Mudeungsan National Park, previously Mudeungsan Provincial Park, is located in the city of Gwangju and the province of Jeollanam-do, South Korea.[1] The park was designated a provincial park on 22 May 1972 and was upgraded to national park status in 2012, making it South Korea's 21st national park. The park has an area of 75.45 km2 (18,600 acres) and is named after the 1,187 m tall Mudeungsan.[2]

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The twenty-two national parks of South Korea.
Land-based parks are in red and marine parks are in blue.

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References

  1. ^ Mudeungsan National Park (무등산국립공원). VISITKorea. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. ^ "무등산국립공원 (Mudeungsan National Park)" (in Korean). 두산백과 (Doosan Encyclopedia). Retrieved 20 March 2015.

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