Seokpo-myeon

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Seokpo-myeon (Hangeul: 석포면, Hanja: 石浦面) is a myeon or a township in Bonghwa county of North Gyeongsang province in South Korea. The total area of Seokpo-myeon is 150.1 square kilometers, and, as of 2006, the population was 2,144 people. Seokpo-myeon is further divided into three "ri", or small villages.

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Seokpo-myeon is the southernmost breeding habitat of the branchymystax lenok, a rare freshwater fish. Due to this, the breeding grounds in Seokpo-myeon were designated as Korean Natural Monument No. 74. [1]

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