Goseong County, Gangwon
County in Gwandong, South Korea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the county of the same name in South Gyeongsang Province, see Goseong County, South Gyeongsang.
Goseong (Korean: 고성군; RR: Goseong-gun; [ˈkosʌŋ‿ɡun]) is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea.
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Goseong
고성군 | |
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Korean transcription(s) | |
• Hangul | 고성군 |
• Hanja | 高城郡 |
• Revised Romanization | Goseong-gun |
• McCune-Reischauer | Kosŏng-gun |
Country | South Korea |
Region | Gwandong |
Administrative divisions | 2 eup, 3 myeon |
Area | |
• Total | 664.34 km2 (256.50 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 29,118 |
• Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
• Dialect | Gangwon |
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Prior to the 1953 Armistice which ceased the Korean War, Goseong (which is located north of the 38th parallel) was a part of North Korea.[citation needed] Kaesong, which is south of the 38th parallel and a part of South Korea before 1953, became part of the North after the Armistice.[1]