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Cheongdo County

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Cheongdo County, South Korea
Cheongdo County, South Korea. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

About Cheongdo County

Cheongdo County is a county of 47,000 people in North Gyeongsang. It is a key transportation hub for highways, railways, and national roads.

Cheongdo County travel guide

Understand

It is the origin of the Yeongnam Alps, and the center of the Yeongnam region adjacent to 7 cities and counties in Daegu, Busan, Ulsan, Gyeongnam, and Gyeongbuk.

Climate Much like the rest of Korea, Cheongdo has four distinct seasons. Summers in Cheongdo can be extremely hot. Winters can be rather cold, reaching -15 °C on occasion. Furthermore, the air is extremely dry during the winter time. Autumn and spring are rather mild, no extreme weather conditions for either. However, during spring, typically in April, the air quality is very poor. It is very common to see locals protecting themselves with face masks against the "yellow dust."

Getting there

It is connected to the national transportation grid by the Gyeongbu Line railway and the Daegu-Busan Expressway.

Getting around

By car

By boat

By public transit

See

Cheongdo Memorial Park of Saemaeul Undong Seonamseowon Confucian Academy Songamjeongsa House Unmunsa Temple Unmunsan National Recreational Forest Cheongdo Museum(청도박물관) Cheongdo Bullfighting Stadium Cheongdo Hwarang-themed Cultural Park Cheongdo Wine Tunnel Comedy Cheolgabang Theater Korea Comedy Town

Do

Cheongdo Rail Bike Persimmon (Bansi) Festival Lantern Festival Every year Cheongdo is host to an international bullfighting festival.

Sleep

Cheongdo Hwarang-themed Cultural Park Auto-camping Site Cheongdo Bicycle Park Camping Site

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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