Eumseong County

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Eumseong 음성군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	음성군
• Hanja	陰城郡
• Revised Romanization	Eumseong-gun
• McCune-Reischauer	Ŭmsŏng-gun
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Location in South Korea
Coordinates: 37°00′00″N 127°34′59″E / 37.000°N 127.583°E / 37.000; 127.583
Country	South Korea
Region	Hoseo
Administrative divisions	2 eup, 7 myeon
Government
• Mayor	Cho Byeong-ok(조병옥)[1]
Area
• Total	520.12 km2 (200.82 sq mi)
Population  (2024[2])
• Total	90,377
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
• Dialect	Chungcheong

Eumseong County (Korean: 음성군; RR: Eumseong-gun) is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, best known for being the birthplace of former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Eumseong Clean Peppers Festival is held in Eumseong-gun, Chungbuk every September. It has been held since 1982. It is held along with the Seolseong Cultural Festival. Events such as chili pepper fairy, Mr. chili pepper contest, fireworks, and county people's singing contest will be held together with events such as masquerade, torch relay, demonstration event, folk game, and athletic competition. Since 2009, the Eumseong Clean Pepper Lady Contest has been held instead of the Red Pepper Fairy Contest.