- Apo-eup
Infobox Korean name
hangul=아포읍
hanja=牙浦邑
rr=Apo-eup
mr=Ap'o-ŭpApo-eup is an "eup" in
Gimcheon ,Gyeongsangbuk-do , centralSouth Korea . It has an area of 53.48 km². Although it contains several low peaks, the land of Apo-eup also contains a great deal of flat and fertilefloodplain ; local agriculture is dominated byrice cultivation. The smallGamcheon river runs along the eastern border. As of January 2005, the population is 8,799, and has fallen somewhat since 1995. It is divided among 30 "ri".The region first enters historical records in the
Proto-Three Kingdoms period , when it successfully rebelled against the local polity ofGammun-guk . It appears as part ofUnified Silla in 757, when it made up two "myeon" inGaeryeong-hyeon : Dong-myeon and Apo-myeon. This situation continued for more than a thousand years, until the massive reorganization of Korea's local governments in 1914, at which time the two "myeon" were united into the present-day entity of Apo-eup. Apo-eup was originally part of Gimcheon County; when the county was split into Gimcheon City and Geumneung County in 1949, it became part of Geumneung County. With the reunification of city and county in 1995, Apo-eup became part of Gimcheon once more.Apo-eup is located near the heart of the national transportation grid. The junction of the
Gyeongbu Expressway andJungbu Naeryuk Expressway s is located in Apo-eup. TheGyeongbu Line railroad also passes through the "eup". Although there are two stations along the railroad, Apo Station and Daesin Station, they are not served by regular trains. Local attractions include the ancient tombs of Bongsan-ri, which are located in the floodplain of the Gamcheon.ee also
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