Bongpyeong-myeon

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|subdivision_name1 = Gangwon-do

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|subdivision_name2 = Pyeongchang

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|area_total_km2 =217.41

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|population_as_of =2008

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|population_total =5,545

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File:Bongpyeong_buckwheat_field_(봉평_메밀밭)_-_panoramio.jpg

Bongpyeong-myeon ({{korean|hangul=봉평면|hanja={{lang|ko|蓬坪面}}}}) is a myeon (township) in the county of Pyeongchang in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea. The myeon is located in northwestern part of the county. The total area of Bongpyeong-myeon is 217.41 square kilometers,[http://www.happy700.or.kr/pcvillage/04/ 평창군 [대관령면] 홈페이지 방문을 환영합니다.] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120802091852/http://www.happy700.or.kr/pcvillage/04/ |date=2012-08-02 }} and, as of 2008, the population was 5,545 people.

The town is the setting of the When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom (1936) short story by Lee Hyo-seok, and its buckwheat fields are considered to be a major tourist attraction.{{cite book|author=Seoul Selection|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qz83DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35|title=SEOUL Magazine October 2017|date=26 September 2017|publisher=Seoul Selection|page=35|id=GGKEY:G2P23AX9F6L}}