Nonsan is a city in South Chungcheong Province in South Korea.

The basis of the economy is agriculture, especially rice, but also strawberries and pears.

There are three universities: Konyang University (http://www.konyang.ac.kr/english/), founded in 1991; Geumgang University (http://www.geumgang.ac.kr/english/index.html), founded in 2004; and Hanmin University (http://www.hanmin.ac.kr/).

The name means rice field (s) (논 / non /) and mount (산 / san /) because there are many rice fields in the valley and there are mountains surrounding.

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