Jipyeong hyanggyo (village school) and a three-story stone pagoda from the Goryeo period.^[1]

[edit] Notes

1. ^ 지평리 삼층석탑(地平理 三層石塔,유형문화재 제180호). (Korean) Yangpyeong County website. Retrieved on 2006-10-20.

[edit] External links

• History of Yangpyeong at county government web site
• Chipyong-ni from Combat Actions in Korea, Russel A. Gugeler