Jangseong County
# Jangseong County

Jangseong County (Jangseong-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.

Jangseong is in the southern region of the Korean peninsula and Gwangju and Naju is the nearest city from Jangseong. In South Jeolla, it near the northern border of its province, meeting North Jeolla.

Jangseong is assumed to be the birthplace of Hong Gildong. The festival host bowing place with local river. Hong Gildong festival was chosen as superior festival of South Jeolla.

The Republic of Korea Army Armor School is located in the county.

## Climate

Climate data for Jangseong (1993–2020 normals) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) | 7.8 (46.0) | 13.3 (55.9) | 19.6 (67.3) | 24.8 (76.6) | 28.1 (82.6) | 30.0 (86.0) | 31.0 (87.8) | 27.2 (81.0) | 21.7 (71.1) | 14.5 (58.1) | 7.1 (44.8) | 19.2 (66.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) | 1.7 (35.1) | 6.1 (43.0) | 12.2 (54.0) | 17.5 (63.5) | 22.0 (71.6) | 25.2 (77.4) | 25.7 (78.3) | 21.1 (70.0) | 14.5 (58.1) | 8.1 (46.6) | 1.6 (34.9) | 12.9 (55.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −4.9 (23.2) | −3.3 (26.1) | 0.1 (32.2) | 5.3 (41.5) | 11.2 (52.2) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 9.0 (48.2) | 2.8 (37.0) | −2.9 (26.8) | 7.9 (46.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 30.9 (1.22) | 40.0 (1.57) | 58.2 (2.29) | 86.7 (3.41) | 99.2 (3.91) | 136.0 (5.35) | 294.7 (11.60) | 298.5 (11.75) | 143.4 (5.65) | 64.9 (2.56) | 52.2 (2.06) | 35.0 (1.38) | 1,339.7 (52.74) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.4 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 101.1 |
| Source: Korea Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Symbols

* Flower : White poplar
* Tree : Maple
* Bird : Dove

## May 2014 fire

A fire at a 397-bed hospital, which had opened in 2007 in Jangseong was the scene of a major fire just after midnight on 28 May 2014. Twenty one patients and a nurse died in the fire, while several more people were injured.

## Twin towns – sister cities

Jangseong is twinned with:

* Jung-gu, South Korea
* Haman County, South Korea
* Gwacheon, South Korea
