Yangyang County
County in Gwandong, South Korea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Yangyang" redirects here. For the South Korean airport RKNY/YNY, see Yangyang International Airport. For the South Asian monastery, see Yangyang Monastery. For other uses, see Yang Yang (disambiguation).
Yangyang County (Korean: 양양군; RR: Yangyang-gun) is in Gangwon Province, South Korea. The county is located in the northeast of the country in Gangwon-do. Its population is about 31,000 (2004).
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Yangyang
양양군 | |
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Korean transcription(s) | |
• Hangul | 양양군 |
• Hanja | 襄陽郡 |
• Revised Romanization | Yangyang-gun |
• McCune-Reischauer | Yangyang-gun |
Yangyang Post office | |
![]() Location in South Korea | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Gwandong |
Administrative divisions | 1 eup, 5 myeon |
Area | |
• Total | 628.68 km2 (242.73 sq mi) |
Population (2000) | |
• Total | 30,141 |
• Density | 50/km2 (100/sq mi) |
• Dialect | Gangwon |
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The Yangyang area is well known for its pine mushrooms (song-i), its fish—particularly salmon—and its sunrises.