Cheonan
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Cheonan 천안시 |
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| • Hanja | ||
| • Revised Romanization | Cheonan-si | |
| • McCune-Reischauer | Ch'ŏnan-si | |
Left to right: Shinbu lanes, Terminal, Namsan Public market, Samgeori Park, Taejeosan Bronze Buddha, Arario Gallery sculpture, Yawoori dream bear
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 Location in South Korea |
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| Coordinates: 36°49′00″N 127°10′00″E / 36.816667°N 127.166667°ECoordinates: 36°49′00″N 127°10′00″E / 36.816667°N 127.166667°E | ||
| Country |
 South Korea
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| Region | Hoseo | |
| Administrative divisions | 2 gu, 16 legal dong, 4 eup, 8 myeon | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 636.25 km2 (245.66 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) | |
| Population (2011 Sep) | ||
| • Total | 582,753 | |
| • Density | 915.9/km2 (2,372/sq mi) | |
| • Dialect | Chungcheong | |
| Website | www.cheonan.go.kr | |
Cheonan (Cheonan-si, sometimes spelled Chonan or Ch'onan) (Korean pronunciation: [tɕʰʌ.nan]) is a city located in the northeast corner of South Chungcheong, a province of South Korea, and is 83.6 km south of the capital, Seoul. The average temperature in the city is 12.5oC, with a recorded high of 34.2oC and a low of -13.4oC.
Cheonan has been called "the core city of [the] nation" as it is the gateway to the area around the national capital region and western Chungcheong, as well as the main transportation hub for the national road (Hwy 1, 21), railways, and expressways (IC 1-Gyeongbu Expressway, 25-Honam Expressway). At the Korail station in the downtown center, the Gyeongbu Line crosses north to south, and the Janghang Line extends to the south-west. It is also part of Seoul Subway Line 1 and the KTX. Land routes open in all directions, including north to Seoul, west to Asan, south to Gwangju and Daejeon, and east to Daegu and Busan.
Cheonan has always been a major transportation hub of Korea because of its proximity to Seoul and its location near a gap in the eastern mountain range () that allows passage through to the major southeast centers of Daegu and Busan. Cheonan’s Samgeori (meaning “3 way intersection”) park has been noted as a strategic point of transportation and a place where culture has spread for a long time. It is the place where Samnamdaero, which starts in Seoul, parts, leading one branch of the road through to the south-eastern Yeongnam region (which includes Gimcheon, Daegu, Gyeongju and Dongnae), and leading the other through Gongju and Nonsan to the Honam region (which includes Jeonju, Gwangju, Suncheon, and Yeosu).
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