Jeungpyeong County

Jeungpyeong County (Korean: 증평군; RR: Jeungpyeong-gun) is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea.

Jeungpyeong 증평군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	증평군
• Hanja	曾坪郡
• Revised Romanization	Jeungpyeong-gun
• McCune-Reischauer	Chŭngp'yŏng-gun
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Location in South Korea
Country	South Korea
Region	Hoseo
Administrative divisions	1 eup, 1 myeon
Government
• Mayor	Lee Jae-yeong(이재영)[1]
Area
• Total	81.84 km2 (31.60 sq mi)
Population  (2024[2])
• Total	37,207
• Density	454/km2 (1,180/sq mi)
• Dialect	Chungcheong
Website	jp.go.kr

Location

Jeungpyeong is in the centrally located in Chungcheongbuk-do. It is located East of Jincheon, West of Goesan, south of Eumseong, north of Cheongwon.

Symbols

• county tree: Ginkgo tree
• county bird: Snowy Egret
• county flower: White Magnolia

History

• 1990, 12, 31 : Chungcheongbuk-do Jeungpyeong local office is construct of Goesan-gun jeungpyeong eup, doan myeon.
• 2003, 8, 30 : Jeungpyeong local office is raised to Jeungpyeong-gun, and it became independence from Goesan-gun.

Education

• Jeungpyeong is the site of several school and tertiary institutions, including:

Elementary school

• Doan Elementary School
• Jeungpyeong Elementary School
• Jukri Elementary School
• Sambo Elementary School

Middle school

• Hyeongseok Middle School
• Jeungpyeong Middle School
• Jeungpyeong Girl's Middle School

High school

• Chungbuk Business High School
• Hyeongseok High School
• Jeungpyeong Technical High School

Tertiary Institution

• Korea National University of Transportation

Twin towns – sister cities

Jeungpyeong is twinned with:

• Guannan County, Jiangsu, China