Uiryeong
| Uiryeong-gun | ||||
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| Korean alphabet : | 의령군 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 宜 寧 郡 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Uiryeong-gun | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Ŭiryŏng-kun | |||
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| 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
Location of the district in South Korea