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South Chungcheong Province

Province of South Korea

Field	Value
name	충청남
official_name
native_name_lang	ko
translit_lang1	Korean
translit_lang1_type	Hangul
translit_lang1_info	충청남도
translit_lang1_type1	Hanja
translit_lang1_info1	{{Linktext	忠	淸	南	道}}
translit_lang1_type2	McCune‑Reischauer
translit_lang1_info2	Ch'ungch'ŏngnamdo
translit_lang1_type3	Revised Romanization
translit_lang1_info3	Chungcheongnam-do
image_skyline	{{multiple image
border	infobox
total_width	280
image_style	border:1;
perrow	1/2/2/1
image1	Port of Pyeongtaek-Dangjin (South Korea) 평택당진항.jpg
image2	Sinbu-Dong.jpg
image_caption	From the left: Dangjin and Cheonan
image_flag	Flag of South Chungcheong Province.svg
image_blank_emblem	Emblem of South Chungcheong Province.svg
blank_emblem_type	Logo
image_map	Chungcheongnam-do in South Korea 2023.svg
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	South Korea
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Hoseo
subdivision_type2	Largest city
subdivision_name2	Cheonan
seat_type	Capital
seat	Hongseong County
parts_type	Subdivisions
parts_style
parts	8 cities; 7 counties
leader_title	Governor
leader_name	Kim Tae-heum
(People Power)
area_total_km2	8,226.14
area_rank	6th
population_total	2,123,037
population_as_of	2022
population_rank	4th
population_density_km2	258.08
demographics_type1	Metropolitan Symbols
demographics1_footnotes	tags --
demographics_type2	GDP (Nominal, 2023)
demographics2_footnotes
demographics2_title1	Total
demographics2_info1	KRW 143 trillion
(US$ 114 billion)
demographics2_title2	Per capita
demographics2_info2	US$ 58,937
iso_code	KR-44
blank_name_sec1	Dialect
blank_info_sec1	Chungcheong
website

(People Power) (US$ 114 billion)

South Chungcheong Province (), informally called Chungnam, is a province of South Korea in the Hoseo region in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula. South Chungcheong borders the provinces of Gyeonggi to the north, North Chungcheong, Sejong Special Self-governing City, and Daejeon Metropolitan City to the east, and North Jeolla to the south.

Hongseong County is the capital and Cheonan is the largest city of South Chungcheong, with other major cities including Asan, Seosan, and Dangjin. Daejeon was the largest city of South Chungcheong until becoming a Metropolitan City in 1989, and the historic capital until the provincial government was relocated to Hongseong in 2012.

South Chungcheong was established in 1896 from the province of Chungcheong, one of the Eight Provinces of Korea, consisting of the southwestern half of the territory. South Chungcheong was known as Chūsei-nan Prefecture during the Japanese Colonial Period from 1910 and became part of South Korea following the division of Korea in 1945.

Overview

Chungcheongnam-do is South Korea's richest province, with a 2012 GDP per capita of $56,133. It is by far South Korea's fastest growing region, with an average GDP growth of 9.7% in 2001-2007 that accelerated to 12.4% in 2010. Such rapid growth transformed it from a mostly agricultural to a highly industrialized economy in the 21st century.

Along with Gangwon, Chungnam is the only province outside the Seoul Capital Area to be served by the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, with Seoul Subway Line 1 passing Cheonan and Asan. Multimillion-dollar projects are being developed, such as New Asan City centered on the newly built Cheonan-Asan Station that connects Chungnam's largest city, Cheonan, to Seoul Station in less than 30 minutes via the KTX bullet train.

The area code of the province is 041.

Demographics

Geography

The province is part of the Hoseo region, and is bounded to the west by the Yellow Sea, to the north by Gyeonggi-do province, to the south by Jeollabuk-do province, and to the east by Chungcheongbuk-do province. Its area is 8204 km2 as of 2012.

Resources

One third of the province's area is under cultivation. Aside from agriculture, marine products are of importance. There are 220 km2 of exposed beach which is used to produce salt by solar evaporation. There is coal mining, but gold and silver mines are also found in Chungcheongnam-do, as is Monazite (a rare thorium bearing mineral) and zircon.

In 2018, South Chungcheong province was home to half of South Korea's coal-fired power generation capacity. That year, it became the first Asian member of the Powering Past Coal Alliance, and committed to ending the use of coal power to mitigate global warming and reduce air pollution.

Attractions

At 845 metres, Mount Gyeryong is the most notable elevation. It is located in a national park which is noted for its unique rock features. Apart from the stone formations there are a number of old temples. These include Gwanchok-sa, a temple which is home to the largest stone Buddha in Korea. In 1978 the Taean Marine National Park was opened. It includes some of the country's best bathing beaches, and Cheollipo Arboretum http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/ATR/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=801100 which was created in 1966 by C. Ferris Miller and contains approximately 14,000 different plant species, including some rare and endangered species.

