Yeoncheon County


Yeoncheon County is a county in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The county seat is Yeoncheon-eup and sits on the Korail railroad line connecting Seoul, South Korea, with North Korea.

History

A variety of paleolithic relics have been discovered at Jeongok-ri, first in 1978. Since 1993 the Yeoncheon Jeongok-ri Paleolithic Festival has celebrated the discovery.
Yeoncheon was the site of the Battle of Yultong during the Korean War, where the Philippine 10th Battalion Combat Team defended their position during the First Chinese Spring Offensive.
In August 2015, over 100 civilians were evacuated from the area after North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire.

Administrative districts

The city is divided into two eup and eight myeon :
Town/TownshipHanjaPopulationHouseholds
Yeoncheon-eup漣川邑6,7073,100
Jeongok-eup全谷邑20,8728,522
Gunnam-myeon郡南面3,5491,704
Cheongsan-myeon靑山面4,6062,333
Baekhak-myeon百鶴面2,8571,263
Misan-myeon嵋山面1,755845
Wangjing-myeon旺澄面1,155579
Sinseo-myeon新西面3,2681,707
Jung-myeon中面261145
Jangnam-myeon長南面678307

Sister cities