Yeonggwang
| Yeonggwang-gun | ||||
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| Korean alphabet : | 영광군 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 靈光 郡 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Yeonggwang-gun | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Yŏnggwang-gun | |||
| Basic data | ||||
| Province : | Jeollanam-do | |||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 17 ' N , 126 ° 31' E | |||
| Surface: | 475 km² | |||
| Residents: | 54,773 (as of 2019) | |||
| Population density : | 115 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Structure: | 2 eups, 9 myeons | |||
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Yeonggwang County ( kor . : 영광군 , Yeonggwang-gun ) is located in Jeollanam-do Province in South Korea . The administrative headquarters are in Yeonggwang-eup City. The district had an area of 475 km² and a population of 54,773 inhabitants in 2019.
The Hanbit nuclear power plant is located in Yeonggwang and was commissioned in 1986. Today it has six reactors.
Location of the county in Gyeongsangbuk-do