Yangyang County
Hangul:	양양군
Hanja:	襄陽郡
Revised Romanization:	Yangyang-gun
McCune-Reischauer:	Yangyang-gun
Statistics
Area:	628.68 km²
Population:	30,141(2000)
Pop. density:	50 people/km²
Administrative divisions:	1 eup, 5 myeon

Yangyang County (Yangyang-gun) is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea. The county is located in the northeast of the country, along the shores of the Sea of Japan (East Sea). Its population os about 31,000 (2004). Official logo of Yangyang County, South Korea. ... 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. ... 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). ... Gangwon (Gangwon-do) is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. ... The Sea of Japan (East Sea) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. ...

The Yangyang area is well known for its pine mushrooms (song-i), its fish—particularly salmon—and its sunrises.

In 2002, Yangyang opened its own airport, serving Seoul and other cities in East Asia. The airport also serves Gangneung to the south and Sokcho to the north. It is important for the many tourists attracted the Seorak-san national park. Yangyang International Airport is a small international airport in the northeast of South Korea. ... Seoul (서울, listen ▶(?)) is the capital of South Korea and is one of the most populous cities in the world, located in the northwestern part of the country on the Han River. ... Geographic scope of East Asia East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. ... Gangneung is a city in Gangwon Province, on the east coast of South Korea. ... Sokcho is a city in Gangwon province, South Korea. ... Seorak-san is the highest mountain in the Taebaek mountain range in the Gangwon province in eastern South Korea. ...

The county is proud to unite the five major religious influences in South Korea: Confusianism, Buddhism, Shamanism, Protestantism and Roman Catholicism. There are sites for all these movements in Yangyang. The Seonghwangsa is a shamanistic altar which was traditionally used for sacrificial rites. Yangyang Hyanggyo is a Confucian school, built in 1340. Today the school mainly serves as a shrine, but some classes are still held at the site. In 1921 the Yangyang Cathedral was built. During the Korean War it ws burnt to the ground, but rebuilt after. The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁/韓國戰爭), from June 25, 1950 to cease-fire on July 27, 1953 (technically speaking, the war has not yet ended), was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ...

The county is also proud of its five-day market. It is the largest traditional market in the area and renowed for the quality of its produce. The market is held every five days.

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External link

Yangyang County government English-language home page

Administrative divisions of Gangwon province, South Korea
Capital Chuncheon
Cities Chuncheon | Donghae | Gangneung | Samcheok | Sokcho | Taebaek | Wonju
Counties Cheorwon | Goseong | Hoengseong | Hongcheon | Hwacheon | Inje | Jeongseon | Pyeongchang | Yanggu | Yangyang | Yeongwol