Cheongwon County (Cheongwon-gun) was a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It was dissolved on July 1, 2014 and consolidated to Cheongju.
Cheongwon was twinned with:
Cangzhou, Hebei, China
Kikuchi, Kumamoto, Japan-
Cheongwon청원군Former County
Korean transcription(s) • Hangul 청원군 • Hanja 淸原郡 • Revised Romanization Cheongwon-gun • McCune–Reischauer Ch’ŏngwŏn-gun
Cheongju Airport located in Cheongwon
Emblem of Cheongwon
Location in South KoreaCoordinates: 36°38′00″N 127°24′00″ECoordinates: 36°38′00″N 127°24′00″E Country
South KoreaRegion Hoseo Administrative divisions for present, refer Cheongju Area • Total 779.06 km2 (300.80 sq mi) Population (2001)• Total 123,984 • Density 152/km2 (390/sq mi) • Dialect Chungcheong
