Sooth Chungcheon Province

Chungcheongnam-do ( 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.See Leet o Sooth Korean regions bi GDP. It is bi far Sooth Korea's fastest growin region, wi an average GDP growth o 9.7% in 2001-2007http://www.mt.co.kr/view/mtview.php?type=1&no=2009072818220114676&outlink=1 that accelerated tae 12.4% in 2010.http://www.index.go.kr/egams/stts/jsp/potal/stts/PO_STTS_IdxMain.jsp?idx_cd=1008&bbs=INDX_001  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  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. 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.

 Cairt # Name Hangul Hanja Population (2010)350px— Ceety —1Cheonan천안天安574,6232Asan아산牙山278,6763Seosan서산瑞山156,8434Dangjin당진唐津137,0065Gongju공주公州122,1536Nonsan논산論山119,2227Boryeong보령保寧97,7708Gyeryong계룡雞龍41,528— Coonty —9Hongseong홍성군洪城郡82,81110Yesan예산군禮山郡77,83011Buyeo부여군扶餘郡67,58412Seocheon서천군舒川郡53,91413Taean태안군泰安郡53,88814Geumsan금산군錦山郡52,95215Cheongyang청양군青陽郡29,755

See an aw
 Leet o Korea-relatit topics

References

Freemit airtins
 Chungcheongnam-do provincial government English-language home page 
 Chungcheongnam-do Province English-Language Home Page 

Category:Provinces o Sooth Korea