Cheongwon
Native name청원군
Translit lang 1Korean
Hangul청원군
Hanja淸原郡
Revised RomanizationCheongwon-gun
McCune–ReischauerCh'ŏngwŏn-gun
Coordinates36°38′00″N 127°24′00″E
CountrySouth Korea
RegionHoseo
ProvinceNorth Chungcheong Province
DialectChungcheong
Area total779.06 km²
Population as of2001
Population total123,984
Population density152 km²
Administrative divisionsFor present, see Cheongju

Cheongwon County (Korean: 청원군; RR: Cheongwon-gun) was a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It was dissolved on July 1, 2014 and consolidated to Cheongju.

Government

The Korea Food and Drug Administration (later Ministry of Food and Drug Safety),[1][2] and Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were/are headquartered in the Osong Health Technology Administration Complex, which was once in Cheongwon County.[3]

Sister cities

Cheongwon was twinned with:

References

  1. ^ "Home (English)". Korea Food and Drug Administration. Archived 2009-11-13 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-01-10. Osong Health Technology Administration Complex, 187 Osongsaengmyeong2(i)-ro, Gangoe-myeon, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea 363-951 - Korean address: "우)363-951 충청북도 청원군 강외면 연제리 643번지 오송생명과학단지 내 보건의료행정타운"
  2. ^ "Home (English)". Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. Archived 2014-01-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-01-10. Osong Health Technology Administration Complex, 187 Osongsaengmyeong2(i)-ro, Osong-eup, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea 363-700 - Korean text: "우)363-700 충청북도 청원군 오송읍 오송생명2로 187 오송보건의료행정타운"
  3. ^ "Home". Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Archived 2013-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-01-10. KCDC (363-951) Osong Health Technology Administration Complex, 187 Osongsaengmyeong2(i)-ro, Yeonjae-ri, Osong-eup, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea 363-951 - Korean address: "(363-951) 충북 청원군 오송읍 오송생명2로 187 오송보건의료행정타운내 질병관리본부"