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Encyclopedia > Changnyeong County
Changnyeong County Image:Changnyeong logo.gif
Hangul: 창녕군
Hanja: 昌寧郡
Revised Romanization: Changnyeong-gun
McCune-Reischauer: Ch'angnyŏng-gun
Statistics
Area: 533.09 km²
Population: 74,668 2000 census
Pop. density: 140.1 people/km²
Administrative divisions: 2 eup, 12 myeon
Image:Map Changnyeong-gun.png

Changnyeong County (Changnyeong-gun) is a county in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja, or hanmun, sometimes translated as Sino-Korean characters, are what Chinese characters (hanzi) are called in Korean. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) 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. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Image File history File links Made from Maps of Korea. ... Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is divided into 1 Special City (Teukbyeolsi), 6 Metropolitan Cities (Gwangyeoksi), and 9 Provinces (Do). ... South Gyeongsang is a province in the southeast of South Korea. ...


In the early Three Kingdoms period, Changnyeong was the seat of Bihwa Gaya, a member of the Gaya confederacy which was later conquered by Silla. The Three Kingdoms of Korea were Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria for much of the 1st millennium CE. The Three Kingdoms period in Korea is usually considered to run from the 1st century BCE until Sillas triumph over Goguryeo in 668... Bihwa Gaya, also known as Bijabal, was one of the kingdoms of the Gaya confederacy. ... Gaya was a confederacy of chiefdoms that existed in the Nakdong River valley of Korea during the Three Kingdoms era. ... Silla (also denoted as Shilla) was one of the three kingdoms of ancient Korea. ...


The Nakdong River flows through the county. The Upo wetland, an important ecological resource and tourist attraction, occupies a portion of the river basin. The Nakdong River (Rakdong when referred from North Korea) is the longest river in South Korea, and passes through major cities such as Daegu and Busan. ... Upo wetland is a complex of natural wetlands located in Changnyeong County, South Korea, near the Nakdong River. ... Ecology is sometimes used incorrectly as a synonym for the natural environment or environmentalism. ... Tourist redirects here; for the album by Athlete, see Tourist (album) Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation and business, and the provision of services for this act. ...


Famous people from Changnyeong include North Korean actress Song Hye-rim. This article contains information that is not verifiable. ...


See also

This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ... Map of South Korea South Korea is located in Eastern Asia, on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula jutting out from the far east of the Asian land mass. ... Yeongnam is the name of a region that coincides with the former Gyeongsang Province in what is now South Korea. ...

External links

  • County government website
  • Open Directory category


Administrative divisions of South Gyeongsang province, South Korea Map showing the position of South Gyeongsang province in South Korea
Capital
Changwon
Cities
Changwon | Geoje | Gimhae | Jinhae | Jinju | Masan | Miryang | Sacheon | Tongyeong | Yangsan
Counties
Changnyeong | Geochang | Goseong | Hadong | Haman | Hamyang | Hapcheon | Namhae | Sancheong | Uiryeong

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Changnyeong County (75 words)
Changnyeong County (Changnyeong-gun) is a county in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
In the early Three Kingdoms period, Changnyeong was the seat of Bihwa Gaya, a member of the Gaya confederacy which was later conquered by Silla.
The Upo wetland, an important ecological resource and tourist attraction, is located in the county.
Changnyeong - Galbijim (201 words)
To the east is the city of Miryang and the county of Cheongdo in Gyeongsangbuk-do, to the west are the counties of Hapcheon and Uiryeong, to the south is the county of Haman and the city of Changwon, and to the north is the city of Daegu and the county of Goryeong.
The cities of Changwon and Daegu are especially prominent, making the county of Changnyeong less isolated than it may appear on the map.
The average temperature over the year is 13.1℃, and the county receives and average of 1,053mm of precipitation per year.
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