Taebaek

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City in Gangwon, South Korea

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::summary City in Gangwon, South Korea ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
name	Taebaek
native_name	태백시
settlement_type	Municipal city
translit_lang1	Korean
translit_lang1_type1	Hangul
translit_lang1_info1	태백시
translit_lang1_type2	Hanja
translit_lang1_info2	{{linktext
translit_lang1_type3	Revised Romanization
translit_lang1_info3	Taebaek-si
translit_lang1_type4	McCune–Reischauer
translit_lang1_info4	T'aebaek-si
image_skyline	Taebaek 3.JPG
image_map	Gangwon-Taebaek.svg
map_caption	Location in South Korea
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	South Korea
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Gangwon Province, South Korea
area_total_km2	303.53
population_as_of	2023
population_total	38,103
population_density_km2	185
parts_type	Administrative divisions
parts	8 dong
coordinates
blank_name	Climate
blank_info	Dwb
image_flag	Flag of Taebaek.svg
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Taebaek (; ) is a city in the state of Gangwon, South Korea. Its name is shared with that of the Taebaek Mountains. Situated at an elevation of 650 to, Taebaek is the second highest city in South Korea, after Pyeongchang.

Etymology

Taebaek is derived from Taebaeksan, meaning "very bright."

Attractions

Manggyeongsa Temple in Hyeol-dong, at an elevation of 1,460 meters on the Taebaek Mountains, is a temple built to enshrine the statue of the Bodhisattva of wisdom. It was built by Jajang, a Silla Dynasty monk. The "Dragon Spring" at the entrance of the temple is known as the highest spring in Korea. Other attractions include Taebaek Coal Museum, Taebaek Paleozoic Museum, and 365 Safe Town. Gumunso is a famous natural landmark in Taebaek.

Climate

| location = Taebaek (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1985–present) | metric first = Y | single line = Y

| 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-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}}

Transportation

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Korail_Taebaek_Station.jpg" caption="[[Taebaek station"] ::

Taebaek station

Sister cities

PRC Helong, Jilin, China since August 29, 1995
Philippines Baguio, Philippines since April 25, 2006
PRC Suzhou, Jiangsu, China since March 8, 2005
PRC Gao'an, Jiangxi, China since June 23, 2004
PRC Changchun, Jilin, China since January 18, 2006
Philippines Bauang, La Union, Philippines since January 26, 2024

References

"Origin of Taebaek".
Cin Woo Lee [http://www.cnngo.com/seoul/visit/33-beautiful-temples-enlightenment-857401 "Simply stunning: 33 incredible Korean temples"] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-04-17 ''CNN Go''. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-12)

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