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Yesan () is a
county A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
in South Chungcheong Province,
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
. Famous people from Yesan include independence fighter Yoon Bong-Gil. Sudeoksa, a head temple of the Jogye Order of
Korean Buddhism Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what its early practitioners saw as inconsistencies within the Mahayana Buddhist traditions that they received from foreign countries. To address this, they ...
, is located on the southern slopes of Deoksungsan in Deoksan-myeon, Yesan County. Its main hall is '' daeungjeon'' (), Korea's oldest wooden building and National Treasure 49. In 2009, Yesan was designated a "slow city," one in which traditional cultures and communities are preserved.


Transportation

* Yesan Citybus


Sister cities


Domestic

* Seocho-gu,
Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...
* Seongbuk-gu, Seoul * Yeonsu-gu,
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*
Anyang Anyang ( zh, s=安阳, t=安陽; ) is a prefecture-level city in Henan, China. Geographical coordinates are 35° 41'~ 36° 21' north latitude and 113° 38'~ 114° 59' east longitude. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the eas ...
, Gyeonggi


International

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Gallery

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Notable people

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Park Hyo-shin Park Hyo-shin (; born September 1, 1981) is a South Korean singer and musical theatre actor. Following his debut as a singer in 1999, Park released numerous hit songs in the 2000s, including "Good Person" (2002), "Snow Flower" (2004) and "Me ...
; singer * Yun Dae-nyeong; Author * Yun Bong-gil; fighter for independence * Hwang Sun-hong; former footballer and current manager * Baek Jong-won; food researcher, businessman, entertainer.


See also

* Sapgyo


References


External links


Official government website
Counties of South Chungcheong Province {{SouthChungcheong-geo-stub