Cheonbuk-myeon is a ''
myeon'', or township, in the
administrative subdivisions
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
of the
Gyeongju City
Gyeongju ( ko, 경주, ), historically known as ''Seorabeol'' ( ko, 서라벌, ), is a coastal city in the far southeastern corner of North Gyeongsang Province in South Korea. It is the second largest city by area in the province after Andong, ...
,
North Gyeongsang
North Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상북도, translit=Gyeongsangbuk-do, ) is a province in eastern South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, and remained a province of Korea until the ...
province,
South Korea
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. It is bordered by
Pohang city
Pohang () is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city in the province of North Gyeongsang, South Korea, and a main seaport in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region. The built-up area of Pohang is located on the alluvium of the mouth of the Hyeongsa ...
to the east,
Bodeok-dong
Bodeok-dong is an administrative '' dong'' or a neighbourhood in the administrative subdivisions of the Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It consists of seven ''legal dong'' including Cheongun-dong, Sinpyeong-dong, Bukgun-do ...
to the south,
Angang-eup
Angang-eup is an '' eup'', or town, and the second-largest subdivision of Gyeongju City. Its 139 square kilometers are home to about 33,300 people and is served by six elementary schools and two joint middle-high schools. Situated next to Gangdong ...
and
Hyeongok-myeon
Hyeongok-myeon is a myeon or a township in the administrative subdivisions of Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is bordered by Hyeongsan River, Cheonbuk-myeon and Yonghwang-dong to the east, Bodeok-dong to the south, Ge ...
to the
Hyeongsan River
The Hyeongsan River is a river in southeastern South Korea. It flows from Baeyanggol Valley (배양골), Wolpyeong-ri (월평리/), Dudong-myeon (두동면/), Ulju County in Ulsan to the Sea of Japan, covering a distance of about 62 km. The ...
to the west and
Gangdong-myeon to the north. Its are home to about 6,140 people.
There are two elementary schools and one high school.
Administrative divisions
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Galgok-ri (갈곡리)
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Deoksan-ri (덕산리)
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Dongsan-ri (동산리)
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Moa-ri (모아리)
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Mulcheon-ri (물천리)
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Seongji-ri (성지리)
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Sinang-ri (신당리)
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Oya-ri (오야리)
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Hwasan-ri (화산리)
See also
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Subdivisions of Gyeongju
The primary subdivisions of Gyeongju in South Korea consist of 4 ''eup'', 8 ''myeon'', and 11 ''dong''. These units are the same into which all of the cities and counties of South Korea are divided. The ''dong'' units occupy the area of the city ...
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Administrative divisions of South Korea
South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ), 1 special city (''teukbyeolsi'' ), 1 special self-governing city (''teukbyeol-jachisi'' ), and 9 provinces ('' do'' ), including one ...
References
External links
The official site of the Cheonbuk-myeon office
{{Gyeongju subdivisions
Subdivisions of Gyeongju
Towns and townships in North Gyeongsang Province