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href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok_Chh%C4%AB" title="Samcheok Chhī – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Samcheok Chhī" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok-si" title="Samcheok-si – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Samcheok-si" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%C4%8Dchok" title="Samčchok – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Samčchok" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DA%86%D8%A6%D9%88%DA%A9" title="سامچئوک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سامچئوک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok_S%E1%B9%B3" title="Samcheok Sṳ – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Samcheok Sṳ" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%BC%EC%B2%99%EC%8B%9C" title="삼척시 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="삼척시" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Самчок – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Самчок" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E9%99%9F%E5%B8%82" title="三陟市 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="三陟市" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%87%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Самчхок – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Самчхок" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%87%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Самчхок – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Самчхок" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%A9" title="سامچیوک – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="سامچیوک" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samcheok" title="Samcheok – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Samcheok" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a 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0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Samcheok</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">삼척시</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Cities of South Korea">Municipal City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Korean transcription(s)</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">삼척시</span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">三陟市</span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span class="nowrap">Revised Romanization</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Samcheok-si</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span class="nowrap">McCune–Reischauer</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Samch'ŏk-si</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Korea-Samcheok-Beach-01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Korea-Samcheok-Beach-01.jpg/250px-Korea-Samcheok-Beach-01.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Korea-Samcheok-Beach-01.jpg/375px-Korea-Samcheok-Beach-01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Korea-Samcheok-Beach-01.jpg/500px-Korea-Samcheok-Beach-01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Samcheok.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Samcheok"><img alt="Flag of Samcheok" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_Samcheok.svg/100px-Flag_of_Samcheok.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_Samcheok.svg/150px-Flag_of_Samcheok.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_Samcheok.svg/200px-Flag_of_Samcheok.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1063" data-file-height="709" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Samcheok.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official logo of Samcheok"><img alt="Official logo of Samcheok" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/Samcheok.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="90" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="79" data-file-height="71" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Emblem of Samcheok</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gangwon-Samcheok.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in South Korea"><img alt="Location in South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Gangwon-Samcheok.svg/250px-Gangwon-Samcheok.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="352" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Gangwon-Samcheok.svg/375px-Gangwon-Samcheok.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Gangwon-Samcheok.svg/500px-Gangwon-Samcheok.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="509" data-file-height="716" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in South Korea</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Korea" title="Regions of Korea">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gangwon_Province,_South_Korea" title="Gangwon Province, South Korea">Gangwon Province</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_South_Korea" title="Administrative divisions of South Korea">Administrative divisions</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2 <i>eup</i>, 6 <i>myeon</i>, 4 <i>dong</i></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Park Sang-su (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">박상수</span></span>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,185.78 km<sup>2</sup> (457.83 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(September 2024<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">62,111</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">52/km<sup>2</sup> (140/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Dialect<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gangwon_dialect" title="Gangwon dialect">Gangwon</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">+82-33</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">Cfa</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Samcheok_Fire_Station.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Samcheok_Fire_Station.JPG/220px-Samcheok_Fire_Station.