Jeungpyeong County
County in Hoseo, South Korea
Jeungpyeong  Flag | |
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 Location in South Korea | |
| Country |  South Korea |
| Region | Hoseo |
| Administrative divisions | 1 eup, 1 myeon |
| Area | |
| • Total | 81.84 km2 (31.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 31,276 |
| • Density | 382/km2 (990/sq mi) |
| • Dialect | Chungcheong |
| Website | jp.go.kr |
Jeungpyeong County (Korean: 증평군; RR: Jeungpyeong-gun) is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea.
Location
Jeungpyeong is in the centrally located in Chungcheongbuk-do. It is located East of Jincheon, West of Goesan, south of Eumseong, north of Cheongwon.
Symbols
- county tree: Ginkgo tree
- county bird: Snowy Egret
- county flower: White Magnolia
History
- 1990, 12, 31 : Chungcheongbuk-do Jeungpyeong local office is construct of Goesan-gun jeungpyeong eup, doan myeon.
- 2003, 8, 30 : Jeungpyeong local office is raised to Jeungpyeong-gun, and it became independence from Goesan-gun.
Education
- Jeungpyeong is the site of several school and tertiary institutions, including:
Elementary school
- Doan Elementary School
- Jeungpyeong Elementary School
- Jukri Elementary School
- Sambo Elementary School
Middle school
- Hyeongseok Middle School
- Jeungpyeong Middle School
- Jeungpyeong Girl's Middle School
High school
- Chungbuk Business High School
- Hyeongseok High School
- Jeungpyeong Technical High School
Tertiary Institution
- Korea National University of Transportation
Climate
Jeungpyeong has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen: Dwa) with cold, dry winters and hot, rainy summers.
| Climate data for Jeungpyeong (1993–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) | 6.0 (42.8) | 12.4 (54.3) | 19.4 (66.9) | 25.0 (77.0) | 28.5 (83.3) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.9 (87.6) | 26.6 (79.9) | 20.6 (69.1) | 12.6 (54.7) | 4.6 (40.3) | 18.3 (64.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) | −0.5 (31.1) | 5.1 (41.2) | 11.7 (53.1) | 17.5 (63.5) | 22.2 (72.0) | 25.1 (77.2) | 25.4 (77.7) | 20.1 (68.2) | 13.0 (55.4) | 5.9 (42.6) | −1.2 (29.8) | 11.8 (53.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.4 (16.9) | −6.1 (21.0) | −1.3 (29.7) | 4.7 (40.5) | 10.8 (51.4) | 16.7 (62.1) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.5 (70.7) | 15.4 (59.7) | 7.1 (44.8) | 0.3 (32.5) | −6.3 (20.7) | 6.3 (43.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.9 (0.74) | 27.2 (1.07) | 38.9 (1.53) | 73.4 (2.89) | 75.1 (2.96) | 131.2 (5.17) | 280.1 (11.03) | 263.2 (10.36) | 124.0 (4.88) | 57.4 (2.26) | 43.1 (1.70) | 20.7 (0.81) | 1,153.2 (45.40) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.0 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 90.8 |
| Source: Korea Meteorological Administration[1] | |||||||||||||
Twin towns – sister cities
Jeungpyeong is twinned with:
Guannan County, Jiangsu, China
References
- ^ "Climatological Normals of Korea (1991 ~ 2020)" (PDF) (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
External links
- Jeungpyeong County government home page
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