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Sancheong South Gyeongsang Province South Korea
Thw Sancheong area is home to more than 1,000 types of medicinal herbs and is regarded as the center of Korea's traditional medicine industry. With such an established industry, Sancheong hosted the World Traditional Medicine Expo in 2013 and holds the Sancheong Medicinal Herb Festival every May. Sancheong is also known for its great reserves of kaolin, a fine white clay used in making porcelain. The county provides half of all the kaolin produced nationwide. Sancheong County, located in western South Gyeongsang Province, is home to about 36,000 people.