Uiryeong
Uiryeong-gun | |||
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Korean alphabet : | 의령군 | ||
Chinese characters : | 宜 寧 郡 | ||
Revised Romanization : | Uiryeong-gun | ||
McCune-Reischauer : | Ŭiryŏng-kun | ||
Basic data | |||
Province : | Gyeongsangnam-do | ||
Coordinates : | 35 ° 19 ′ N , 128 ° 16 ′ E | ||
Surface: | 483 km² | ||
Residents: | 27,933 (as of 2019) | ||
Population density : | 58 inhabitants per km² | ||
Structure: | 1 eup, 12 myeon | ||
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The county Uiryeong ( kor. : 의령군 , Uiryeong-gun ) is located in the province of Gyeongsangnam-do . The administrative headquarters are in Uiryeong-eup City. The district had an area of 483 km² and a population of 27,933 inhabitants in 2019.
On the evening of April 26, 1982, police officer Woo Bum-kon carried out a series of murders in several villages in the county. A total of 56 people were killed and 35 others wounded in the worst non-terrorist rampage in South Korea's history.
Personalities
- Lee Byung-chull (* 1910–1987), entrepreneur and founder of Samsung