Gokseong, South Jeolla Province, Honam, South Korea
🇰🇷 Gokseong County is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is the least densely populated subdivision of the province.
Attractions • Taeansa Temple • Neungpa Tower • Seomjin River • Dongli mountain valley • Gok-song Haneulnari Village (a farming-themed village) • Gokseong Train Village (site of historical steam engine train where folks can take a ride on an old fashioned train).
Train Jeolla Line comes into Gokseong station. The Saemaul and Mugunghwa trains all stop on the way to Gokseong.
Transport: Bus Buses to Gwangju and Gurye take 30 minutes and to Namwon takes one hour. However, it is quite difficult to go to southern parts of Jeollas like Suncheon, Jeonnam.
Car There are 3 interchanges on the Honam Expressway. These interactions are joined with other roads.
Festival • Gokseong World Rose Festival - Every May, the World Rose Festival is held in Gokseong, Jeollanam-do. In the train town of Gokseong Seomjin River, tourists can enjoy a variety of attractions and experience programs including a steam locomotive and a rail bike. • Gokseong Shimcheong Children's Grand Festival (Korean: 곡성 심청 어린이 대축제; RR: Gogseong Simcheong eolin-i daechugje) (2021-) - The town of Gokseong in Jeollanam-do hosts the annual Sim Cheong Festival (Korean: 심청축제; Hanja: 沈淸祝祭; RR: Simcheongchukje) (2001-2020) in an attempt to celebrate Sim Cheong's filial piety and reinterpret the meaning of filial piety in modern society. Gokseong is considered to be the setting for Gwaneunsa yeongi seolhwa, which is known to be the original story on which The Tale of Sim Chong is based.
Asia/Seoul/Jeollanam-do
Gokseong has a population of over 31,010 people. Gokseong also forms part of the wider South Jeolla Province which has a population of over 1,902,324 people. Gokseong is situated 14 km south-west of Namwon.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Gokseong has links with:
🇰🇷 Gangdong, South Korea 🇰🇷 Geochang, South Korea 🇰🇷 Seo, South Korea 🇰🇷 Uijeongbu, South Korea 🇨🇳 Zhoushan, China🇯🇵 Ichinomiya 35.299
🇯🇵 Fukuchiyama 35.3
Locations Near: Gokseong 127.292,35.2819
🇰🇷 Namwon 127.376,35.379 d: 13.2
🇰🇷 Suncheon 127.494,34.945 d: 41.7
🇰🇷 Gwangju 126.853,35.16 d: 42.1
🇰🇷 Kwangyang 127.683,34.933 d: 52.6
🇰🇷 Gwangyang 127.696,34.941 d: 52.8
🇰🇷 Jeongeup 126.847,35.57 d: 51.5
🇰🇷 Boseong 127.083,34.767 d: 60.4
🇰🇷 Jeonju 127.144,35.827 d: 62.1
Antipodal to: Gokseong -52.708,-35.282
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