- Seosan, Chungnam
Infobox Korean settlement
title=Seosan
hangul=서산시
hanja=linktext|瑞|山|市
rr=Seosan-si
mr=Sŏsan si
area_km2=739.15
pop=148697|popnote= [http://www.seosan.go.kr/seosanData/2003statistics.pdf]
popyear=2002
popden_km2=201.2
divs= 1 "eup", 9 "myeon", 5 "dong"
Seosan is a city in
South Chungcheong Province,South Korea . It is located at coord|36|47|N|126|27|E|region:KR_type:city(148,697). It has a population of approximately 150,000.Seosan has four distinct seasons. In spring, mild temperatures are accompanied by strong winds bearing dust from the Chinese mainland; this dust is called " [hwangsa] " (linktext|lang=ko|황사)or
Asian Dust . In summer, the monsoon ("jangma", linktext|lang=ko|장마) lasts for about three weeks and is typified by heavy rainfall. As in the rest of Korea, Seosan may be affected by typhoons during the Summer, but fortunately there has been little damage to this city in the past. August is the hottest month and is humid. Fall begins in September and temperatures fall away quickly by November. The first winter snows usually appear in early December. The average annual temperature is 11.8 degrees celsius.The famous Korean singer and actor Rain (비) was born here. Another famous singer from Seosan is Star (별). Seosan is renowned for oysters and garlic. The historic
Haemi castle (해미읍성) is located about 12km from the city, inHaemi-eup .ister Cities
*flagicon|China
Qinhuangdao ,China ee also
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Geography of South Korea
*Chungcheongnam-do
*List of cities in South Korea References
External links
* [http://eng.seosantour.net/ Official government website]
* [http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/South_Korea/Chungnam/Seosan/ Open Directory category]
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