Taean

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Taean
Hangul 태안군
Hanja 泰安郡
Revised Romanization Taean-gun
McCune-Reischauer T'aean-gun
Statistics
Area 504.82 km² (194.91 sq mi)
Population (2003) 63,930
Population density 126.6 /km² (328 /sq mi)
Administrative divisions 2 eup, 8 myeon
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Taean County (Taean-gun) is a county in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea.

Taean County is most famous for Taean Haean National Park, known for its clear seas, unpolluted soils, coastal flora, tidal flats, coasts, and white sand. It includes thirty different beaches; one of these, Mallipo Beach, is considered one of the three most beautiful in Korea and is over three kilometers long. This beach is also the site of the 2007 Korea oil spill.

The Korean government designated Taean Haean National Park in 1978. It consists of 326.57 km² of land. There are about 130 islands in the park, and 250 species of flora thrive there.

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