Bongpyeong-myeon | |
Native Name: | 봉평면 |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Translit Lang1: | Korean |
Translit Lang1 Type1: | Hangul |
Translit Lang1 Info1: | 봉평면 |
Translit Lang1 Type2: | Hanja |
Translit Lang1 Info2: | Korean: {{linktext|蓬|坪|面 |
Translit Lang1 Type3: | Revised Romanization |
Translit Lang1 Info3: | Bongpyeong-myeon |
Translit Lang1 Type4: | McCune-Reischauer |
Translit Lang1 Info4: | Pongp'yŏng-myŏn |
Pushpin Map: | South Korea |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Daegwallyeong-myeon in South Korea |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Korea |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gangwon-do |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Pyeongchang |
Parts Type: | Administrative divisions |
Parts: | 19 ri |
Area Total Km2: | 217.41 |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 5,545 |
Timezone: | Korea Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +9 |
Coordinates: | 37.6141°N 128.3779°W |
Bongpyeong-myeon is a myeon (township) in the county of Pyeongchang in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea. The myeon is located in northwestern part of the county. The total area of Bongpyeong-myeon is 217.41 square kilometers,[2] and, as of 2008, the population was 5,545 people.[1]
The town is the setting of the When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom (1936) short story by Lee Hyo-seok, and its buckwheat fields are considered to be a major tourist attraction.[3]