Cheongwon County

Coordinates: 36°38′00″N 127°24′00″E / 36.63333°N 127.40000°E / 36.63333; 127.40000
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Cheongwon
청원군
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul청원군
 • Hanja淸原郡
 • Revised RomanizationCheongwon-gun
 • McCune–ReischauerCh'ŏngwŏn-gun
Cheongju Airport located in Cheongwon
Cheongju Airport located in Cheongwon
Official logo of Cheongwon
Location in South Korea
Location in South Korea
Coordinates: 36°38′00″N 127°24′00″E / 36.63333°N 127.40000°E / 36.63333; 127.40000
Country South Korea
RegionHoseo
Administrative divisionsfor present, refer Cheongju
Area
 • Total779.06 km2 (300.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total123,984
 • Density152/km2 (390/sq mi)
 • Dialect
Chungcheong

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

Cheongwon was twinned with:

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