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Hongseong
Hongseong; 홍성
	— County —
Korean transcription(s)
- Hangul	홍성군
- Hanja	洪城郡
- Revised Romanization	Hongseong-gun
- McCune-Reischauer	Hongsŏng-gun
	; Emblem of Hongseong
	; Emblem of Hongseong
Country	South Korea
Region	Hoseo
Administrative divisions	2 eup, 9 myeon
	Area
- Total	443.5 km2 (171.2 sq mi)
	Population (2001)
- Total	93,558
- Density	211.0/km2 (546.5/sq mi)
- Dialect	Chungcheong

Hongseong County (Hongseong-gun) is a county in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. Famous people from Hongseong include martyred minister Seong Sam-mun and early Korean anarchist Kim Jwa-jin. Chungwoon University is located in Hongseong.

[edit] Historic figures

Lots of historic people were born in Hongseong.

Seong Sammun : Notable scholar during Joseon Dynasty.
Kim Jwa-jin : Korean independence activist

[edit] Cultural assets

In Hongcheon, a large statue of Buddha is engraved on a protruding rock carved into the shape of a shrine.

Overall, the headpiece is solid and integrity is shown on the face, but the statue is unbalanced from its loss of volume towards the bottom.^[1]

[edit] Festival

Its well-known festival is egg cockle festival. Hongseong area meets coast and muds are ahead of it. Its topographical feature possible to get lots of egg cockles.

The taste of egg cockle is unique and not easy to eat in city area. Because of these reasons, the festival got success step by step. However, oil spill around Taean made it more difficult to host festival these days. Fortunately, Hongseong did not get direct damage caused by oil split. County proclaimed to take place its host in Jan 16 of 2008. ^[2]