Cheongdo

Cheongdo 청도
—  County  —
Korean transcription(s)
- Hangul	청도군
- Hanja	淸道郡
- Revised Romanization	Cheongdo-gun
- McCune-Reischauer	Ch'ŏngdo-gun
The Cheongdo county is famous for the annual bullfighting festival
Emblem of Cheongdo
Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Administrative divisions	2 eup, 7 myeon
Area
- Total	696.53 km2 (268.9 sq mi)
Population (2005)
- Total	47,099
- Density	72.8/km2 (188.6/sq mi)
- Dialect	Gyeongsang

Cheongdo County (Cheongdo-gun) is an county in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is connected to the national transportation grid by the Gyeongbu Line railroad and the Daegu-Busan Expressway. The seat of government is located in the center of the county, in Hwayang-eup.

In the Samhan period, Cheongdo may have been the site of the small polity of Ieso-guk. It was later absorbed into Silla, and gained its current name of "Cheongdo" in 940. The county's nine subdivisions were established in 1919. The county government moved to its current location in 1961. In 1966, the New Village Movement began in Sindo 1-ri, Cheongdo-eup.

Every year Cheongdo is host to an international bullfighting festival.

Administrative divisions

Cheongdo is divided into two eup and seven myeon, as below. These in turn are divided into 212 ri, and 668 natural villages (jayeon burak).

• Hwayang-eup
• Cheongdo-eup
• Gakbuk-myeon
• Punggak-myeon
• Iseo-myeon
• Gangnam-myeon
• Maejeon-myeon
• Geumcheon-myeon
• Unmun-myeon

Sister cities

• Nenjiang, China

See also

• Geography of South Korea
• Subdivisions of South Korea

References

External links

• County government website

Coordinates: 35°48′N 128°47′E / 35.8°N 128.783°E / 35.8; 128.783