Chungju
| Chungju | ||||
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| Korean alphabet : | 충주시 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 忠 州市 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Chungju-si | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Ch'ungju-si | |||
| Basic data | ||||
| Province : | Chungcheongbuk-do | |||
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 58 ' N , 127 ° 57' E | |||
| Surface: | 983.95 km² | |||
| Residents: | 208,115 (as of December 2013) | |||
| Population density : | 212 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Structure: | 1 eup , 12 myeon , 12 dong | |||
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Chungju ( kor. 충주 ) is a city in the South Korean province of Chungcheongbuk-do .
The city has 208,115 inhabitants and is around 1.6 times the size of Seoul with an area of 983.95 km² . The Chungju University has its headquarters here and the Konkuk University here has a campus.
Chungju was given city status ( -si ) on July 8, 1956 , but Jungwon-gun was split off. On January 1, 1995, they were reunited. Mayor is Lee Jong-bae ( 이종배 ).
Ban Ki-moon , the United Nations Secretary -General , went to school in Chungju. The 2013 World Rowing Championships took place on Lake Tangeum in Chungju. The Chungju Dam is about 6 km northeast of the city. The National Treasure No. 6, a seven-story stone pagoda, located in the city in Tappyeong-ri. In addition, the city and region is a well-known apple-growing area.
Street with apple trees in Chungju
Chungju dam
sons and daughters of the town
- Lee Kyeong-yeong (born 1960), actor
- Suk Hyun-jun (born 1991), football player
Town twinning
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Taichung , Republic of China (1969) -
Yugawara , Japan (1994) -
Musashino , Japan (1997)
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Daqing , People's Republic of China (2001)
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Overview of Chung-ju ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Official city website, accessed April 1, 2014.
- ↑ Chung-ju History ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Official city website, accessed April 1, 2014.
- ↑ Message from the Mayor ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Official city website, accessed April 1, 2014.
- ↑ National Treasure 6 . Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea , accessed April 1, 2014.
