Jeongeup
City in North Jeolla, South Korea
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::summary City in North Jeolla, South Korea ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Jeongeup |
| native_name | 정읍시 |
| settlement_type | Municipal city |
| translit_lang1 | Korean |
| translit_lang1_type1 | Hangul |
| translit_lang1_info1 | 정읍시 |
| translit_lang1_type2 | Hanja |
| translit_lang1_info2 | 井邑市 |
| translit_lang1_type3 | Revised Romanization |
| translit_lang1_info3 | Jeongeup-si |
| translit_lang1_type4 | McCune–Reischauer |
| translit_lang1_info4 | Chŏngŭp-si |
| image_skyline | {{multiple image |
| border | infobox |
| total_width | 280 |
| image_style | border:1; |
| perrow | 1/2/2 |
| image1 | Naejangsan Pavilion 2.jpg |
| image2 | Jeongeup seen from Seonghwangsan - 2009-02-04.JPG |
| image_caption | From the top: Naejangsan, Jeongeup seen from Seonghwangsan |
| image_map | North Jeolla-Jeongeup.svg |
| map_caption | Location in South Korea |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | South Korea |
| subdivision_type1 | State |
| subdivision_name1 | Jeonbuk State |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| population_blank1_title | Dialect |
| population_blank1 | Jeolla |
| area_total_km2 | 692.66 |
| population_as_of | September 2024 |
| population_total | 102,391 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 110,194 |
| --> | population_as_of |
| population_total | 106,187 |
| population_density_km2 | 153 |
| parts_type | Administrative divisions |
| parts | 1 eup, 14 myeon, 12 dong |
| coordinates | |
| image_flag | Flag of Jeongeup.svg |
| blank_emblem_type | Emblem of Jeongeup |
| image_blank_emblem | Jeongeup logo.png |
| :: |
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Jeongeup (; ) is a city in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. The city limits include Naejang-san National Park, a popular destination particularly in autumn due to its foliage. Jeongeup is on the Honam Expressway and Honam Line, with the Seohaean Expressway also within easy reach, providing links to Seoul and Mokpo.
Demographics
Jeongeup's population is in decline, with an average of 56 people moving to the city every day but 91 leaving, with the birth and death rates being equal. The divorce rate currently runs at 50%.
Geography
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/내장산_남창계곡.jpg" caption="Namchang Valley, Naejangsan"] ::
The main hills in Jeongeup are Naejang-san National Park and Ibamsan, though there are also several smaller hills in the city. It is the east of the city which is more mountainous, the west being a plain around the Dongjin River. There are several streams in Jeongeup, most notably the Jeongeupcheon, a tributary of the Dongjin. This over went a makeover by the city council in December 2009.
Attractions
Jeongeup, like many cities in Korea, had a hyanggyo, or Confucian school, where people were trained in Confucian ways. This building is a tourist attraction today, but is not open to the public.
Jeongeup is known for a traditional song from the Baekje Kingdom era, known as Jeongeup-ga. The song tells the tale of the lamenting heart of a woman waiting for her peddler husband's return.
Naejangsa Temple: first erected in 636, but most of its current buildings were built after the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1597 and the Korean War. On 31 October 2012, the temple was destroyed in a fire that broke out.
Festivals
A maple festival around Naejang-san is held annually. The maple leaves here are widely regarded as some of the most beautiful in the country. The festival was abolished in 2002 but was revived in 2007. This festival includes several events regarding the chrysanthemum love.
Additionally, a century ago, Jeongeup was the site of a revolution by the religious movement of Cheondoism. A lot of peasants joined the movement against the Japanese invaders. For this, Jeongeup holds an annual ceremony to commemorate the event.
Notable people
- Seung Hwan Oh, professional baseball player, Olympic gold medalist
- Song Dae-kwan, singer
- Yu Sung-yup, politician
Twin towns – sister cities
Jeongeup is twinned with:
- ROK Jongno District, Seoul
- ROK Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province
- ROK Sokcho, Gangwon
- ROK Suseong District, Daegu
- PRC Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- JPN Narita, Chiba, Japan
Climate
Jeongeup has a cooler version of a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). | location = Jeongeup (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1970–present) | metric first = Y | single line = Y
| Jan record high C = 18.5 | Feb record high C = 21.7 | Mar record high C = 28.4 | Apr record high C = 31.0 | May record high C = 34.1 | Jun record high C = 34.2 | Jul record high C = 37.3 | Aug record high C = 38.4 | Sep record high C = 37.3 | Oct record high C = 30.7 | Nov record high C = 27.6 | Dec record high C = 19.6 | year record high C = 38.4