Sejong City

Main article: Sejong City

In early 2007, the Republic of Korea government decided to create a special administrative district out of part of the present Chungcheongnam-do Province, near what is now Daejeon. The new district was named Sejong Special Self-Governing City, and was to replace Seoul as the future capital of the Republic of Korea. However, in 2009, it was determined that replacing Seoul as new national capital would violate the South Korean Constitution by Constitution Court. Now Sejong City may only serve as a National Administrative Capital and Secondary capital alongside Seoul, representing about 36 government ministers and agencies, including the Prime Minister's office, as of 2015.

Administrative divisions

Main article: Cities and Counties of Chungcheongnam-do

Chungcheongnam-do is divided into 8 cities (si) and 7 counties (gun). The city and county names below are given in English, Hangul, and Hanja.

Map	#	Name	Hangul	Hanja	title=Population-Households	url=http://www.chungnam.net/content.do?mnu_cd=CNNMENU00874	publisher=Chungcheongnam-do
[[File:South Chungcheong Municipal.svg	350px]]
— Specific City —
1	Cheonan	ko	천안시}}	ko	天安市}}	658,831	2 ilban-gu — 4 eup, 8 myeon, 18 haengjeong-dong
— City —
2	Asan	ko	아산시}}	ko	牙山市}}	356,603	2 eup, 9 myeon, 6 haengjeong-dong
3	Seosan	ko	서산시}}	ko	瑞山市}}	175,144	1 eup, 9 myeon, 5 haengjeong-dong
4	Dangjin	ko	당진시}}	ko	唐津市}}	171,213	2 eup, 9 myeon, 3 haengjeong-dong
5	Gongju	ko	공주시}}	ko	公州市}}	101,695	1 eup, 9 myeon, 6 haengjeong-dong
6	Nonsan	ko	논산시}}	ko	論山市}}	108,883	2 eup, 11 myeon, 2 haengjeong-dong
7	Boryeong	ko	보령시}}	ko	保寧市}}	94,191	1 eup, 10 myeon, 5 haengjeong-dong
8	Gyeryong	ko	계룡시}}	ko	雞龍市}}	46,687	3 myeon, 1 haengjeong-dong
— County —
9	Hongseong County	ko	홍성군}}	ko	洪城郡}}	98,886	2 eup, 9 myeon
10	Yesan County	ko	예산군}}	ko	禮山郡}}	85,626	2 eup, 10 myeon
11	Buyeo County	ko	부여군}}	ko	扶餘郡}}	72,959	1 eup, 15 myeon
12	Seocheon County	ko	서천군}}	ko	舒川郡}}	58,740	2 eup, 11 myeon
13	Taean County	ko	태안군}}	ko	泰安郡}}	62,519	2 eup, 6 myeon
14	Geumsan County	ko	금산군}}	ko	錦山郡}}	55,433	1 eup, 9 myeon
15	Cheongyang County	ko	청양군}}	ko	靑陽郡}}	32,105	1 eup, 9 myeon

Religion

According to the 2015 census, 13.8% of the population follows Buddhism and 26.8% follow Christianity (20.7% Protestantism and 6.1% Catholicism). 58.6% of the population is not religious and 0.8% of the population follows other religions.

Education

Kongju National University
Gongju National University of Education
Korea National University of Cultural Heritage
Dankook university in Cheonan
Baekseok University
Soonchunhyang University in Asan
GEONYANG University in Nonsan
Korea University of Technology and Education in Cheonan
Hanseo University

Twin towns – sister cities

Chungcheongnam-do is twinned with:

TUR Balıkesir, Turkey

References

"2023년 지역소득(잠정)".
"Regional GDP, Gross regional income and Individual income".
(2009-04-07). "대전은 어떤 도시인가".
(29 July 2009). "1인당 총생산 1위 '울산'..소비는 '서울' - 머니투데이".
"지표누리".
"Population Census". [[Statistics Korea]].
["2024 종교인식조사] 종교인구 현황과 종교 활동"](https://hrcopinion.co.kr/archives/31599).
link. Chungcheongnam-do
"South Chungcheong Province, home to half of South Korea's coal power generation, joins PPCA {{!}} Powering Past Coal Alliance".
"Gwanchoksa Temple (관촉사) - Official Korea Tourism Organization".
(March 2013). "Population-Households". Chungcheongnam-do.
"2015 Census – Religion Results".
"Sister/Twin Cities of Balıkesir".

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