Asan is a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It is located at 36°47′N, 126°59′E. It is known for its hot springs. Asan has pretty much absorbed the neighboring village, Onyang, which is also known for its hot springs. Onyang is not to be confused with Onyang-eup in Ulsan. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Jamo redirects here. ... Korean writing systems Hangul Hanja Hyangchal Gugyeol Idu Mixed script Korean romanization Revised Romanization of Korean McCune-Reischauer Yale Romanization Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... South Korea is divided into 8 provinces (do), 1 special autonomous province (teukbyeol jachido), 6 metropolitan cities (gwangyeoksi), and 1 special city (teukbyeolsi). ... South Chungcheong is a province in the west of South Korea. ... Ulsan, a metropolitan city in the south-east of South Korea, facing the Sea of Japan (East Sea). ...

It shares with the neighbouring city of Cheonan a station for the KTX high speed trains, called Cheonan-Asan Station. Statistics Location map Cheonan is a city in South Chungcheong province, South Korea. ... Korea Train Express (KTX) is South Koreas high speed train system. ... Cheonan-Asan Station is a ground-level train station located in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do. ...

Modern history

• In 1983, alteration of townships(ri) and towns(myun) was made.^[2]
• In 1986, Onyang eup(town) of Asan was separated and independent city of Onyang was generated.^[3]
• In 1995, the City of Onyang and Asan County were combined into the City of Asan.^[4]

Famous people

Famous people associated with Asan include the late Yun Po Sun, former President of South Korea. Yun Po Sun (August 26, 1897 – July 18, 1990) was the President of South Korea from 1960 to 1962. ... The President is head of state of South Korea. ...

Admiral Yi Sun-sin, who defeated the Japanese navy, lived for some time in Asan. There is a miniature replica of his turtle ship on the outskirts of town. This is a Korean name; the family name is Yi Pen name Yi Sun-sin (April 28, 1545 – December 16, 1598), also commonly transliterated Yi Soon-shin, was a Korean naval leader noted for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598) during the... The turtle ship (also known as Geobukseon or Kobukson by its Korean name) was a large warship belonging to the Panokseon class in Korea that was used under the Joseon Dynasty between the 15th century and 18th century. ...

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See also

• List of cities in South Korea

Map of South Korea The largest cities in South Korea have self-governing status equivalent to that of provinces. ...

References

The Constitution of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) is its basic law. ...

External links

• City government website
• Open Directory category
• Galbijim wiki page on Asan
• Image of Asan on Google Maps