Goseong (고성군, 高城郡, high.castle.county) is a county in Gangwon-do, on the far north side of the province next to the sea and the border with North Korea.
General information
- Area: 664.18㎢
- Population: 34,728
- Population density: 52/㎢(2002)
- Number of households: 12,216 (2002)
- Administrative divisions: 2 eup, 4 myeon
- Location of county office: 12 Ha-ri, Ganseong-eup, Goseong-gun (고성군 간성읍 하리 12)
- County flower: 해당화
- County tree: Gingko (은행나무)
- County bird: 괭이갈매기
- County animal: 명태
To the north of Goseong is the county of Tongcheon, to the south is the city of Sokcho, to the west is the county of Hoeyang, and to the east is the sea.
Goseong is very close to a number of high mountains such as the well-known Geumgangsan (금강산, 金剛山:1,638m) as well as Musan (무산, 巫山:1,319m) and Hyangnobong (향로봉, 香爐峰:1,293m).
The Taebaek Mountains block the cold wind during the winter raising the temperature, and giving it a more moderate climate than other cities on the sea to the west. There is a relatively large amount of precipitation during the autumn and winter. The average yearly temperature is 11.3℃, the average in January is －2.5℃, and the average during August is 24.1℃. The average amount of precipitation over the year is 1,128.3mm.
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