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Cheongwon County

Former county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea

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Cheongwon County (Korean: 청원군) was a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It was dissolved on July 1, 2014 and consolidated to Cheongju.

01Government

The Korea Food and Drug Administration (later Ministry of Food and Drug Safety), and Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were/are headquartered in the Osong Health Technology Administration Complex, which was once in Cheongwon County.

02Sister cities

Cheongwon was twinned with:

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