Seocheon
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| Korean alphabet : | 금산군 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 錦山 郡 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Geumsan-gun | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Kŭmsan-gun | |||
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| Province : | Chungcheongnam-do | |||
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 5 ' N , 126 ° 41' E | |||
| Surface: | 577 km² | |||
| Residents: | 54,596 (as of 2019) | |||
| Population density : | 95 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Structure: | 2 eup, 11 myeon | |||
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Seocheon County ( Korean : 금산군 , Seocheon-gun ) is located in Chungcheongnam-do Province in South Korea . The administrative headquarters are in the city of Seocheon-eup. The district had an area of 577 km² and a population of 54,596 inhabitants in 2019.
Seocheon County has two main centers, Janghang-eup and Seocheon-eup. Seocheon-eup, the larger center, serves as an educational center. It has an economy that is built on agriculture and education. Janghang has a more industrial economy that includes factories, processing, and shipbuilding. Janghang and Seocheon are linked to Seoul , Iksan and the rest of the country via Korail's Janghang Line, which formerly ended in Janghang and has since been connected to Iksan via Gunsan .
Sons and daughters of the county
- Ryu Seung-ryong (born 1970), actor
Location of the county in Chungcheongnam-do