Buyeo (부여군, 扶餘郡, aid.extra.county) is a county in Chungcheongnam-do. The population as of 2004 was 83,673, including:
- 83,260 Koreans and
- 413 non-Koreans.
[edit] Geography and general information
- Area: 624.58㎢
- Population density: 141.3/㎢ (2002.12)
- Number of households: 31,401 (2002.12)
- Administrative divisions: 1 eup, 15 myeon
- Location of county office: 725 Dongnam-ri, Buyeo-eup, Buyeo-gun (부여군 부여읍 동남리 725)
- County flower: 개나리
- County tree: Ginkgo (은행나무)
- County bird: Dove (비둘기)
To the east of Buyeo is the city of Nonsan, to the west is the city of Boryeong, to the north is the county of Cheongyang and the city of Gongju, and to the south is the city of Iksan in Jeollanam-do. The length of the county from east to west is 34.3 km, and from north to south is 33.6 km.
Some mountains within the county include Seongtaesan (성태산, 631m), Mansusan (만수산, 432m), Wolmyeongsan (월명산, 544m), Ongnyeobong (옥녀봉, 368m) and Wonjinsan (원진산, 271m).
Streams in the county include the Guryongcheon (구룡천, 九龍川), Geumcheon (금천, 金川), Sadongcheon (사동천, 寺洞川), and the Yeosacheon (여사천, 餘士川).
As the county is not too far from the Yellow Sea (황해) the climate is relatively moderate, while precipitation numbers are relatively large. The average yearly temperature is 12.3℃, the average temperature in January is 0.4℃, the average in August is 24.6℃, and the average yearly precipitation is 1275mm.
[edit] Tourism
Buyeo was the capital of the country Baekje (one of the three countries before the unification of the peninsula that existed until the mid-7th century) and thus has a lot more tourism than the average county.
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