Boeun County

{{Short description|County in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea}} {{redirect|Boeun||Boeun (Jeungsando)}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Boeun County | native_name = {{nobold|보은군}} | native_name_lang = ko | translit_lang1 = Korean | settlement_type = County | translit_lang1_type1 = Hangul | translit_lang1_info1 = {{lang|ko|보은군}} | translit_lang1_type2 = Hanja | translit_lang1_info2 = {{lang|ko|{{linktext|報|恩|郡}}}} | translit_lang1_type3 = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}} | translit_lang1_info3 = Boeun-gun | translit_lang1_type4 = {{nowrap|McCune-Reischauer}} | translit_lang1_info4 = Poŭn-gun | image_skyline = Beopjusapagoda.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Palsangjeon Hall at Beopjusa | image_map = North Chungcheong-Boeun.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = Location in South Korea | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|South Korea}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Hoseo | government_footnotes =  | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Choi Jae-hyeong (최재형)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boeun.go.kr/gunsu/contents.do?key=617 |title=Boeun County mayor |date=2024|website=Boeun County}}</ref> | population_blank1_title = Dialect | population_blank1 = Chungcheong | area_total_km2 = 584.26 | population_as_of = 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jumin.mois.go.kr/|title=Population statistics |date=2024|website=Korea Ministry of the Interior and Safety}}</ref> | population_total = 30,620 | population_density_km2 = 52 | parts_type = Administrative divisions | parts = 1 ''eup'', 10 ''myeon'' | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = Emblem | image_flag = Flag of Boeun.svg }}

'''Boeun County''' ({{Korean|hangul=보은군}}) is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea.

==History== Boeun ( literally "offering gratitude" or "thanksgiving"), was a South Korean town named in 1406 by a remorseful King Taejong, who felt relieved that he had cleared his conscience after having participated in a ceremonial ritual at the local Beopjusa temple to appease the spirits of his dead younger half-brothers, whose deaths he had caused in a power struggle years earlier.<ref>Official website, [http://english.boeun.go.kr/boeunContents.html?menucode=S01M010505 Origin]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In July 1973, Boeun township was elevated to the status of Boeun town.<ref>Regulations concerning establishment of towns (''eup''s)(1973-03-12)</ref> In 1983, two townships were abolished and incorporated into normal ones. In 2007, Hoebuk-myeon changed its name to Hoein-myeon, Oesongni-myeon to Jangan-myeon, and Naesonngni-myeon into Songnisan-myeonn.<ref>Allowance of alteration concerning from cities to townships (''ri''s)(1983-01-10) from Constitution of the Republic of Korea Currently, Boeun is composed of 1 ''eup'' (Boeun-''eup'') and 10 ''myon''s. One of the myons, Maro-myon of which capital is kwanki-ri is famous for Han-woo (Korean traditional cow) and the beautiful scenery in Ku-byong mountain. </ref>

==Festivals== * Songnisan Fall Festival: During autumn a festival is held at Songnisan, a celebrated mountain in central Korea. The festival has been an important contributor to the development of tourism and the economy in the region.<ref>Official page of Boeun County http://english.boeun.go.kr/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226220906/http://english.boeun.go.kr/ |date=2007-12-26 }}</ref> * Boeun Ocher Apple Festival: Boeun County is well known for its apples, for which a major festival is held to promote them.

==Products== Jujube is the most well-known agricultural product in Boeun county. Additionally, the county's fruit, and eggs are growing in popularity thanks to their eco-friendly mark.<ref>''보은군내 친환경농산물인증 농가 2배 증가'' The confirmation of eco mark doubles Newsis 2008-01-10</ref>

==Climate== Boeun has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen: ''Dwa'') with cold, dry winters and hot, rainy summers. {{Weather box | location = Boeun (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1972–present) | metric first = Y | single line = Y

| source = Korea Meteorological Administration (snow and percent sunshine 1981–2010)<ref name= KMA> {{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220129211110/https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf | archive-date = 29 January 2022 | url = https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf | title = Climatological Normals of Korea (1991 ~ 2020) | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 4 April 2022 | language = ko}}</ref><ref name= KMAextremes> {{cite web | url = https://data.kma.go.kr/climate/extremum/selectExtremumList.do?pgmNo=103 | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 4 April 2022 | script-title = ko:순위값 - 구역별조회 | language = ko}}</ref><ref name= KMAnormals> {{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161207185450/http://www.kma.go.kr/down/Climatological_2010.pdf | archive-date = 7 December 2016 | url = http://www.kma.go.kr/down/Climatological_2010.pdf | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 8 December 2016 | title = Climatological Normals of Korea | date = 2011}}</ref> }}

==Symbols== * City Flower: Forsythia * City Tree: Jujube tree * City Bird: Magpie Birds

==Twin towns – sister cities== Boeun is twinned with:

* {{flagdeco|ROK}} Gwangjin-gu, Seoul * {{flagdeco|CAN}} Clarence-Rockland, Canada<ref>{{Cite web|title=La Cité Clarence Rockland - Twin Cities|url=https://www.clarence-rockland.com/index.php/en/residents/twin-cities|access-date=2021-03-01|website=www.clarence-rockland.com}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Boeun}} *[http://www.boeun.go.kr/english/index.do Boeun County government home page]

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Category:Boeun County Category:Counties of North Chungcheong Province