- Source: Okcheon County
Okcheon County (Okcheon-gun) is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea.
History
Okcheon has been called by various names such as Gosisan-gun, Kwansung, and Hyeonryeong.
= Timeline
=King Gyeongdeok: It was named Gwanseong-gun
King Hyeonjong: It was included in Seong-ju, Kyeongsan-bu
King Chungseon: It was named Okju
= Joseon
=In 1413, King Taejong of the Joseon Dynasty named it Okcheon and transferred the jurisdiction of the province from Gyeongsang Province to Chungcheong Province. In 1895, the 26th King Gojong's national administrative adjustment took place and named it Okcheon-gun.
Administrative divisions
Okcheon-gun is divided into one eup and eight myeon:
Okcheon-eup
Dongi-myeon
Annam-myeon
Annae-myeon
Cheongseong-myeon
Cheongsan-myeon
Iwon-myeon
Gunseo-myeon
Gunbuk-myeon
Nature
= River
=The national river Geumgang flows, and 198 small rivers flow in the county.
Transportation
= Highway
=National Route 3
= Expressway
=Gyeongbu Expressway
= Railway
=Gyeongbu Line
Gyeongbu high-speed railway
Twin towns – sister cities
Okcheon is twinned with:
Gonohe, Aomori, Japan
Prominent individuals
Jeong Ji-yong, modernist poet
Song Si-yeol, Joseon statesman, Neo-Confucian scholar and philosopher
Yuk Young-soo First Lady of Korea, killed during an assassination attempt on her husband, Park Chung Hee
Mijoo, member of K-pop girl group Lovelyz
Keum Donghyun, member of K-pop boy group Epex
References
External links
Okcheon County government home page
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kabupaten Okcheon
- Daftar perguruan tinggi di Korea Selatan
- Kam Woo-sung
- Okcheon County
- Chungbuk Provincial College
- Yuk Young-soo
- Yook
- Mijoo
- Daejeon
- List of national universities in South Korea
- List of universities and colleges in South Korea
- North Chungcheong Province
- Sunchang County
