Uiseong
Uiseong is a county in North Gyeongsang, South Korea. It is known across the nation as the capital of garlic. While it offers a quiet escape from bustling metropolitan areas, it is distinguished by its rich agricultural heritage, fertile lands, and vibrant local culinary culture.- Type: County with 53,800 residents
- Description: administrative division of South Korea
- Also known as: “Gijō”, “Uiseong County”, “Ŭisŏng”, “Unsong”, and “Visong”
Uiseong
- Categories: county of South Korea and locality
- Location: Uiseong-eup, Uiseong-gun, North Gyeongsang, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.3524° or 36° 21′ 9″ northLongitude
128.697° or 128° 41′ 49″ eastPopulation
53,800Elevation
93 metres (305 feet)Open location code
8Q8C9M2W+XROpenStreetMap ID
node 415160422OpenStreetMap feature
place=countyGeoNames ID
1833776Wikidata ID
Q50317
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Uiseong” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محافظة ويسونغ”
- Cebuano: “Uiseong-gun”
- Chinese: “Uiseong Kūn”
- Chinese: “义城郡”
- Chinese: “義城”
- Chinese: “義城郡”
- Dutch: “Uiseong County”
- Estonian: “Uiseongi maakond”
- French: “district de Uiseong”
- French: “District de Uiseong”
- French: “Uiseong”
- German: “Uiseong”
- Greek: “Ούισονγκ”
- Italian: “Contea di Uiseong”
- Italian: “Uiseong”
- Japanese: “義城郡”
- Korean: “Uiseong-gun”
- Korean: “의성”
- Korean: “의성군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Uiseong Kūn”
- Mongolian: “Ыйсон-гүнь”
- Northern Frisian: “Uiseong (Lunkreis)”
- Northern Frisian: “Uiseong”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Uiseong”
- Norwegian: “Uiseong”
- Persian: “شهرستان اویسئونگ”
- Polish: “uiseonggun”
- Russian: “Ыйсон”
- Spanish: “Uiseong-gun”
- Spanish: “Uiseong”
- Spanish: “Uliseong”
- Swedish: “Uiseong-gun”
- Swedish: “Uiseong”
- Turkish: “Uiseong”
- Ukrainian: “Ийсон”
- Urdu: “یویسئونگ کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Uiseong”
- Welsh: “Sir Uiseong”
- Yue Chinese: “義城”
- “Uiseong-gun”
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