Gyeryongsan National Park
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Gyeryongsan National Park ( ko, 계룡산국립공원, 鷄龍山國立公園) is one of 20 national parks in
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
. It was designated as a national park in 1968, as the second park in the country. It covers an area of . One part of
Gyeryongsan Gyeryongsan, a mountain in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. It lies at the meeting of the boundaries of several cities: Gongju, Gyeryong, Nonsan, and Daejeon. It has been traditionally regarded as a sacred mountain, with the most qi of any i ...
, a mountain, is located in the park. The park is home to a total of 1,121 plant species, 1,867 insect species and 645 animal species. Among the animals eleven are endangered, including Otter, Marten, Common buzzard, and Black woodpecker.


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The park's page on Korea National Park Service's website
National parks of South Korea Protected areas established in 1968 Parks in South Chungcheong Province Gongju Geography of Daejeon Tourist attractions in Daejeon {{SouthKorea-geo-stub