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Gangjin County (Korean: 강진군; RR: Gangjin-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Gangjin county proper was established in 1895. Gangjin county proper was established in 1895. The county office is located in Gangjin-eup .
Chongjin is the only city in North Korea other than Pyongyang and Wonsan [25] to operate a tram system. These trams are all locally manufactured. These trams are all locally manufactured. It consists of one line built in two phases, phase 1,6 km (3.7 mi), and phase 2,7 km (4.3 mi). [ 26 ]
Gongju around 1872 Young trees, Kongju, 1908–1922. Gongju was formerly named Ungjin and was the capital of Baekje from AD 475 to 538. In this period, Baekje was under threat from Goguryeo.
Topographic map of Korea. Korea comprises the Korean Peninsula (the mainland) and 3,960 nearby islands. The peninsula is located in Northeast Asia, between China and Japan.To the northwest, the Yalu River separates Korea from China and to the northeast, the Tumen River separates Korea from China and Russia.
The area of Gangwon Province in both North Korea and South Korea is 20,569 km 2 (7,941.74 sq mi), [2] with South Korea's Gangwon-do covering 16,874.59 km 2 (6,515.32 sq mi). The province is renowned for its agricultural produce, especially potatoes and fish, including cuttlefish and pollock.
The Ongjin Peninsula lies below the 38th parallel, and was therefore in the Southern zone, which became the Republic of Korea. However, the Ongjin Peninsula was isolated from other southern territories, and therefore difficult to defend. Some of the earliest fighting in the Korean War came here as Northern forces took the Ongjin Peninsula. The ...
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Provinces (도, 道) are the highest-ranked administrative divisions in South Korea, which follows the East Asian tradition name Circuit (administrative division).Along with the common provinces, there are four types of special administrative divisions with equal status: special self-governing province, special city, metropolitan city, and special self-governing city.