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Buyeo County (Buyeo-gun) is a county
Administrative divisions of South Korea

|||}File:520px-Provinces of South Korea Txt.PNGSouth Korea is divided into 8 provinces , 1 special autonomous province , 6 metropolitan cities , and 1 special city ....
 in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
. Buyeo-eup, the county's capital, was the site of the capital of the Baekje
Baekje

Baekje , or Paekche , was a kingdom located in southwest Korea. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla....
 kingdom from AD 538 to 660, when it was called Sabi
Sabi

Sabi was the capital of the Korean kingdom of Baekje from AD 538 until Baekje's fall to Silla in 660. The site of Sabi is located in modern-day Buyeo County, South Chungcheong Province, in South Korea....
.

Famous people associated with Buyeo County in more recent times include noted stem-cell researcher Hwang Woo Suk.

o is located at the southern area of Chungcheongnam-do
Chungcheongnam-do

Chungcheongnam-do is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in the west of South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southwestern half of the former Chungcheong province, remained a province of Korea until the country's Division of Korea in 1945, then became part of South Korea....
, the heart of the Korean peninsula, and has the same latitude as Haulbin, Windam and the same longitude as Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
.

In the time of Baekje (during the Three Kingdoms Era
Three Kingdoms of Korea

The Three Kingdoms of Korea refer to the ancient Korean empire of Goguryeo, and kingdom of Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria for much of the 1st millennium CE....
), the capital was moved to present-day Buyeo County (they called Sabi) ascribed to narrowness of the former capital (which was near present-day Seoul).






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Buyeo County (Buyeo-gun) is a county
Administrative divisions of South Korea

|||}File:520px-Provinces of South Korea Txt.PNGSouth Korea is divided into 8 provinces , 1 special autonomous province , 6 metropolitan cities , and 1 special city ....
 in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
. Buyeo-eup, the county's capital, was the site of the capital of the Baekje
Baekje

Baekje , or Paekche , was a kingdom located in southwest Korea. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla....
 kingdom from AD 538 to 660, when it was called Sabi
Sabi

Sabi was the capital of the Korean kingdom of Baekje from AD 538 until Baekje's fall to Silla in 660. The site of Sabi is located in modern-day Buyeo County, South Chungcheong Province, in South Korea....
.

Famous people associated with Buyeo County in more recent times include noted stem-cell researcher Hwang Woo Suk.

Geography

Buyeo is located at the southern area of Chungcheongnam-do
Chungcheongnam-do

Chungcheongnam-do is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in the west of South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southwestern half of the former Chungcheong province, remained a province of Korea until the country's Division of Korea in 1945, then became part of South Korea....
, the heart of the Korean peninsula, and has the same latitude as Haulbin, Windam and the same longitude as Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
.

In the time of Baekje (during the Three Kingdoms Era
Three Kingdoms of Korea

The Three Kingdoms of Korea refer to the ancient Korean empire of Goguryeo, and kingdom of Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria for much of the 1st millennium CE....
), the capital was moved to present-day Buyeo County (they called Sabi) ascribed to narrowness of the former capital (which was near present-day Seoul). A fortress called Garimseong was constructed for defending the new capital.

Climate

Mid-located region of Korea has mild weather with an annual average temperature of 12.4 °C. The average temperature is 0.4 °C in winter season and 24.6 °C in summer. The annual average precipitation is 1388.4 mm.

Baekje Cultural Festival

Buyeo county has held cultural festival featuring ancient Baekje's history which was bloomed in Buyeo and its neighborhood area since 1955 by residents themselves. From 1965, province officially announced to take place Baekje cultural memorial.

Main events of festival include memorial as ancient history showing traditional costumes and marching. That concerns specially for the great work of 6 Kings of Sabi era and to applaud the loyalty of 3 loyal subjects. This festival was appointed as one of the national best festivals in 2007.

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    Gangdong-gu

    Gangdong-gu is one of the 25 Administrative divisions of South Korea which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. It is located on the east side of the city....
    , South Korea
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    South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
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    , South Korea
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See also

  • List of Baekje-related topics
    List of Baekje-related topics

    This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Baekje-related people, places, things, and concepts. For help on how to use this list, see the #Introduction below....
  • Geography of South Korea
    Geography of South Korea

    South Korea is located in East Asia, on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula jutting out from the far east of the Asian land mass.The only country with a land border to South Korea is North Korea, lying to the north with 238 km of border running along the Korean Demilitarized Zone....
  • Chungcheong
    Chungcheong

    Chungcheong was one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. Chungcheong was located in the southwest of Korea. The provincial capital was located at Gongju, which had been the capital of the kingdom of Baekje from 475 to 538....


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