Goseong (Gyeongsangnam-do)

Infobox Korean settlement
title=Goseong County
logo=Goseong_gyeongnam_logo.gif
hangul=고성군
hanja=固城郡
rr=Goseong-gun
mr=Kosŏng-gun
area_km2=516.9
pop=60374|popnote= [ [http://goseong.go.kr/eng/01/05.asp] Dead link|date=March 2008]
popyear=2002
popden_km2=116.8
divs=1 "eup", 13 "myeon"

Goseong County ("Goseong-gun") is a county in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.

Administrative divisions

Goseong-gun is divided into 1 "eup" and 13 "myeon".
*Goseong-eup
*Daega-myeon
*Donghae-myeon
*Gaecheon-myeon
*Georyu-myeon
*Guman-myeon
*Hai-myeon
*Hail-myeon
*Heohwa-myeon
*Maan-myeon
*Samsan-myeon
*Sangri-myeon
*Yeonghyeon-myeon
*Yeongo-myeon

Location

Goseong-gun is located at the southern end of central Gyeongnam. It was the capital of Sogaya, an ancient kingdom of advanced culture. [가야 지배자들의 무덤을 찾아서 Dayliannews http://www.dailian.co.kr/news/n_view.html?id=54195 2007.01.16] It is endowed with natural tourism resources of beautiful mountains, ocean, and fields.

It is adjacent to Geoje, Sacheon, Tongyeong, Masan, and Jinju. It is also linked to the Daejeon-Tongyeong Expressway, National Roads No. 14 and No. 33. [from County website]

Climate

Its location is quite southern, which makes the climate mild and warm all year around. That is, Goseong is classified as an oceanic climate. The southeast wind blows during the summer and the northwest wind, which is the seasonal wind, blows during the winter.

Festival

Goseong was the center of the Gaya kingdom during ancient years. Goseong county held an annual "Sogaya festival" reemerging marching of ancient people with legends.

Additionally, events also deal with General Yi Sun-sin who beat Japanese invaders at Danghangpo which is near port of Goseong. [Opening festival of Goseong "고성 소가야문화제 개막" http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LPOD&mid=etc&oid=001&aid=0001433505 연합뉴스|기사입력 2006-10-11]

Cluster

Goseong was designated as a cluster for shipbuilding, including development with its neighbor, Geoje area.

In July 2007, the Ministry of Finance and Economy confirmed the establishment of the complex after securing the land. The construction is scheduled to begin in April 2008. [Goseong starting shipbuilding cluster from next April "고성 조선산업특구 조성 4월 착공" http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2008/01/15/2008011501232.html(kor)]

Fossil sites

Goseong has revealed that many dinosaurs lived. The county will host World Dinosaur Expo in 2009. Goseong county participate in the International dinosaur festival of Zigong, Sichuan Province of China which is a sister city.

The whole area was on the way of propelling registration of UNESCO natural heritages with other southern coast-lying regions. Fossil sites on the southern coast of Korea are the largest scale in Asia. [남해안 공룡화석지 국제심포지엄 개최 Newsis 2007-02-22 http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=003&aid=0000322959]

ister cities

*flagicon|South Korea Yeongdeungpo, South Korea
*flagicon|China Zigong, China

ee also

* List of Korea-related topics
* Sim Bong-geun, Goseong native and President of Dong-A University.
* Danghangpo Battle, a battle that happen in modern Danghang-ri, Hoehwa-myeon.

References

External links

* [http://eng.goseong.go.kr/ County government website]
* [http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/South_Korea/Gyeongnam/Goseong/ Open Directory category]