Changnyeong
Hangul 창녕군 Hanja 昌寧郡 Revised Romanization Changnyeong-gun McCune-Reischauer Ch'angnyŏng-gun
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Area 533. Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language Romanization system in South Korea. McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language Romanization systems along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 09 km² (205. 83 sq mi) Population (2000) 74,668 Population density 140. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 1 /km² (363 /sq mi) Administrative divisions 2 eup, 12 myeon
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Changnyeong County (Changnyeong-gun) is a county in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. |||} South Korea is divided into 8 Provinces ( do) 1 special autonomous province ( teukbyeol jachido) 6 metropolitan cities ( gwangyeoksi |||} South Korea is divided into 8 Provinces ( do) 1 special autonomous province ( teukbyeol jachido) 6 metropolitan cities ( gwangyeoksi Gyeongsangnam-do (South Gyeongsang is a province in the southeast of South Korea. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː

In the early Three Kingdoms period, Changnyeong was the seat of Bihwa Gaya, a member of the Gaya confederacy which was later conquered by Silla. The Three Kingdoms of Korea ( refer to the ancient Korean kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula Bihwa Gaya also known as Bijabal, was one of the kingdoms of the Gaya confederacy during the Three Kingdoms Period. Gaya was a confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan Silla (57 BC – 935 AD was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.

The Nakdong River flows through the county. The Nakdong River ( Rakdong in North Korean is the longest River in South Korea, and passes through major cities such as Daegu and The Upo wetland, an important ecological resource and tourist attraction, occupies a portion of the river basin. Upo wetland is a complex of natural Wetlands located in Changnyeong County, South Korea, near the Nakdong River. Ecology (from Greek grc οἶκος oikos, "house(hold" and grc -λογία -logia) is the scientific study of Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel

Famous people from Changnyeong include North Korean actress Song Hye-rim. Song Hye-rim (1937-2002 was a North Korean actress and one-time favored mistress of Kim Jong Il.

See also

• Geography of South Korea
• Yeongnam
• Upo wetland

External links

• County government website
• Open Directory category

South Korea is located in East Asia, on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula jutting out from the far east of the Asian land mass Yeongnam (literally "south of the passes" is the name of a region that coincides with the former Gyeongsang Province in what is now South Korea. Upo wetland is a complex of natural Wetlands located in Changnyeong County, South Korea, near the Nakdong River.

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