Cheongpyeong Dam
Cheongpyeong Dam is a dam located in Gyeonggi Province. The dam is located 49 m above sea level, about 40 km from Seoul. Located on the Bukhan River in the southwest of Gapyeong County, it was built in 1943 as the Cheongpyeong hydroelectric power plant.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
- Also known as: “Ch’ŏngp’yŏng-daem” and “Ch’ŏngp’yŏng-ttaem”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cheongpyeong and New Cheongpyeong Bridge.
Cheongpyeong
Metro station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cheongpyeong station is a railway station on the Gyeongchun Line. Cheongpyeong is situated 1¼ km northeast of Cheongpyeong Dam.
New Cheongpyeong Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jhcbs1019, CC BY-SA 4.0.
New Cheongpyeong Bridge is situated 1¼ km southwest of Cheongpyeong Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cheongpyeong.
Cheongpyeong
Town
Cheongpyeong is a small town about 1 hour east of Seoul, South Korea, in Gapyeong County, Gyeonggi Province. It has a population of approximately 20,000.
Cheongpyeong Dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Cheongpyeong-myeon, Gapyeong, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.72521° or 37° 43′ 31″ northLongitude
127.42069° or 127° 25′ 15″ eastElevation
49 metres (161 feet)Operator
한국수력원자력Open location code
8Q99PCGC+37OpenStreetMap ID
way 584671759OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
1947160Wikidata ID
Q12619304
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Cheongpyeong Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cheongpyeong Dam”
- Italian: “diga di Cheongpyeong”
- Italian: “Diga di Cheongpyeong”
- Japanese: “清平ダム”
- Korean: “청평댐”
- Swedish: “Cheongpyeong Dam”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Чхонпхьон”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cheongpyeong-ri and Homyeong-ri.
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