Buyeo County

Infobox Korean settlement
logo=Buyeo logo.gif
hangul=부여군
hanja=扶餘郡
rr=Buyeo-gun
mr=Puyŏ-gun
area_km2=624.58
pop=95213 |popnote= [http://www.buyeo.go.kr/new_buyeo/datas/s06.htm]
popyear=2000
popden_km2=152.4
divs=1 "eup", 15 "myeon"

Buyeo County ("Buyeo-gun") is a county in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. Buyeo-eup, the county's capital, was the site of the capital of the Baekje kingdom from AD 538 to 660, when it was called Sabi.

Famous people associated with Buyeo County in more recent times include noted stem-cell researcher Hwang Woo Suk.

Geography

Buyeo is located at the southern area of Chungcheongnam-do the heart of the Korean peninsula, and has the same latitude as Haulbin, Windam and the same longitude as Tokyo. [ [http://portal.buyeo.go.kr/eng/html/geography.html New Document ] ]

In the time of Baekje (during the Three Kingdoms Era), the capital was moved to present-day Buyeo County (they called Sabi)ascribed to narrowness of the former capital (which was near present-day Seoul). A fortress called Garimseong was constructed for defending the new capital. [http://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20071115023006 " [서동철 전문기자의 비뚜로 보는 문화재] (44) 부여 성흥산 대조사 석불입상" Retrieved on 2008-01-23 ]

Climate

Mid-located region of Korea has mild weather with an annual average temperature of 12.4 ˚C. The average temperature is 0.4 ˚C in winter season and 24.6 ˚C in summer. The annual average precipitation is 1388.4 mm. [Baekje Culture Foundation(백제문화재단) 대전일보 2007-12-06 Retrieved 2008-01-23 http://portal.buyeo.go.kr/eng/html/geography.html]

Baekje Cultural Festival

Buyeo county has held cultural festival featuring ancient Baekje's history which was bloomed in Buyeo and its neighborhood area since 1955 by residents themselves. From 1965, province officially announced to take place Baekje cultural memorial. [ [http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=089&aid=0000128899 네이버 뉴스 ] ]

Main events of festival include memorial as ancient history showing traditional costumes and marching. That concerns specially for the great work of 6 Kings of Sabi era and to applaud the loyalty of 3 loyal subjects. [ [http://portal.buyeo.go.kr/eng/html/festival.html New Document ] ] This festival was appointed as one of the national best festivals in 2007. [Baekje Festival nominated national festival "백제문화제 국가지정 축제 선정" Daejeon Ilbo 2007-12-28 Retrieved 2008-01-26]

ister Cities

*flagicon|South Korea Gangdong, South Korea
*flagicon|South Korea Gangnam, South Korea
*flagicon|China Luoyang, China

ee also

* List of Baekje-related topics
* Geography of South Korea
* Chungcheong

References

External links

* [http://www.buyeo.go.kr/new_buyeo/datas/sall.htm County government website]