Hwacheon, Gangwon Province, South Korea
๐ฐ๐ท Hwacheon County is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea. The northern border is, in some places, within nine km of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Neighboring counties are Cheorwon to the north-west and north, Yanggu to the east, Chuncheon to the south, and the Gyeonggi-do province to the southwest. The county consists largely of mountains and rivers, between which are small farming communities, military bases and military training grounds. The area is renowned for its rivers, lake trout, indigenous otters, and natural scenery.
Tourist Industry โข Paroho and Hwacheondam Paroho May 1944 Hwacheondam is an artificial lake created as constructed. In 1944 years of Japanese colonial rule, Japanese had built a Hwacheondam in order to support the defense industry for invasion to the continent. Paroho as a man-made lake made at this time, and the area is 38.9ย km2 (15.0ย sqย mi). โข Peace Dam Peace Dam is correspondence dam completed on October 19, 2005, under construction Geumgangsandaem by North Korea. Total storage capacity, one hundred million tons 26.3, length 601 m, height 125 m is a large dam. There are the Bimokpark and Mulmunhall on the left the entrance. Mulmunhall promote the importance of water resources and has been operating a restaurant and other facilities.
Asia/Seoul/Gangwon-do
Hwacheon has a population of over 23,822 people. Hwacheon also forms part of the wider Gangwon Province which has a population of over 1,564,615 people.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Hwacheon has links with:
๐จ๐ฆ Chatham-Kent, Canada ๐ฐ๐ท Seocho District, South Korea ๐ฐ๐ท Seocho-gu, South Korea๐ฎ๐น Reggio Calabria 38.113
๐น๐ฏ Gorno-Badakhshan 38.098
๐ฏ๐ต Okinawa City 127.793
Locations Near: Hwacheon 127.7,38.1
๐ฐ๐ท Chuncheon 127.736,37.859 d: 27
๐ฐ๐ท Pocheon 127.2,37.895 d: 49.4
๐ฐ๐ท Pocheon-si 127.2,37.895 d: 49.4
๐ฐ๐ท Yangpyeong 127.488,37.491 d: 70.2
๐ฐ๐ท Dongducheon 127.062,37.931 d: 59
๐ฐ๐ท Namyangju 127.216,37.636 d: 66.8
๐ฐ๐ท Yangju 127.046,37.785 d: 67.2
๐ฐ๐ท Guri-si 127.15,37.6 d: 73.6
๐ฐ๐ท Uijeongbu 127.049,37.742 d: 69.6
๐ฐ๐ท Uijeongbu-si 127.033,37.733 d: 71.3
Antipodal to: Hwacheon -52.3,-38.1
๐บ๐พ Maldonado -54.95,-34.9 d: 19587.7
๐บ๐พ Montevideo -56.198,-34.907 d: 19517.7
๐ฆ๐ท Mar del Plata -57.55,-38 d: 19555.3
๐บ๐พ Canelones -56.284,-34.538 d: 19482
๐บ๐พ Florida -56.215,-34.099 d: 19448.1
๐ง๐ท Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 19341.1
๐ง๐ท Pelotas -52.341,-31.763 d: 19310.5
๐บ๐พ Durazno -56.517,-33.367 d: 19365.7