South Chungcheong
South Chungcheong Province, informally called Chungnam, is a province of South Korea in the Hoseo region in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula. South Chungcheong borders the provinces of Gyeonggi to the north, North Chungcheong…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Daejeon and Nonsan.
Daejeon
Daejeon is the capital of South Chungcheong province. Yuseong Hot Springs Resort and Daecheong Dam are amongst the city's most popular tourist attractions.
Nonsan
Nonsan is a city of about 125,000 in South Chungcheong. Nonsan is a place that combines traditions and modern developments, and has many various tourist attractions and historic sites especially from the Joseon Dynasty.
Sejong City
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Sejong is South Korea's central administrative capital city. It is a planned new city in the center of Chungcheong Province, established for the purpose of dispersing government agencies and developing the central region.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Cheonan and Hongseong.
Cheonan
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Cheonan is a city in South Chungcheong, South Korea. Cheonan is a name derived from heaven. This is because King Taejo of Goryeo named it the "Most important place under the sky." Also, to this day, Cheonan citizens still call Cheonan the most comfortable place under the sky and joke that it is safe from natural disasters such as typhoons.
Hongseong
Hongseong County is a county in South Chungcheong. Hongseong County is a great destination for a relaxing getaway, offering beautiful natural landscapes for outdoor activities like hiking, birdwatching, and leisurely walks.
Asan
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Asan is a city in South Chungcheong Province in South Korea. It serves as the location of the oldest hot springs in Korea, Onyang Hot Springs.
Gongju
Gongju, formerly romanised as Kongju, is a city in South Chungcheong province, South Korea. Gongju is a major tourism drawcard of the South Chungcheong area, particularly amongst Japanese tourists of certain ethnic descent, curious about their ancient roots.
Boryeong
Boryeong is a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea Boryeong has been referred to as Manseji Boryeong. Famous for Daecheon beach and its annual mud festival as well as Muchangpo beach where is a mysterious sea path, islands, famous mountains such as Sungju and Oseo mountain, as well as various cultural properties such as Sungjusaji, Ocheonsung and the Galmaemot Martyrium.
Seosan
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Seosan is a city in South Chungcheong, South Korea. At Seosan Birdland theme park, you can see models of migratory birds and learn some information about them.
Dangjin
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Dangjin is a city in South Chungcheong, South Korea. It stands on the south shore of the Bay of Asan. Dangjin borders Incheon, Pyeongtaek, and Hwaseong by sea, and Seosan, Yesan, and Asan by land.
Buyeo
Buyeo is a county in Chungcheongnam-do. It is an administrative district that consists of 1 town and 15 myeon. Buyeo-gun has a population of about 69,000.
Wolmyeongdong
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Wolmyeongdong is a worship and recreation center in Chungnam Province, South Korea. It is also known as the headquarters of the Providence Church, also known as Christian Gospel Mission and Jesus Morning Star.
South Chungcheong
- Type: Province with 2,120,000 residents
- Description: province in South Korea
- Also known as: “Ch’ungch’ŏng”, “Chhung-chheng South”, “Chungcheong Namdo”, “Chungcheongnam-do”, “Chungnam”, “Chūsei”, “Chūsei South”, “Chusei-nan”, “Chūsei-nandō”, “Nam Chyun-chiön-do”, “South Ch’ungch’ŏng Prefecture”, “South Choongchong”, “South Chungcheong Province”, “South Chūsei”, “South Chūsei Province”, “South Tyusei”, “Tchoung-tsing”, “Tchyoung-tchyeng”, “Tyusei”, “Tyūseinandō”, “West Chhung-chheng”, “West-Tsch-hung-tsh-höng”, and “Yuzhnyi Chyun-chiön-do”
- Neighbors: Daejeon, Gyeonggi, North Chungcheong, North Jeolla, and Sejong City
- Categories: province of South Korea and locality
- Location: South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
36.6593° or 36° 39′ 34″ northLongitude of center
126.6729° or 126° 40′ 22″ eastPopulation
2,120,000Elevation
