Eumseong County
Hangul 음성군 Hanja 陰城郡 Revised Romanization Eumseong-gun McCune-Reischauer Ŭmsŏng-gun
Statistics
Area 521.05 km² (201.18 sq mi) Population (2001) 87,954 Population density 169 /km² (440 /sq mi) Administrative divisions 2 eup, 7 myeon
Location map

Eumseong County (Eumseong-gun) is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. 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. ... Korean writing systems Hangul Hanja Hyangchal Gugyeol Idu Mixed script Korean romanization Revised Romanization of Korean McCune-Reischauer Yale Romanization 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. ... Image File history File links Map_Eumseong-gun. ... South Korea is divided into 8 provinces (do), 1 special autonomous province (teukbyeol jachido), 6 metropolitan cities (gwangyeoksi), and 1 special city (teukbyeolsi). ... North Chungcheong is a province in the centre of South Korea. ...

It is the birthplace of UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ... IPA pronunciation: This is a Korean name; the family name is Ban Ban Ki-moon (born June 13, 1944)[1] is a South Korean diplomat and the current Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...

There are many farmers and wonderful people living in Eumseong. They host two cultural festivals in the spring and fall: the Poombah (traditional vagabond) Festival in the spring and the Goochu Chookjeh (Chili Pepper Appreciation) Festival in the fall. Eumseong is famous in Korea for its production of quality red chili peppers.

GVCS, an English-speaking Christian boarding school is located in Eumseong Township near the birthplace of Ban Ki Moon.

Modern history

In 1956, Eumseong Township was promoted to Eumseong Town. In 1973, Geumwang Township was promoted to be a town. ^[1]

Sister cities

• Gangdong-gu, South Korea
• Taizhou, China

Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea. ... Gangdong-gu is a gu, or district, in Seoul, South Korea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... For the prefecture-level city in Zhejiang province, see Taizhou, Zhejiang. ...

Reference

1. ^ Rules concerning institution of eups(towns)(1973-03-12)

External links

• County government home page, in English