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Jangseong County (Jangseong-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.

Jangseong 장성군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	장성군
• Hanja	長城郡
• Revised Romanization	Jangseong-gun
• McCune-Reischauer	Changsŏng-gun
Flag Emblem of Jangseong
Location in South Korea
Country	South Korea
Region	Honam
Administrative divisions	1 eup, 10 myeon
Area
• Total	518.65 km2 (200.25 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	55,986
• Density	108/km2 (280/sq mi)
• Dialect	Jeolla

Jangseong is in the southern region of the Korean peninsula and Gwangju and Naju is the nearest city from Jangseong. In South Jeolla, it near the northern border of its province, meeting North Jeolla.

Jangseong is assumed to be the birthplace of Hong Gildong. The festival host bowing place with local river. Hong Gildong festival was chosen as superior festival of South Jeolla.[1]

The Republic of Korea Army Armor School is located in the county.

Symbols

• Flower : White poplar
• Tree : Maple
• Bird : Dove

May 2014 fire

A fire at a 397-bed hospital, which had opened in 2007 in Jangseong was the scene of a major fire just after midnight on 28 May 2014. Twenty one patients and a nurse died in the fire, while several more people were injured.[2]

Twin towns – sister cities

Jangseong is twinned with:

• Jung-gu, South Korea
• Haman County, South Korea
• Gwacheon, South Korea

References

External links

• County government home page

На других языках

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- [en] Jangseong County

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[ru] Чансон

Чансо́н (кор. 장성군?, 長城郡?, Jangseong-gun) — уезд в провинции Чолла-Намдо, Южная Корея.

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