Gohan-eup () is a town in
Jeongseon County
Jeongseon (''Jeongseon-gun'') is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, county in the province of Gangwon-do (South Korea), Gangwon-do, South Korea. It is famous as the hometown of "Jeongseon Arirang," a traditional Korean folksong. It is als ...
,
Gangwon Province,
South Korea
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, and the county seat of the county of
Jeongseon. The town has a surface area of 52.32 km
2 (20.2 mi
2) and a population of 9,940. It is located in the far southeast of Jeongseon County and is the southernmost town in the county. It is neighbored by
Sabuk-eup in the north.
History
* 1962: Sabuk-eup chartered.
* September 1, 1985: Sabuk-eup and Gohan-eup separate.
* June 29, 1998:
Kangwon Land is founded and begins construction of
Kangwon Land Casino and Hotel.
Economy
Gohan-eup and neighboring
Sabuk-eup were both heavily dependent on
coal mining
Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to Electricity generation, generate electr ...
to sustain its economy for many years. When coal began losing favor as an energy source to
oil
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and
natural gas
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in the 90's, the local economy began to struggle and lag behind. In October 2000,
Kangwon Land,
Gangwon's largest casino and entertainment company opened
Kangwon Land Casino and Hotel in Sabuk-eup, boosting the economy of both of the towns immensely.
Kangwon Land opened another attraction,
High1 Resort
High1 (, ''haiwon'') Resort is a ski resort in Jeongseon, South Korea. Owned by the public corporation of Kangwon Land, it was developed to revitalize the declining mining towns of Gohan-eup, Gohan and Sabuk-eup, Sabuk. The resort opened in Dece ...
, Korea's largest and most popular Ski resort and lodge boosting the tourism based economies of Gohan-eup and Sabuk-eup even further.
Sport Events
In June, Gohan hosts the UTGD Skyrace.
[https://itra.run/Races/RaceCourse/42.Sky.Marathon/2024/91401]
References
External links
정선군 (Jeongseon County)
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Towns and townships in Gangwon Province, South Korea
Jeongseon County