Jeongseon

Jeongseon County is a county in the state of Gangwon, . It is famous as the hometown of "Jeongseon Arirang," a traditional Korean folksong. It is also the hometown of actor Won Bin and footballer Seol Ki-hyeon.
  • County with 46,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 676 metres (2,218 feet)
  • Description: administrative division of South Korea
  • Also known as
    “Changson”
    “Jeongseon County”
    “Jeongseon-gun”
    “Seizen-gun”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jeongseon station.
is a railway station on the Jeongseon Line in Jeongseon, Gangwon, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jeongseon-eup.
is a town in Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province, .

Jeongseon

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Latitude
37.3805° or 37° 22′ 50″ north
Longitude
128.6609° or 128° 39′ 39″ east
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KR JSE
Open location code
8Q9C9MJ6+59
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Jeongseon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة جونغسون”
  • Armenian: “Ջոնգսոն”
  • Catalan: “Jeongseon”
  • Cebuano: “Jeongseon-gun”
  • Chinese: “旌善郡”
  • Czech: “Čongson”
  • Czech: “okres Čongson”
  • Danish: “Jeongseon-gun”
  • Dutch: “Jeongseon”
  • French: “district de Jeongseon”
  • French: “District de Jeongseon”
  • French: “Jeongseon”
  • German: “Jeongseon-gun”
  • German: “Jeongseon”
  • Greek: “Τζόνγκσον”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Jeongseon Khiun”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Tsin-san-khiùn”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ג’ונגסון”
  • Indonesian: “Jeongseon”
  • Indonesian: “Kabupaten Jeongseon”
  • Italian: “Contea di Jeongseon”
  • Italian: “Jeongseon”
  • Japanese: “旌善郡”
  • Javanese: “Jeongseon”
  • Korean: “Chŏngsŏn-gun”
  • Korean: “Jeongseon-gun”
  • Korean: “정선”
  • Korean: “정선군”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jeongseon Kūn”
  • Mongolian: “Чонсонь-гүнь”
  • Northern Frisian: “Jeongseon (Lunkreis)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Jeongseon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jeongseon”
  • Norwegian: “Jeongseon”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جئونگسئون”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جونگ‌سون”
  • Polish: “Chŏngsŏn-gun”
  • Polish: “Chŏngsŏn”
  • Polish: “Jeongseon”
  • Romanian: “Jeongseon”
  • Russian: “Чонсон”
  • Spanish: “Jeongseon”
  • Spanish: “Joengseon”
  • Swedish: “Jeongseon-gun”
  • Thai: “อำเภอช็องซ็อน”
  • Turkish: “Jeongseon”
  • Ukrainian: “Чонсон”
  • Urdu: “جیونگسئون کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Jeongseon”
  • Welsh: “Sir Jeongseon”
  • Yue Chinese: “旌善”

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