Goesan County

{{Infobox settlement | name = Goesan | native_name = {{nobold|괴산군}} | native_name_lang = ko | translit_lang1 = Korean | settlement_type = County | translit_lang1_type1 = Hangul | translit_lang1_info1 = {{lang|ko|괴산군}} | translit_lang1_type2 = Hanja | translit_lang1_info2 = {{lang|ko|{{linktext|槐|山|郡}}}} | translit_lang1_type3 = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}} | translit_lang1_info3 = Goesan-gun | translit_lang1_type4 = {{nowrap|McCune-Reischauer}} | translit_lang1_info4 = Koesan-gun | image_skyline = Korea-Goesan-No.3 National highway and Overpassing Jungbu Inland Expressway-01.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = No.3 National highway and overpassing Jungbu Inland Expressway | image_map = North Chungcheong-Goesan.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = Location in South Korea | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|South Korea}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Hoseo | population_blank1_title = Dialect | population_blank1 = Chungcheong | area_total_km2 = 842 | population_as_of = September 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jumin.mois.go.kr/|title=주민등록 인원 통계|date=2024|website=행정안전부}}</ref> | population_total = 36,021 | population_density_km2 = 52.8 | parts_type = Administrative divisions | parts = 1 ''eup'' and 10 ''myeon'' | image_blank_emblem = Goesan logo.png | blank_emblem_type = Emblem of Goesan | image_flag = Flag of Goesan.svg }} '''Goesan County''' ({{Korean|hangul=괴산군|rr=Goesan-gun}}) is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea.

==Demographics== As of 2021, Goesan-gun has a population of about 40,000 people.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Victoria|date=2021-07-16|title=Next stop, a town at risk of disappearing. Please, watch your bones|url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-07-16/south-korea-aging-population-disappearing-villages-on-rural-bus-route|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> The area has been affected strongly by the graying of the South Korean population, and more than a third of residents are over the age of 65.<ref name=":0" /> Schools have closed as urbanization and falling birthrates in Korea have resulted in a declining number of children to attend them.<ref name=":0" /> One school, to prevent closure due to low enrollment, offers free housing to families with school-age children.<ref name=":0" />

==Tourist spot== * '''Sanmagi-yetgil''' Sanmagi-yetgil is a {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} road that extends from Sao-rang-maeul village (Oe-sa-ri, Chilseong-myeon, Goesan-gun, Chungbuk) to Sanmagi village in the mountains. It is a stroll path restored to resemble the traditional mountain road with a picturesque landscape.<ref>JoongAng Daily http://news.joins.com/article/21920410</ref>

==Twin towns – sister cities== {{unreferenced section|section|date=August 2018}} Goesan is twinned with:

===Domestic=== * Gwanak-gu, Seoul * Gangnam-gu, Seoul * Guro-gu, Seoul * Jung-gu, Incheon * Anyang, Gyeonggi * Ansan, Gyeonggi * Uiwang, Gyeonggi

===International=== * {{flagdeco|PRC}} Ji'an, Jilin, China

==See also== * Geography of South Korea * Chungcheong

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Goesan}} * [http://www.goesan.go.kr/eng/index.do Goesan County home page (in English)] * [http://www.goesan.go.kr/ Goesan County home page (in Korean)]

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Category:Goesan County Category:Counties of North Chungcheong Province