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Yeoncheon County

County in Sudogwon, South Korea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Yeoncheon County (Yeoncheon-gun) is a county in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The county seat is Yeoncheon-eup (연천읍) and sits on Gyeongwon Line, the Korail railroad line connecting Seoul, South Korea (ROK), with North Korea (DPRK).

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History

A variety of Paleolithic relics have been discovered at Jeongok-ri, first in 1978.[2][3] Since 1993 the Yeoncheon Jeongok-ri Paleolithic Festival has celebrated the discovery.[4]

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.[5][6]

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Administrative districts

The city is divided into two eup (towns) and eight myeon (townships):

Town/Township Hanja Population[7] Households
Yeoncheon-eup 漣川邑 6,707 3,100
Jeongok-eup 全谷邑 20,872 8,522
Gunnam-myeon 郡南面 3,549 1,704
Cheongsan-myeon 靑山面 4,606 2,333
Baekhak-myeon 百鶴面 2,857 1,263
Misan-myeon 嵋山面 1,755 845
Wangjing-myeon 旺澄面 1,155 579
Sinseo-myeon 新西面 3,268 1,707
Jung-myeon 中面 261 145
Jangnam-myeon 長南面 678 307
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Climate

Yeoncheon has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen: Dwa) with cold, dry winters and hot, rainy summers.

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