Yeongdong: facts

At a glance

• Country: South Korea
• Region: North Chungcheong
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 43,680
• Coordinates: 36.1750° N, 127.7764° E
• Time zone: Asia/Seoul (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Won (KRW)
• Distance to the capital, Seoul: 170 km (106 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (CJJ): 65 km (40 mi), straight line
• Daegu International Airport (TAE): 85 km (53 mi), straight line
• Gunsan Airport / Gunsan Air Base (KUV): 109 km (67 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Simcheon: 8.5 km (5.3 mi)
• Yongsan: 11 km (7 mi)
• Haksan: 12 km (7 mi)
• Hwanggan: 13 km (8 mi)
• Iwon: 16 km (10 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Gimcheon, 31 km (20 mi)