Sooth Chungcheon Province

Chungcheongnam-do
Chungcheongnam-do; 충청남도
	Province
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	충청남도
• Hanja	忠淸南道
• McCune‑Reischauer	Ch'ungch'ŏngnamdo
• Revised Romanization	Chungcheongnam‑do
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Hoseo
Caipital	Hongseong
Subdivisions	8 ceeties; 7 coonties
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Ahn Hee-jung (Democratic)
Area
• Total	8,204 km2 (3,168 sq mi)
Area rank	6t
Population (October, 2014)
• Total	2,059,871
• Rank	4t
• Density	235/km2 (610/sq mi)
Metropolitan Seembols
• Flouer	Chrysanthemum
• Tree	Weeping willows
• Bird	Mandarin duck
Dialect	Chungcheong
Website	chungnam.net

Coordinates: 36°30′N 126°45′E / 36.500°N 126.750°E / 36.500; 126.750

Chungcheongnam-do (Scots: Sooth Chungcheong Province abbreviatit Chungnam), is a province in the wast o Republic o Korea. The province wis formit in 1896 frae the sooth-wastren hauf o the umwhile Chungcheong Province an remained a province o Korea till the kintra's diveesion in 1945, thereefter becomin pairt o Sooth Korea. The provincial caipital is Daejeon, which is separately admeenistered as a provincial-level metropolitan ceety.

Chungnam is Sooth Korea's richest province, wi a 2010 GDP per caipita o $47,516, a level o livin staundart heicher than that o the Unitit States.^[2] It is bi far Sooth Korea's fastest growin region, wi an average GDP growth o 9.7% in 2001-2007^[3] that accelerated tae 12.4% in 2010.^[4] Sic rapid growth transformed it frae a maistly agricultural tae a heichlie industrializit economy in the 21st century.

Chungnam is the anerlie province ootside the Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie tae be servit bi Seoul Subway Line 1, wi multi-million dollar projects sic as New Asan Ceety centred on the newly-biggit Cheonan-Asan Station, that connects Chungnam's lairgest ceety, Cheonan, tae Seoul Station in less nor 30 minutes via the KTX bullet train. Cheonan an Asan are twa closely locatit ceeties in the province, hame tae the laundmerk 66-floor Pentaport skyscraper an the Center Ceety Galleria Department Store, designd bi the prominent Dutch architect, Ben van Berkel.

Geography

The province is pairt o the Hoseo region, an is bundit tae the wast bi the Yellae Sea, tae the north bi Gyeonggi-do province, tae the sooth bi Jeollabuk-do province, an tae the east bo Chungcheongbuk-do province.

Resources

Ane third o the province's aurie is unner cultivation. Aside frae agricultur, marine products are o importance. Thare are 220 square kilometre (85 sq mi) o exposed beach which is uised tae produce salt bi solar evaporation. Thare is coal minin, but gowd an siller mines are an aw foond in Chungcheongnam-do, as is Monazite (a rare thorium bearing mineral) an zircon.

Attractions

At 845 metres, Munt Gyeryong is the maist notable elevation. It is locatit in a naitional pairk which is notit for its unique rock featurs. Apairt frae the stane formations thare are a nummer o auld temples. Thir include Gwanchok-sa, a temple which is hame tae the lairgest stane Buddha in Korea.^[5] In 1978 the Taean Marine Naitional Pairk wis opened. It includes some o the kintra's best bathin beaches.

Sejong Ceety

In early 2007, the Republic o Korea govrenment decidit tae creaut a special admeenistrative destrict oot o pairt o the present Chungcheongnam-do Province, near wha is presently Daejeon. The new destrict will be namit Sejong Ceety, an is tae replace Seoul as the futur caipital o the Republic o Korea.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Chungcheongnam-do is dividit intae 9 ceeties (si) an 8 coonties (gun). The ceety an coonty names belaw are gien in Inglis, hangul, an hanja.

#	Name	Hangul	Hanja	Population (2010)

— Ceety —
1	Cheonan	천안	天安	574,623
2	Asan	아산	牙山	278,676
3	Seosan	서산	瑞山	156,843
4	Dangjin	당진	唐津	137,006
5	Gongju	공주	公州	122,153
6	Nonsan	논산	論山	119,222
7	Boryeong	보령	保寧	97,770
8	Gyeryong	계룡	雞龍	41,528
— Coonty —
9	Hongseong	홍성군	洪城郡	82,811
10	Yesan	예산군	禮山郡	77,830
11	Buyeo	부여군	扶餘郡	67,584
12	Seocheon	서천군	舒川郡	53,914
13	Taean	태안군	泰安郡	53,888
14	Geumsan	금산군	錦山郡	52,952
15	Cheongyang	청양군	青陽郡	29,755