Sapgyo

Sapgyo 삽교
Town
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	삽교읍
• Hanja	揷橋はし邑
• Revised Romanization	Sapgyo-eup
• McCune–Reischauer	Sapkyo-ŭp
Coordinates: 36°41′11″N 126°44′12″E
Country	South Korea
Province	South Chungcheong
County	Yesan County
Administrative divisions	21 beopjeongni, 36 hangjeongni and 150 ban
Area
• Total	49.6 km2 (19.2 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (36 ft)
Population  (2021.7)
• Total	10,075
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (GMT +9)
Area code	41 (+82 Country code)
Website	Sapgyo Town

Sapgyo-eup (Korean: 삽교읍; Hanja: 揷橋邑) is a small city located within Yesan county in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It is about 74 km (46 mi) northwest of Daejeon.

History

Original meaning of "Sapgyo" (揷橋はし) is "New Town" (沙すな邑橋はし). "Sa" (沙すな) means "New" in ancient Korean. Sapgyo was of Deoksan city in Joseon Dynasty. The 3 town ("Jangchon", "Daedeoksan", and "Daejoji") merged in 1924, and named "Sapgyo" because the seat of a township office was in Sapgyo village.

Geography

Sapgyo is in Yesan, Chungnam province.

Neighbouring municipalities

• Oga
• Deaoksan

Organizations

public office

• Town Hall of Sapgyo
• Chungcheongnam-do Council
• Chungnam Provincial Police Agency
• Yesan Police Office Sapgyo Patrol Division
• Yesan Fire Station Sapgyo 119 Safety Center (Fire House)

Financial institution

• Sapgyo Post Office
• Sapgyo Community Credit Cooperative
• Sapgyo NongHyup(National Agricultural Cooperative Federation)

School

• Sapgyo elementary school
• Yongdong elementary school
• Boseong elementary school
• Sapgyo middle school
• Sapgyo high school

Transportation

Railway

• Sapgyo Station, Janghang Line

Highway

• Korea National Route 45
• Korea Local Road 619

Local attractions

• Deoksan Hot Springs
• Tomb of Prince Namyeon−
• Monument of Yun Bong-gil
• Sudeoksa

Sub-municipalities

Sapgyo-eup is divided into 21 villages (ri).

	Hangul	Hanja
Sapgyo-ri	삽교리	揷橋里さと
Pyeongchon-ri	평촌리	坪つぼ村里むらざと
Suchon-ri	수촌리	水村みずむら里さと
I-ri	이리	二に里り
Mok-ri	목리	沐里
Sin-ri	신리	新里にいさと
Anchi-ri	안치리	雁かり峙里
Songsan-ri	송산리	松山まつやま里さと
Yeok-ri	역리	驛えき里さと
Sangha-ri	상하리	上下じょうげ里さと
Changjeong-ri	창정리	倉井くらい里さと
Ga-ri	가리	駕が里さと
Sangseong-ri	상성리	上城かみしろ里さと
Yongdong-ri	용동리	龍りゅう洞ほら里さと
Hapo-ri	하포리	下しも浦里うらざと
Seong-ri	성리	城しろ里さと
Du-ri	두리	頭あたま里さと
Singa-ri	신가리	新しん佳けい里さと
Banga-ri	방아리	方かた阿おもね里さと
Hyorim-ri	효림리	孝こう林りん里さと
Wolsan-ri	월산리	月山がっさん里さと

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• [1] (in Korean)
• [2] (in Korean)
• [3] (in Korean)