Cheongwon County

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Cheongwon
청원군
Korean transcription(s)
   Hangul 청원군
   Hanja 淸原郡
  Revised RomanizationCheongwon-gun
  McCune–ReischauerCh'ŏngwŏn-gun
Korea-Cheongju Airport-Jeju Air propeller plane-01.jpg
Cheongju Airport located in Cheongwon
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North Chungcheong-Cheongwon.svg
Location in South Korea
Coordinates: 36°38′00″N127°24′00″E / 36.63333°N 127.40000°E / 36.63333; 127.40000 Coordinates: 36°38′00″N127°24′00″E / 36.63333°N 127.40000°E / 36.63333; 127.40000
CountryFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Region Hoseo
Administrative divisions for present, refer Cheongju
Area
  Total779.06 km2 (300.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
  Total123,984
  Density152/km2 (390/sq mi)
  Dialect
Chungcheong

Cheongwon County (Cheongwon-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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