Chilgok County

Chilgok 칠곡군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	칠곡군
• Hanja	漆谷郡
• Revised Romanization	Chilgok-gun
• McCune-Reischauer	Ch'ilgok-kun
Flag Emblem of Chilgok
Location in South Korea
Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Administrative divisions	3 eup, 5 myeon
Area
• Total	451 km2 (174 sq mi)
Population
• Total	107,158
• Density	237.6/km2 (615/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang

Chilgok County (Chilgok-gun) is in southwest North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is near Gunwi County to the east and adjoins Gimchon-si, Seongju County to the west. It is on the Nakdong river.

Geography and climate

Its geographical coordinate is 128°18'-128°38'to the east longitude and the north latitude 35°52' - 36°38' with average temperature of 14.8 °C and 948mm amount of rainfall.

Further information: Palgeocheon

Administrative divisions

Map of Chilgok County

Chilgok County is divided into 3 eup and 5 myeon.

Name	Hangeul	Hanja
Waegwan-eup	왜관읍	倭館邑
Buksam-eup	북삼읍	北三邑
Seokjeok-eup	석적읍	石積邑
Jicheon-myeon	지천면	枝川面
Dongmyeong-myeon	동명면	東明面
Gasan-myeon	가산면	架山面
Yakmok-myeon	약목면	若木面
Gisan-myeon	기산면	岐山面

External links

• County government website Archived 2016-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Cheonsaengsanseong Fortresss
• Gasansanseong Fortress