| Jan high C = 4.5 | Feb high C = 7.1 | Mar high C = 12.7 | Apr high C = 19.3 | May high C = 24.5 | Jun high C = 27.9 | Jul high C = 30.3 | Aug high C = 31.1 | Sep high C = 26.9 | Oct high C = 21.3 | Nov high C = 14.2 | Dec high C = 6.9 | year high C = 18.9
| Jan mean C = -0.2 | Feb mean C = 1.7 | Mar mean C = 6.4 | Apr mean C = 12.4 | May mean C = 18.0 | Jun mean C = 22.2 | Jul mean C = 25.7 | Aug mean C = 26.1 | Sep mean C = 21.4 | Oct mean C = 15.1 | Nov mean C = 8.6 | Dec mean C = 2.1 | year mean C = 13.3
| Jan low C = -4.4 | Feb low C = -2.9 | Mar low C = 1.0 | Apr low C = 6.4 | May low C = 12.2 | Jun low C = 17.5 | Jul low C = 22.2 | Aug low C = 22.3 | Sep low C = 16.9 | Oct low C = 9.8 | Nov low C = 3.7 | Dec low C = -2.2 | year low C = 8.5
| Jan record low C = -19.8 | Feb record low C = -20.0 | Mar record low C = -10.9 | Apr record low C = -4.2 | May record low C = 2.4 | Jun record low C = 8.5 | Jul record low C = 13.1 | Aug record low C = 11.6 | Sep record low C = 5.6 | Oct record low C = -1.5 | Nov record low C = -10.4 | Dec record low C = -15.2 | year record low C = -20.0
| precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 36.5 | Feb precipitation mm = 39.0 | Mar precipitation mm = 56.0 | Apr precipitation mm = 82.5 | May precipitation mm = 87.2 | Jun precipitation mm = 136.1 | Jul precipitation mm = 284.0 | Aug precipitation mm = 298.1 | Sep precipitation mm = 148.5 | Oct precipitation mm = 61.0 | Nov precipitation mm = 55.6 | Dec precipitation mm = 45.3 | year precipitation mm = 1329.8
| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 9.9 | Feb precipitation days = 7.6 | Mar precipitation days = 8.6 | Apr precipitation days = 8.3 | May precipitation days = 8.8 | Jun precipitation days = 9.5 | Jul precipitation days = 14.3 | Aug precipitation days = 14.4 | Sep precipitation days = 9.1 | Oct precipitation days = 6.6 | Nov precipitation days = 8.5 | Dec precipitation days = 10.9 | year precipitation days =
| Jan snow days = 9.4 | Feb snow days = 6.0 | Mar snow days = 2.5 | Apr snow days = 0.1 | May snow days = 0.0 | Jun snow days = 0.0 | Jul snow days = 0.0 | Aug snow days = 0.0 | Sep snow days = 0.0 | Oct snow days = 0.0 | Nov snow days = 2.2 | Dec snow days = 7.1 | year snow days = 27.4
| Jan humidity = 73.2 | Feb humidity = 67.9 | Mar humidity = 64.2 | Apr humidity = 61.5 | May humidity = 63.8 | Jun humidity = 70.9 | Jul humidity = 77.1 | Aug humidity = 76.6 | Sep humidity = 75.0 | Oct humidity = 71.7 | Nov humidity = 71.5 | Dec humidity = 73.1 | year humidity = 70.5
| Jan sun = 138.2 | Feb sun = 159.0 | Mar sun = 197.0 | Apr sun = 215.3 | May sun = 227.3 | Jun sun = 176.1 | Jul sun = 152.9 | Aug sun = 168.9 | Sep sun = 179.9 | Oct sun = 190.6 | Nov sun = 151.4 | Dec sun = 131.4 | year sun = 2088.0
| Jan percentsun = 47.8 | Feb percentsun = 52.4 | Mar percentsun = 52.8 | Apr percentsun = 57.4 | May percentsun = 54.2 | Jun percentsun = 44.4 | Jul percentsun = 39.4 | Aug percentsun = 46.8 | Sep percentsun = 51.3 | Oct percentsun = 58.9 | Nov percentsun = 50.8 | Dec percentsun = 46.5 | year percentsun = 50.1
| source = Korea Meteorological Administration (snow and percent sunshine 1981–2010) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220129211110/https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf | archive-date = 29 January 2022 | url = https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf | title = Climatological Normals of Korea (1991 ~ 2020) | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 4 April 2022 | language = ko}} | url = https://data.kma.go.kr/climate/extremum/selectExtremumList.do?pgmNo=103 | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 4 April 2022 | script-title = ko:순위값 – 구역별조회 | language = ko | archive-date = 7 October 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211007220002/https://data.kma.go.kr/climate/extremum/selectExtremumList.do?pgmNo=103 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161207185450/http://www.kma.go.kr/down/Climatological_2010.pdf | archive-date = 7 December 2016 | url = http://www.kma.go.kr/down/Climatological_2010.pdf | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 8 December 2016 | title = Climatological Normals of Korea | date = 2011}}
Gallery
File:Looking downstream along the Jeongeupcheon from Chosangyo - 2009-02-04.JPG|Looking downstream along the Jeongeupcheon from Chosangyo File:Jeongeup Station - 2009-02-04.JPG|Jeongeup Station File:Street in central Jeongeup - 2009-02-04.JPG|Street in central Jeongeup File:Jeongeup Hyanggyo - 2009-02-04.JPG|Hyanggyo File:Jeongeup Chungryeolsa - 2009-02-04.JPG|Chungryeolsa File:Jeongeup Chungryeolsa Statue - 2009-02-04.JPG|Statue guarding Chungryeolsa File:Jeongeup Seonghwangsan War Memorial - 2009-02-04.JPG|Memorial to those who fell defending South Korea
References
References
- (2024). "Population statistics".
- link. Jeongeup City Council
- Cin, Woo Lee. (10 February 2012). "Simply stunning: 33 incredible Korean temples". CNN Travel.
- (1 November 2012). "Temple lost to fire". [[The Hankyoreh]].
- [Wonderful maple of Naejang mountain] {{lang. ko-Hang. 내장산 단풍… 마냥 고와서 문득 서러워라 국민일보2007.11.01
- ""Welcome to honam Udo nongak"".
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