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Jincheon County

Field	Value
name	Jincheon
native_name	진천군
native_name_lang	ko
translit_lang1	Korean
settlement_type	County
translit_lang1_type1	Hangul
translit_lang1_info1	진천군
translit_lang1_type2	Hanja
translit_lang1_info2	{{linktext	鎭	川	郡}}
translit_lang1_type3	Revised Romanization
translit_lang1_info3	Jincheon-gun
translit_lang1_type4	McCune-Reischauer
translit_lang1_info4	Chinch'ŏn-gun
image_map	North Chungcheong-Jincheon.svg
map_caption	Location in South Korea
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	South Korea
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Hoseo
population_blank1_title	Dialect
population_blank1	Chungcheong
<!-- government type, leaders -->	government_footnotes	tags --
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Song Ki-sub (송기영)
area_total_km2	407.38
population_total	86,742
population_density_km2	150.1
parts_type	Administrative divisions
parts	2 eup, 5 myeon
image_blank_emblem	Jincheon logo.png
blank_emblem_type	Emblem of Jincheon
image_flag	Flag of Jincheon.svg

Jincheon County () is a county in North Chungcheong Province (North Chungcheong) Province, South Korea.

Location

Jincheon belongs to the middle of North Chungcheong Province. It borders several cities of its province but also meets Gyeonggi Province. The southwestern part of this area is mountainous.

Industry

Farming has moved from the second most successful industry to the major contribution of this region. Hyundai Autonet moved its former factories into Jincheon and got to operate from February 2008.

CJ also revealed its plan to construct a processing complex.

In a Korean village, a Squid Game doll also had been spotted.

Festival

Jincheon holds a World Taekwondo Hwarang festival every year. The festival is an opportunity for all enthusiasts of Taekwondo to come together.

The festival has more meaning as experience, since it not only provides a splendid tour opportunity in Korea, but participants also experience the spirit of Korean martial arts.

Tourist attractions

;Jincheon Bell Museum The Jincheon Bell Museum was opened in September 2005 to inform people of the Korean bells and their artistic value that received recognition from the world through various activities including planning exhibitions and education as well as studying, collecting, exhibiting, and preserving them.

;Nonggyo Bridge in Jincheon This stone bridge (石橋) called 'Nonggyo Bridge' as the bridge on Saegeumcheon in front of Gulti Village, Gugok-ri, Munbaek-myeon. According to the record of 『Sangsanji(常山誌)』(1932), General Lim built it in the early Goryeo Dynasty.

Twin towns – sister cities

Jincheon is twinned with:

KOR Seongdong-gu, Seoul
KOR Gangdong-gu, Seoul
US Vallejo, California, United States

References

(2024). "Jincheon County mayor".
(2024). "Population statistics".
MoneyToday. (23 January 2008). link
"화랑의 본 고장에서 열리는 생거진천 문화축제 - 디지털진천문화대전".
"The Bell museum opened in Jincheon".
link
"Vallejo Sister City". Vallejo Sister City Association.

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