Seongju County (''Seongju-gun'') is a

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

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,

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. This largely agricultural area is located immediately west of the metropolitan city of Daegu. The capital of the county is the town of Seongju. Lotte Skyhill Seongju Country Club () was selected as the location for the deployment of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in July 2016. Seongju County is famous for its production of oriental melons. Farms in the county comprise about 70% of total oriental melon production in the country.

Administrative divisions

Seongju County is divided into 1 eup and 9 myeon.

Climate

Seongju has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

( Köppen: ''Dwa''), but can be considered a borderline humid subtropical climate ( Köppen: ''Cwa'') using the isotherm.

Twin towns – sister cities

* Gwanak-gu,

(2005)

References

External links

Official Local Government Website
Counties of North Gyeongsang Province {{SouthKorea-geo-stub