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Goryeong County (''Goryeong-gun'') is a
Goryeong County is divided into 1 eup and 7 myeon.
Goryeong County government site
Counties of North Gyeongsang Province {{SouthKorea-geo-stub
county
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in North Gyeongsang Province
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, South Korea
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.
Goryeong is a historical center of the ancient kingdom of Daegaya.
Administrative divisions
Goryeong County is divided into 1 eup and 7 myeon.
Climate
Goryeong has ahumid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...
( Köppen: ''Dwa''), but can be considered a borderline humid subtropical climate ( Köppen: ''Cwa'') using the isotherm.
Twin towns – sister cities
Goryeong istwinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
* Hampyeong, South Korea
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* Seocho-gu
Seocho District () is one of the 25 '' gu'' (local government districts) which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. Seocho is generally referred to as a part of Greater Gangnam Area, along with Gangnam District. As of 2022, Seocho District r ...
, South Korea
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See also
* Dasan-myeon *Gaya confederacy
Gaya (, ) was a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period.
The traditional period used by historians for Gaya chronology is AD 42–53 ...
References
External links
Goryeong County government site
Counties of North Gyeongsang Province {{SouthKorea-geo-stub