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Samcheok_Fire_Station.JPG/330px-Samcheok_Fire_Station.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Samcheok_Fire_Station.JPG/440px-Samcheok_Fire_Station.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1548" /></a><figcaption>Samcheok Fire Station</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Samcheok</b> (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">삼척</span></span>; <style 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To the west are the <a href="/wiki/Taebaek_Mountains" title="Taebaek Mountains">Taebaek Mountains</a>, which form a high flat plain of more than 1,000 meters, and to the east, the coastal plain slopes sharply. It borders <a href="/wiki/Donghae,_Gangwon" title="Donghae, Gangwon">Donghae</a> in the north, Uljin County in <a href="/wiki/North_Gyeongsang_Province" title="North Gyeongsang Province">North Gyeongsang Province</a> in the south, and <a href="/wiki/Taebaek" title="Taebaek">Taebaek</a> in the west. It covers an area of 1,185.86 km2 and has a coastline of 58.4 km.The city hall is located in Gyo-dong, and the administrative area includes 2 districts, 6 villages, and 4 dongs. The tree symbolizing the city is the <a href="/wiki/Zelkova" title="Zelkova">zelkova</a>, the bird is the <a href="/wiki/Gull" title="Gull">seagull</a>, and the flower is the <a href="/wiki/Azalea" title="Azalea">azalea</a>. Samcheok has the lowest population density of any autonomous city in Korea. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samcheok&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 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.ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Prose plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-Prose" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>is in <a href="/wiki/MOS:LIST" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:LIST">list</a> format but may read better as <a href="/wiki/MOS:PROSE" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:PROSE">prose</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samcheok&action=edit">converting this section</a>, if appropriate. <a href="/wiki/Help:Editing" title="Help:Editing">Editing help</a> is available.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_age_&_Three_Kingdom"><span id="Ancient_age_.26_Three_Kingdom"></span>Ancient age & Three Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samcheok&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ancient age & Three Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>It was called "Siljikguk or Siljikgokguk"</li> <li>102 under the rule of <a href="/wiki/Silla" title="Silla">Silla</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pasa_of_Silla" title="Pasa of Silla">Pasa</a> 23rd)</li> <li>468 under the rule of <a href="/wiki/Goguryeo" title="Goguryeo">Goguryeo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jangsu_of_Goguryeo" title="Jangsu of Goguryeo">Jangsu</a> 56th)</li> <li>505 The name changed to Sil-jick joo (<a href="/wiki/Jijeung_of_Silla" title="Jijeung of Silla">Jijeung</a> 6th)</li> <li>658 The name changed to Book-jin (<a href="/wiki/Muyeol_of_Silla" title="Muyeol of Silla">Muyeol</a> 5th)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unified_Silla">Unified Silla</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samcheok&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Unified Silla"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>757 The name changed to Samcheok-gun (<a href="/wiki/Gyeongdeok_of_Silla" title="Gyeongdeok of Silla">Gyeongdeok</a> 16th)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Goryeo_Dynasty">Goryeo Dynasty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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title="Taejong of Joseon">Taejong</a> 13th)</li> <li>1895 change of the name to Samcheok-gun (<a href="/wiki/Gojong_of_Korea" title="Gojong of Korea">Gojong</a> 32nd)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japanese_occupation">Japanese occupation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samcheok&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Japanese occupation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1917 Bunae-myeon change of the name to Samcheok-myeon</li> <li>1938 Samcheok-myeon was raised into Samcheok-eup</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republic_of_Korea">Republic of Korea</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samcheok&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Republic of Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1973 Jangsung-eup Hwangji branch office was raised to Hwangji-eup (at that time, the most population of the county)</li> <li>1980. 04. 01. Bukpyeong-eup was Incorporated into <a href="/wiki/Donghae,_Gangwon" title="Donghae, Gangwon">Donghae-si</a></li> <li>1980. 12. 01. Wondeock-myeon was elevated to Wondeock-eup</li> <li>1981. 07. 01. The combination of Jangseong-eup and Hwangji-eup was raised into <a href="/wiki/Taebaek" title="Taebaek">Taebaek-si</a></li> <li>1986. 01. 01. Samcheok-eup was raised into Samcheok-si</li> <li>1986. 03. 27. Wondeok-eup Ojeo branch office was raised into Kagok-myeon</li> <li>1989. 01. 01. Yonghwa-ri and jangho-ri were incorporated into Gundeok-myeon</li> <li>1994. 12. 26. 5 districts (Called ri) of Hajang-myeon were incorporated into <a href="/wiki/Taebaek" title="Taebaek">Taebaek-si</a></li> <li>1995. 01. 