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Gokseong County
Hangul: 곡성군
Hanja: 谷城郡
Revised Romanization: Gokseong-gun
McCune-Reischauer: Koksŏng-gun
Statistics
Area: 547.37 km²
Population: 37,080 (2001)
Pop. density: 67.7 people/km²
Administrative divisions: 1 eup, 10 myeon
Image:Map Gokseong-gun.png

Gokseong County (Gokseong-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is divided into 1 Special City (Teukbyeolsi), 6 Metropolitan Cities (Gwangyeoksi), and 9 Provinces (Do). ... South Jeolla is a province in the southwest of South Korea. ...


See also

  • List of Korea-related topics

This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ...

External links

  • County government home page


Administrative divisions of South Jeolla province, South Korea Map showing the position of South Jeolla province in South Korea
Capital
Gwangju
Cities
Gwangyang | Mokpo | Naju | Suncheon | Yeosu
Counties
Boseong | Damyang | Gangjin | Goheung | Gokseong | Gurye | Haenam | Hampyeong | Hwasun | Jangheung | Jangseong | Jindo | Muan | Sinan | Wando | Yeongam | Yeonggwang

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Gokseong - Galbijim (174 words)
Gokseong was made into a county in 1899, and in 1914 it absorbed the other counties of Okgwa (옥과군, 玉果郡) and Godalmyeon (고달면, 古達面) in Gurye county.
The county is located in a mountainous region and there are no large flat fields.
12.2% of the county is rice fields, 5.5% is farmland, and 72.2% is woodland.
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