Eumseong
| Eumseong-gun | ||||
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| Korean alphabet : | 음성군 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 陰 城 郡 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Eumseong-gun | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Ŭmsŏng-gun | |||
| Basic data | ||||
| Province : | Chungcheongbuk-do | |||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 0 ′ N , 127 ° 35 ′ E | |||
| Surface: | 521.05 km² | |||
| Residents: | 87,954 (as of 2001) | |||
| Population density : | 169 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Structure: | 2 eup, 7 myeon | |||
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Eumseong is a district in the South Korean province of Chungcheongbuk-do . It is located in the north-western part of the province, bordering the independent city of Chungju -si in the east and Gyeonggi-do province in the north . The seat of the district administration is the town of Eumseong in the east of the district. Geumwang is a little to the northwest.
A former name of the area Seolseong ( 雪城 ). The district received its current name on May 26, 1895. On March 1, 1914, it received 9 parishes from parts of what was then the Chungju-gun district. In 1965 there were 127,000 people in the district. By 1990 the population fell by over 50,000; since then it has risen slightly again. Eumseong has the second highest population of the nine counties ( gun ) in the province.
The highest mountain is the Gaseopsan ( 가섭 산 ) at 710 m on the border with the community of Sinni-myeon (Chungju-si).
Taizhou is Eumseong's twin city.
Official symbols
Administrative structure
| Type | Names of the parishes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Transcription | Hangeul | Hanja | |
|
eup (음) |
Eumseong-eup * | 음성읍 | 陰 城邑 |
| Geumwang-eup ** | 금왕읍 | 金旺邑 | |
|
myeon (면) |
Soi-myeon | 소이면 | 蘇伊 面 |
| Wonnam-myeon | 원남면 | 遠 南面 | |
| Maengdong-myeon | 맹동면 | 孟 洞 面 | |
| Daeso-myeon | 대소면 | 大 所 面 | |
| Samseong-myeon | 삼성면 | 三 成 面 | |
| Saenggeuk-myeon | 생극면 | 笙 極 面 | |
| Gamgok-myeon | 감곡면 | 甘谷 面 | |
* since July 8, 1956; before that Eumseong-myeon
** since July 1, 1973; before that Geumwang-myeon
Famous pepole
- Ban Ki-moon (* 1944), 8th UN Secretary General