Sapgyo

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) is "New Town" (沙邑橋). "Sa" (沙) 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).^[1]

References

External links

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