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About Jincheon

General Statistics

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Area : 407.25㎢ (0.4% of the country, 5.5% of the province)

Population(incl. foreign nationals) : (As of Sept. 2023)

Population(incl. foreign nationals) : (As of Sept. 2023)
No. of Household Population
Total Man Woman
42,474 85,758 45,349 40,409
Jincheon-eup 14,776 30,008 15,563 14,445
Deoksan-eup 13,348 30,024 15,929 14,095
Chopyeong-myeon 1,641 2,999 1,572 1,427
Munbeak-myeon 1,914 3,355 1,771 1,584
Baekgok-myeon 1,248 2,041 1,048 993
Iwol-myeon 3,506 6,138 3,308 2,830
Gwanghyewon-myeon 6,041 11,193 6,158 5,035
  • Administrative division : 2 eups, 5 myeons, 83 legal ris, 314 administrative-ris, and 966 bans (as of Jan. 1, 2023)
  • Administrative structure : 3 Bureaus, 3 offices, 16 departments and 2 direct sub-departments, 4 project offices, 1 district council office, 2 eups-5 myeons 1 Sejong office and 1 branch office 2TF (as of Jan. 1, 2023)
  • Public officials : 824 officials (423 at the main office, 19 at the district council, 151 at the direct subdivisions, 65 at the project offices, and 166 at the eups and myeons) (as of Oct. 2023)
  • Automobiles(54,858 units) : 42,777 cars / 1,759 passenger vans / 10,064 trucks / 258 special vehicles (as of the end of Dec. 2022)
  • Regional specialties : Rice, aquarium fish, rose, watermelon, facility vegetable, and apple
  • Companies : 1342 companies (7 at industrial complex and 8 at agro-industrial complex)(as of Jul. 2023)

Cultural assets (as of Jul. 1, 2023)

Cultural assets (As of July 1, 2019)
Total State-designated Do-designated
Treasure Historical site Natural monument Important intangible cultural assets Registered cultural assets Tangible Intangible Monuments Folk cultural assets Cultural asset data
44 2 2 1 1 2 13 1 15 2 5

Jincheon Location

Jincheon is located 127 degrees east longitude and 36 degrees north latitude. Located in the central part of Chungcheongbuk-do, Jincheon is a landlocked city with Jungbu Express highway passing through the middle, and within a 40km radius are the cities of Cheongju, Eumseong, Geosan and Cheonan . In keeping with its original name of “SaengGeo Jincheon”, Jincheon is a heavily mountainous area with the Charyeong mountain range running from the north to south. Mihocheon stream, the upper region of the Gumgang River, begins at Gwanghyewon-myeon and Baekgok-myeon and runs through the extensive plains in the south, which forms a fertile granary in the southern part of Jincheon.