Sunheung

Sunheung Township
A detail from a 1904 map of Korea, showing "Sun-heung" as the largest town northwest of the provincial capital Andong
Korean name
Hangul순흥
Hanja順興
Literal meaningThe Township of Following Prosperity
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationSunheung-myeon
McCune–ReischauerSunhŭng-myŏn

Sunheung is a township administered as part of the municipality of Yeongju in North Gyeongsang, South Korea. The present local government administers an area of 54.35 square kilometers (20.98 sq mi).

Located in Sunheung is Sosu Seowon, a Neo-Confucian Academy built in the 16th century and today a UNESCO World Heritage Site.