Jeongseon
| Jeongseon-gun | ||||
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| Korean alphabet : | 정선군 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 旌 善 郡 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Jeongseon-gun | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Chŏngsŏn-gun | |||
| Basic data | ||||
| Province : | Gangwon-do | |||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 23 ' N , 128 ° 40' E | |||
| Surface: | 1,220 km² | |||
| Residents: | 37,573 (as of: 2019) | |||
| Population density : | 31 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Structure: | 4 eup, 5 myeon | |||
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Jeongseon County ( kor .: 정선군 , Jeongseon-gun ) is located in Gangwon-do Province in South Korea . The administrative headquarters are in Jeongseon-eup City. It had an area of 1,220 km² and a population of 37,573 inhabitants in 2019.
Present-day Jeongseon County was ruled by the Goguryeo Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms and called Ingpyae-hyeon (잉 패현). After the Silla Dynasty unified the Korean peninsula, it was renamed Jeongseon-hyeon in 757. After the founding of the Goryeo dynasty , he was promoted to a county (gun) in 1012 or 1018.
During the 2018 Winter Olympics , ski races were held at the Jeongseon Alpine Center .
Sons and daughters of the county
- Won Bin (born 1977), actor
- Seol Ki-hyeon (born 1979), footballer
Location of the district in Gangwon-do