Jinju

Jinju
Korean alphabet :	진주시
Chinese characters :	晋 州市
Revised Romanization :	Jinju-si
McCune-Reischauer :	Chinju-si
Basic data
Province :	Gyeongsangnam-do
Coordinates :	35 ° 12 '  N , 128 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 12 '  N , 128 ° 5'  E
Surface:	712.8 km²
Residents:	339,943  (status: 2002)
Population density :	477 inhabitants per km²
Structure:	1 eup , 15 myeon , 21 dong
Postal code :	660-003-660-998
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Jinju Jinju on the map of South Korea.

Jinju is a city in the west of Gyeongsangnam-do Province in South Korea . It's on Namgang . In the north, the districts are Sancheong , Uiryeong and Haman , to the east Masan , in the southern district of Goseong and Sacheon and west of the county Hadong . The famous Lantern Festival takes place in Jinju every year in October.

Administrative structure

Jinju is divided into a eup , 15 myeong and 21 dong .

Munsan-eup (문산읍)
Naedong-myeon (내동면) Jeongchon-myeong (정촌면) Geumgok-myeong (금곡면) Jinseong-myeong (진성면) Ilbanseong-myeong (일반성면) Ibanseong-myeong (이반성면) Sabong-myeong (사봉면) Jisu-myeong (지수면)	Daegok-myeong (대곡면) Geumsan-myeong (금산면) Jibhyeon-myeong (집현면) Micheon-myeong (미천면) Myeongseok-myeong (명석면) Daepyeong-myeong (대평면) Sugok-myeong (수곡면)
Manggyeong-dong (망경동) Gangnam-dong (강남동) Chiram-dong (칠암동) Seongji-dong (성지 동) Jungan-dong (중앙동) Bongan-dong (봉 안동) Sangbongdong-dong (상봉동동) Sangbongseo-dong (상봉서동) Bongsu-dong (봉 수동) Okbong-dong (옥봉동)	Sangdae 1-dong (상대 1 동) Sangdae 2-dong (상대 2 동) Hadae 1-dong (하대 1 동) Hadae 2-dong (하대 2 동) Sangpyeong-dong (상평동) Chojang-dong (초장동) Pyeonggeo-dong (평거동) Sinan-dong (신안동) Ihyeon-dong (이현동) Panmun-dong (판문동) Gaho-dong (가호 동)

View over the Namgang in Jinju

Town twinning

Jinju lists the following eight twin cities :

city	country	since	Type
Andong	South Korea	2004
Asan	South Korea	2004
Eugene	Oregon, United States	1961	Sister city
Gangnam-gu	South Korea	2005
Kitami	Hokkaidō, Japan	1985	Sister city
Kyoto	Kinki, Japan	1999	Partner city
Matsue	Chūgoku, Japan	1999	Friendly city
Omsk	Siberia, Russia	2007	Friendly city
Suncheon	South Korea	1998
Winnipeg	Manitoba, Canada	1992	Sister city
Xi'an	Shaanxi, People's Republic of China	2011	Friendly city
Zhengzhou	Henan, People's Republic of China	2000	Friendly city

sons and daughters of the town

• Huh Su-kyung (1964–2018), poet, writer and archaeologist
• Jung Yeondoo (* 1969), photographer
• Oh Yeon-seo (* 1987), actress
• Go Ara (* 1990), actress
• Yun Sung-bin (* 1994), skeleton pilot

Web links

Commons : Jinju  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (English, Korean, Japanese and Chinese selectable)

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1. ↑ International Exchanges ǀ Jinju English. Retrieved December 25, 2016 .