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Jirisan National Park (지리산) is in South Gyeongsang, South Korea.

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Jirisan National Park spans three provinces in South Korea: South Jeolla, North Jeolla and South Gyeongsang Provinces. It offers some of Korea's best hiking and is the beginning of the Baekdu Deagan Ridge (백두대간) which extends all the way to Baekdusan (백두산) on the border of China and North Korea. It has 12 peaks which are over 1000km with a 40 km ridge. The highest peak is Cheonwangbong (1915), which is South Korea's second largest mountain. There are 20 peaks over 1,000 meters above sea level and 15 hills, and there is the origin of three rivers.

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The nearest city of size is Namwon.

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There are three entrances and each have a temple, Ssanggyesa and Daewonsa which are in South Gyeongsang Province and Hwaeomsa in South Jeolla province near Gurye.

There is a peak called Samdobong (Three Provinces Peak) where the boundaries of South Jeolla, North Jeolla, and South Gyeongsang meet.

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