Cheongwon County

This article is about the former administrative division. For the current subdivision, see Cheongwon-gu.
Cheongwon
청원군
Former County
Korean transcription(s)
  Hangul
  Hanja
  Revised Romanization Cheongwon-gun
  McCune–Reischauer Ch'ŏngwŏn-gun

Cheongju Airport located in Cheongwon

Emblem of Cheongwon

Location in South Korea
Coordinates: 36°38′00″N 127°24′00″E / 36.63333°N 127.40000°E / 36.63333; 127.40000Coordinates: 36°38′00″N 127°24′00″E / 36.63333°N 127.40000°E / 36.63333; 127.40000
Country  South Korea
Region Hoseo
Administrative divisions 2 eup, 13 myeon
Area
  Total 779.06 km2 (300.80 sq mi)
Population (2001)
  Total 123,984
  Density 152/km2 (390/sq mi)
  Dialect Chungcheong

Cheongwon County (Cheongwon-gun) was a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It was dissolved on July 1, 2014 and annexed by Cheongju.

Cheongwon was twinned with:

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