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Yanggu County, Gangwon
Yanggu County (Yanggu-gun) is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea.
Yanggu 양구군 | |
|---|---|
| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 양구군 |
| • Hanja | 楊口郡 |
| • Revised Romanization | Yanggu-gun |
| • McCune-Reischauer | Yanggu-gun |
Flag Emblem of Yanggu | |
Location in South Korea | |
| Country | South Korea |
| Region | Gwandong |
| Administrative divisions | 1 eup, 4 myeon |
| Area | |
| • Total | 700.8 km2 (270.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 24,027 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (90/sq mi) |
| • Dialect | Gangwon |
The northern part of Yanggu County was part of the front line for much of the Korean War, and now borders the Demilitarized Zone. Several Korean War battle sites are located in Yanggu County, including Bloody Ridge, Heartbreak Ridge, and Hill 1179 (Daeusan).
Yanggu is located in what is claimed to be the geographic center of the Korean peninsula. Dochon-ri village in Nam-myeon[1] in Yanggu is called the "navel of Korea".[2]
Climate edit
Yanggu has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen: Dwa) with cold, dry winters and hot, rainy summers.
| Climate data for Yanggu (1993–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) | 5.1 (41.2) | 11.3 (52.3) | 18.4 (65.1) | 24.2 (75.6) | 28.1 (82.6) | 29.0 (84.2) | 29.9 (85.8) | 25.5 (77.9) | 19.7 (67.5) | 11.0 (51.8) | 3.2 (37.8) | 17.3 (63.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.8 (21.6) | −2.6 (27.3) | 3.7 (38.7) | 10.4 (50.7) | 16.2 (61.2) | 20.7 (69.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.6 (74.5) | 18.1 (64.6) | 11.3 (52.3) | 4.1 (39.4) | −3.6 (25.5) | 10.0 (50.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.9 (10.6) | −8.8 (16.2) | −2.8 (27.0) | 3.2 (37.8) | 9.6 (49.3) | 15.1 (59.2) | 19.8 (67.6) | 19.9 (67.8) | 13.9 (57.0) | 5.9 (42.6) | −1.2 (29.8) | −8.9 (16.0) | 4.5 (40.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12.6 (0.50) | 20.1 (0.79) | 27.1 (1.07) | 63.3 (2.49) | 79.3 (3.12) | 111.0 (4.37) | 321.4 (12.65) | 310.9 (12.24) | 121.1 (4.77) | 42.5 (1.67) | 43.5 (1.71) | 14.2 (0.56) | 1,167 (45.94) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.0 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 84 |
| Source: Korea Meteorological Administration[3] | |||||||||||||
Twin towns – sister cities edit
- Chizu, Japan
- Jianli, China
- Saint-Mandé, France
References edit
- ^ The Natural Side of the DMZ in Yanggu, Gangwon-do
- ^ Travel to the nude in nature, “DMZ’s story 4 – Yanggu” 한반도의 배꼽, 양구
- ^ (PDF) (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "International Exchange". Yanggu County. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
External links edit
- Yanggu County government home page
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