Cheongwon County
Former county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cheongwon County (Korean: 청원군; RR: Cheongwon-gun) was a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It was dissolved on July 1, 2014 and consolidated to Cheongju.
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Cheongwon
청원군 | |
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| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 청원군 |
| • Hanja | 淸原郡 |
| • Revised Romanization | Cheongwon-gun |
| • McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ŏngwŏn-gun |
 Cheongju Airport located in Cheongwon | |
 Emblem of Cheongwon | |
 Location in South Korea | |
| Coordinates: 36°38′00″N 127°24′00″E | |
| Country | South Korea |
| Region | Hoseo |
| Province | North Chungcheong Province |
| Administrative divisions | For present, see Cheongju |
| Area | |
• Total | 779.06 km2 (300.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 123,984 |
| • Density | 152/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| • Dialect | Chungcheong |
Government
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (later Ministry of Food and Drug Safety),[1][2] and Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were/are headquartered in the Osong Health Technology Administration Complex, which was once in Cheongwon County.[3]
Sister cities
Cheongwon was twinned with:
References
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