Jeungpyeong County

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Jeungpyeong
증평
County
Korean transcription(s)
  Hangul
  Hanja
  Revised Romanization Jeungpyeong-gun
  McCune-Reischauer Chŭngp'yŏng-gun
Location in South Korea
Country  South Korea
Region Hoseo
Administrative divisions 1 eup, 1 myeon
Area
  Total 81.84 km2 (31.60 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Total 31,276
  Density 382/km2 (990/sq mi)
  Dialect Chungcheong
Website jp.go.kr

Jeungpyeong County (Jeungpyeong-gun) is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea.

Location

Jeungpyeong belong to center of Chungcheongbuk-do. It is located East of Jincheon, West of Goesan, south of Eumseong, north of Cheongwon.

Symbols

  • county tree: Ginkgo tree
  • county bird: Snowy Egret
  • county flower: White Magnolia

History

  • 1990, 12,31 : Chungcheongbuk-do JeungPyeong local office is construct of Goesan-gun jeungpyeong eup, doan myeon.
  • 2003, 8, 30 : JeungPyeong local office is raised to Jeungpyeong-gun, and it became independence from Goesan-gun.

Education

  • JeungPyeong is the site of several school and tertiary institution, including:

Elementary School

Middle School

High School

Tertiary Institution

Twin towns – Sister cities

Jeungpyeong is twinned with:

External links

Coordinates: 36°47′N 127°35′E / 36.783°N 127.583°E / 36.783; 127.583


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