135 metres (443 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 1869881765OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“South Chungcheong” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Chungcheongnam”
- Arabic: “تشنغتشونغ الجنوبية”
- Arabic: “تشنغتشونغ نام دو”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة تشنغتشونغ الجنوبية”
- Armenian: “Հարավային Չունգչոնգ”
- Asturian: “Provincia de Chungcheong del Sur”
- Azerbaijani: “Çxunçxon-Namdo”
- Balinese: “Chungcheong Kelod”
- Basque: “Hego Chungcheong”
- Belarusian: “Чхунчхон-Намда”
- Bengali: “চুংনাম”
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণ চুংচেওং প্রদেশ”
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণ চুংচেয়ং প্রদেশ”
- Bulgarian: “Чхунчхън-Намдо”
- Burmese: “ချုံးချောင်းတောင်တိုင်း”
- Catalan: “Chungcheongnam-do”
- Cebuano: “Chungcheongnam-do”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای باشووری چونگچۆنگ”
- Chinese: “Chungcheong Lâm-tō”
- Chinese: “忠清南道”
- Czech: “Jižní Čchungčchong”
- Danish: “South Chungcheong Province”
- Dutch: “Chungcheongnam-do”
- Esperanto: “Sud-Ĉungĉongo”
- Esperanto: “Suda Ĉungĉongo”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Ch’ungch’ŏngi provints”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Chungcheongi provints”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Chungcheong”
- French: “Chungcheong du Sud”
- German: “Chungcheongnam-do”
- Greek: “Τσούνγκτσονγκναμ-ντο”
- Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ ચુંગચેઓંગ પ્રાંત”
- Hakka Chinese: “Chûng-chhîn Nàm-tho”
- Hakka Chinese: “Chungcheong Nàm-tho”
- Hebrew: “דרום צ’ונגצ’אונג”
- Hindi: “दक्षिणी चुंगचियोंग प्रांत”
- Hungarian: “Dél-Cshungcshong”
- Icelandic: “Suður-Chungcheong-hérað”
- Icelandic: “Suður-Chunghcheong-hérað”
- Iloko: “Abagatan a Chungcheong”
- Indonesian: “Chungcheong Selatan”
- Italian: “Chungcheong Meridionale”
- Italian: “Sud Chungcheong”
- Japanese: “忠南”
- Japanese: “忠清南道”
- Javanese: “Chungcheong Kidul”
- Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಚುಂಗ್ಚೆಂಗ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
- Kazakh: “Чхуңчхоң-Намдо”
- Khmer: “ខេត្តឈុងឆងខាងត្បូង”
- Korean: “Ch’ungch’ŏng-namdo”
- Korean: “Ch’ungnam”
- Korean: “충남”
- Korean: “충청남도”
- Korean: “忠南”
- Korean: “忠淸南道”
- Lao: “ແຂວງຊຸງຊັອງໃຕ້”
- Latvian: “Čhunčhonnamdo province”
- Latvian: “Čhunčhonnamdo”
- Literary Chinese: “忠清南道”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų Čungčongo provincija”
- Lombard: “Chungcheongnam-do”
- Malay: “Chungcheong Selatan”
- Marathi: “दक्षिण चुंगचाँग प्रांत”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Chungcheong Nàng-dô̤”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chungcheong Lâm-tō”
- Mingrelian: “ობჟათე ჩუნჩონიშ პროვინცია”
- Mongolian: “Өмнөд Чүнчон муж”
- Mongolian: “Өмнөд Чүнчон”
- Northern Frisian: “Chungcheongnam-do”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Chungcheong”
- Norwegian: “Sør-Chungcheong”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Chungcheong del Sud”
- Persian: “استان چونگچونگ جنوبی”
- Persian: “چونگچئونگنام-دو”
- Polish: “Chungcheong Południowy”
- Portuguese: “Chungcheong do Sul”
- Portuguese: “Chungcheongnam-do”
- Portuguese: “Chungnam”
- Quechua: “Urin Chungcheong pruwinsya”
- Romanian: “Chungcheong de Sud”
- Russian: “Чхунчхон-Намдо”
- Scots: “Chungcheongnam-do”
- Scots: “Sooth Chungcheon Province”
- Sinhala: “දකුණු චන් චියෝන්ග් පළාත”
- Slovak: “Čchungčchongnam-do”
- Slovak: “Južný Čchungčchong”
- Slovak: “충청남도”
- Slovak: “忠清南道”
- Slovenian: “Chungcheongnam-do”
- Slovenian: “Južni Čungčeong”
- Spanish: “Chungcheong del Sur”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Chungcheong del Sur”
- Swahili: “Chungcheongnam-do”
- Swedish: “Södra Chungcheong”
- Swedish: “Sydchungcheong”
- Tamil: “தெற்கு சுங்கிச்செவ்ங் மாகாணம்”
- Telugu: “దక్షిణ చంగ్చియాంగ్ ప్రావిన్స్”
- Telugu: “దక్షిణ చంగ్చియాంగ్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”
- Thai: “จังหวัดชุงช็องใต้”
- Tok Pisin: “Saut Chungcheong”
- Turkish: “Güney Chungcheong”
- Turkish: “Güney Çungçeong”
- Ukrainian: “Південна провінція Чхунчхон”
- Ukrainian: “Південний Чхунчхон”
- Ukrainian: “Чхунчхон-намдо”
- Urdu: “جنوبی چونگچیونگ صوبہ”
- Vietnamese: “Chungcheong Nam”
- Vietnamese: “Nam Chungcheong”
- Welsh: “Talaith De Chungcheong”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ ادلا چونگچیونگ”
- Wu Chinese: “忠清南道”
- Yue Chinese: “忠清南道”
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