• Sister City Agreement : May 7, 2012
• City name : Hampyeong gun, Jeonnam province
• Mayor : Sang-ik Lee
• Location : Hampyeong gun city hall, 200 Jungang-gil, Hampyeong-eup, Hampyeong-gun, Jeonnam province
• Area : 392㎢ (3.2% of Jeonnam province)
• Population : 235,828 people
• Administrative structure : 1 eup, 8 myeons, 272 ris, 496 maeuls
• Major Cultural Event : Hampyeong Butterfly Festival (Apr ~ May)
• Local special products
  • Nabi Ssal (Butterfly Rice)
  • Hampyeong Cheonji beef
  • Bokbunja wine Red Mountain: Red Mountain, bokbunja solution nectar, bokbunja freezed fruit
  • Marine products: raw oyster, octopus, eel, Joseon Gim (traditional laver)
  • Fruits: apple, pear, cham dare, fig & fig jam, persimmon, plum, strawberry, mulberry, Japanese apricot solution
  • Vegetables: tomato, mini sweet pumpkin, onion juice, young pumpkin, paprika, cucumber
  • Mushroom
• Local characteristics
  • The gun name of Hampyeong was the combination of letters of Hampung hyeon and Mopyeong hyeon when the two hyeons were merged in 1409 (the 9th year of king Taejong) in Joseon dynasty.
• Homepage : https://www.hampyeong.go.kr/eng>
  https://www.hampyeong.go.kr/jpn>
https://www.hampyeong.go.kr/chn>
• Exchange Journal

  Exchange Journal

  2012.9.25.~9.26.	Representatives of Gangbuk-gu attended the 2012 chuseok direct trading marketplace of Hampyeong
  2012.10.26.	Representatives of Gangbuk-gu attended the 2012 Chrysanthmum Aroma Festival
  2013.4.18.	Attending Gangbuk-gu 4.19 National Democratic Revolution Festival Opening Ceremony
  2013.4.26.	Attending 15th Hampyoung Butterfly Festival Opening Ceremony
  2013.10.24~10.25.	Attending 2013 Korea Chrysanthemum Festival
  2015.4.18.	Attended the opening ceremony of 419 Festival
  2015.5.1.	Attended the 17th Hampyeong Butterfly Festival
  2015.9.22.~9.23.	Held the agricultural specialty product direct market with sister cities for Chuseok
  2016.9.1.~9.2.	Attended the「2016 Direct Market for Chuseok」 in Gangbuk-gu Office Plaza
  2016.11.3.	Visited the「2016 Hampyeong Grand Chrysanthemum Festival」 in the sister city Hampyeong-gun
  2017.4.18.	Attended the opening ceremony of the April 19 Revolution Public Cultural Festival
  2017.9.21.~9.22.	Attended the 2017 Chuseok Sister City Direct Marketplace
  2017.11.3.	Visited the 2017 Grand Chrysanthemum Festival
  2018.9.13.	Attended the 2018 Chuseok Sister City Direct Marketplace (Gangbuk-gu Office Plaza)
  2018.11.2.	Visited the 2018 Grand Chrysanthemum Festival
  2019. 10. 30.	Visited 2019 Grand Chrysanthemum Festival
  2021. 11. 4. ~ 5.	Visited 2021 Grand Chrysanthemum Festival
  2022. 7. 14. ~ 8. 31.	Participation in the Promotional Campaign of Hampyeong Rice Sales (Total of 1,204 bags/KRW 51,434,000)
  2022. 8. 17.	Promoting Hampyeong-gun Chuseok Specialty Product Sales on the Official Website.
  2022. 9. 1. ~ 9. 2.	Attending 「the 2022 Chuseok Farmers' Market」
  2023. 9. 21. ~ 9. 22.	Attending 「the 2023 Chuseok Farmers' Market」
  2024. 4. 18.	Attended the Opening Ceremony of 「the April 19th Revolution National Cultural Festival」
  2024. 5. 4.	Visited 「the 26th Hampyoung Butterfly Festival Opening Ceremony」

Hampyeong Other Links

• Culture and Tourism of Hampyeong : https://www.hampyeong.go.kr/tour_eng/
  https://www.hampyeong.go.kr/tour_jpn/
  https://www.hampyeong.go.kr/tour_chn/