Jeongeup
Jeongeup
정읍시 | |
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Municipal City | |
Korean transcription(s) | |
• Hangul | 정읍시 |
• Hanja | 井邑市 |
• Revised Romanization | Jeongeup-si |
• McCune-Reischauer | Chŏngŭp-si |
North Jeolla | |
Administrative divisions | 1 eup, 14 myeon, 12 dong |
Area | |
• Total | 692.66 km2 (267.44 sq mi) |
Population (March, 2022) | |
• Total | 106,187 |
• Density | 153/km2 (400/sq mi) |
• Dialect | Jeolla |
Jeongeup (Korean pronunciation:
Demographics
Jeongeup's population is in decline, with an average of 56 people moving to the city every day but 91 leaving, with the birth and death rates being equal. The divorce rate currently runs at 50%.[1]
Geography
The main hills in Jeongeup are
Attractions
Jeongeup, like many cities in Korea, had a hyanggyo, or Confucian school, where people were trained in Confucian ways. This building is a tourist attraction today, but is not open to the public.
Jeongeup is known for a traditional song from the Baekje Kingdom era, known as Jeongeup-ga. The song tells the tale of the lamenting heart of a woman waiting for her peddler husband's return.
Naejangsa Temple: first erected in 636, but most of its current buildings were built after the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1597 and the Korean War.[2] On 31 October 2012, the temple was destroyed in a fire that broke out.[3]
Festivals
A maple festival around
Additionally, a century ago, Jeongeup was the site of a revolution by the religious movement of Cheondoism. A lot of peasants joined the movement against the Japanese invaders. For this, Jeongeup holds an annual ceremony to commemorate the event.[5]
Notable people
- Seung Hwan Oh, professional baseball player, Olympic gold medalist
- Song Dae-kwan, singer
- Yu Sung-yup, politician
Twin towns – sister cities
Jeongeup is
- Jongno-gu, Seoul
- South Gyeongsang
- Sokcho, Gangwon
- Suseong-gu, Daegu
- Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Narita, Chiba, Japan
Climate
Jeongeup has a cooler version of a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa).
Climate data for Jeongeup (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1970–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
31.0 (87.8) |
34.1 (93.4) |
34.2 (93.6) |
37.3 (99.1) |
38.4 (101.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
30.7 (87.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
38.4 (101.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) |
7.1 (44.8) |
12.7 (54.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
27.9 (82.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
26.9 (80.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
14.2 (57.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
18.9 (66.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) |
1.7 (35.1) |
6.4 (43.5) |
12.4 (54.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
15.1 (59.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
2.1 (35.8) |
13.3 (55.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.4 (24.1) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
6.4 (43.5) |
12.2 (54.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
16.9 (62.4) |
9.8 (49.6) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
8.5 (47.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −19.8 (−3.6) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
2.4 (36.3) |
8.5 (47.3) |
13.1 (55.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−15.2 (4.6) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 36.5 (1.44) |
39.0 (1.54) |
56.0 (2.20) |
82.5 (3.25) |
87.2 (3.43) |
136.1 (5.36) |
284.0 (11.18) |
298.1 (11.74) |
148.5 (5.85) |
61.0 (2.40) |
55.6 (2.19) |
45.3 (1.78) |
1,329.8 (52.35) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.9 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 9.1 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 116.5 |
Average snowy days | 9.4 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 7.1 | 27.4 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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73.2 | 67.9 | 64.2 | 61.5 | 63.8 | 70.9 | 77.1 | 76.6 | 75.0 | 71.7 | 71.5 | 73.1 | 70.5 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 138.2 | 159.0 | 197.0 | 215.3 | 227.3 | 176.1 | 152.9 | 168.9 | 179.9 | 190.6 | 151.4 | 131.4 | 2,088 |
Percent possible sunshine | 47.8 | 52.4 | 52.8 | 57.4 | 54.2 | 44.4 | 39.4 | 46.8 | 51.3 | 58.9 | 50.8 | 46.5 | 50.1 |
Source: Korea Meteorological Administration (snow and percent sunshine 1981–2010)[6][7][8] |
Gallery
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Looking downstream along the Jeongeupcheon from Chosangyo
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Jeongeup Station
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Street in central Jeongeup
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Hyanggyo
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Chungryeolsa
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Statue guarding Chungryeolsa
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Memorial to those who fell defending South Korea
See also
- Naejang-san
- List of cities in South Korea
References
- ^ 녹두꽃피고 파랑새나는 정읍 만들기. Jeongeup City Council. Archived from the original on 15 February 2005. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
- ^ Cin, Woo Lee (10 February 2012). "Simply stunning: 33 incredible Korean temples". CNN Travel. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ^ "Temple lost to fire". The Hankyoreh. 1 November 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ [Wonderful maple of Naejang mountain] 내장산 단풍… 마냥 고와서 문득 서러워라 국민일보2007.11.01
- ^ ""Welcome to honam Udo nongak"". Archived from the original on 10 January 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
- ^ "Climatological Normals of Korea (1991 ~ 2020)" (PDF) (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ 순위값 – 구역별조회 (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ "Climatological Normals of Korea" (PDF). Korea Meteorological Administration. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.