Samcheok
Sign in to savethumb|Samcheok Fire Station Samcheok (; ) is a city in the state of Gangwon, South Korea. To the west are the Taebaek Mountains, which form a high flat plain of more than 1,000 meters, and to the east the coastal plain slopes sharply. Samcheok borders Donghae in the north, Uljin County in North Gyeongsang Province to the south, and Taebaek in the west. It covers an area of 1,185.86 square kilometers and has a coastline of 58.4 kilometers. Samcheok's city hall is located in Gyo-dong. Samcheok includes 2 districts, 6 villages, and 4 neighborhoods or dongs. The city's official tree is the zelkova
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Samcheok
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipal city
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Korean
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Hangul
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type2
- Hanja
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info3
- Samcheok-si
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info4
- Samch'ŏk-si
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Korea-Samcheok-Beach-01.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Gangwon-Samcheok.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in South Korea
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1185.78
- Settlement.population_as_of
- September 2024
- Settlement.population_total
- 62,111
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.leader_title
- mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Park Sang-su ()
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