Sangdang-gu () is a non-autonomous

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

in the city of

Cheongju Cheongju () is the capital and largest city of North Chungcheong Province in South Korea. History Cheongju has been an important provincial town since ancient times. In the Cheongju Mountains, specifically in the one where Sangdang Sanseong is ...

North Chungcheong Province North Chungcheong Province ( ko, 충청북도, ''Chungcheongbuk-do''), also known as Chungbuk, is a province of South Korea. North Chungcheong has a population of 1,578,934 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Hoseo region in th ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. Sangdang-gu was re-established from a part of Sangdang-gu and a part of

Cheongwon-gun 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 is t ...

in July 2014. The newly created Cheongwon-gu annexed the part of Sangdang-gu.

Archaeology

The Hungsu Child was found in the Turubong limestone cave located in Munui-myeon.

Administrative divisions

Sangdang-gu is divided into 5 townships (''myeon'') and 8 neighborhoods (''dong'').

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* Districts of Cheongju 1995 establishments in South Korea States and territories established in 1995 {{SouthKorea-geo-stub