01. The combination of Samcheok-si and Samcheok-gun was incorporated to Samcheok-si</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samcheok&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Samcheok has one university, <a href="/wiki/Kangwon_National_University" title="Kangwon National University">KNU Samcheok Campus</a>, established March 1, 2006. (formerly <a href="/w/index.php?title=Samcheok_National_University&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samcheok National University (page does not exist)">Samcheok National University</a>) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samcheok&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Located on the Taebaek Mountains and the east coast, it has a mild and humid climate characterized by an <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">Oceanic climate</a>, and the vertical temperature distribution due to the influence of the high mountains can be seen in the neighboring mountains, and the temperature difference between the eastern and inland regions is about 30 days. The maritime climate is mild, with seasonal cold and turbulent currents, and fish resources are abundant. </p><p>The average temperature over the past 12 years is 12.5 °C, which is somewhat higher than other provinces in the Yeongseo region. The highest temperature was 37.5 °C on July 29, 1992, and the lowest temperature was -13.5 °C on January 26, 1990. </p><p>The temperature distribution shows an average of 24.1 °C in August and an average of 0.5 °C in January, indicating cooler summers and milder winters. Precipitation averages 1,284.5 mm per year, with more than 50% of the precipitation falling in July–August, with rainfall concentrated in the summer. The maximum daily precipitation was 819 mm (Nogok) during the heavy rainfall caused by <a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Rusa" title="Typhoon Rusa">Typhoon Rusa</a> on August 31-September 1, 2002 (2 days). Due to the influence of the northeasterly winds, it snows heavily in winter, sometimes even in March and April. It is the most specialized climate in Korea. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samcheok&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Domestic">Domestic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samcheok&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Domestic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Samcheok" title="Special:EditPage/Samcheok">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Seongbuk_District" title="Seongbuk District">Seongbuk District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a> since October 14, 1999</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yeonsu_District" title="Yeonsu District">Yeonsu District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a> since October 13, 2000</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Guri" title="Guri">Guri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gyeonggi_Province" title="Gyeonggi Province">Gyeonggi Province</a> since March 20, 2001</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Hokkaidō">Hokkaidō</a>, Japan since July 18, 1997</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kanda,_Fukuoka" title="Kanda, Fukuoka">Kanda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_Prefecture" title="Fukuoka Prefecture">Fukuoka</a>, Japan since July, 1997</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Korsakov_(town)" title="Korsakov (town)">Korsakov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sakhalin_Oblast" title="Sakhalin Oblast">Sakhalin Oblast</a>, Russia since August 30, 2010</li></ul> <p><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samcheok&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hwang_Young-cho" title="Hwang Young-cho">Hwang Young-cho</a> - marathon runner (winner of the <a href="/wiki/Marathon" title="Marathon">marathon</a> race at the <a href="/wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics" title="1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Summer Olympics</a> and <a href="/wiki/1994_Asian_Games" title="1994 Asian Games">1994 Asian Games</a>)</li> <li>Lee Jaehyeong - member of K-pop band <a href="/wiki/The_Rose_(band)" title="The Rose (band)">The Rose</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samcheok&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Samcheok_station.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Samcheok_station.JPG/220px-Samcheok_station.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Samcheok_station.JPG/330px-Samcheok_station.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Samcheok_station.JPG/440px-Samcheok_station.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>Samcheok Station</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samcheok_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Samcheok Station">Samcheok Station</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourist_Attractions">Tourist Attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samcheok&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Tourist Attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Samcheok_Municipal_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Samcheok_Municipal_Museum.jpg/220px-Samcheok_Municipal_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Samcheok_Municipal_Museum.jpg/330px-Samcheok_Municipal_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Samcheok_Municipal_Museum.jpg/440px-Samcheok_Municipal_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Samcheok Municipal Museum</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Samcheok Railbike</li> <li>Hwanseong and Daegeum Caves</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haesindang_Park" title="Haesindang Park">Haesindang Park</a> - Also known as the Penis Park. This park can be reached in 40 minutes by riding the 24, or 24-1 local bus.</li> <li>Samcheok Rose Park</li> <li>Samcheok, Jeungsan, Yonghwa, Maengbang and Jangho Beaches.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Festival">Festival</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samcheok&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Festival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Samcheok Maengbang Canola Flower Festival</b> </p><p>The Maengbang Flower Festival boasts a view of canola flowers, cherry blossoms and the blue sea of the East Coast. </p><p>The festival also offers a diverse set of events and programs including a local produce market, fresh strawberry picking, and exhibition on canola flowers and bees.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div 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