Simcheon: facts

At a glance

• Country: South Korea
• Region: North Chungcheong
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Coordinates: 36.2373° N, 127.7225° E
• Time zone: Asia/Seoul (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Won (KRW)
• Distance to the capital, Seoul: 162 km (101 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (CJJ): 57 km (35 mi), straight line
• Daegu International Airport (TAE): 92 km (57 mi), straight line
• Gunsan Airport / Gunsan Air Base (KUV): 106 km (66 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Yeongdong: 8.5 km (5.3 mi)
• Iwon: 9.3 km (5.8 mi)
• Yongsan: 9.8 km (6.1 mi)
• Cheongseong: 11 km (7 mi)
• Dongi: 11 km (7 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Daejeon, 33 km (20 mi)