Okcheon County

Okcheon Flag Emblem of Okcheon
Location in South Korea
Country	South Korea
Region	Hoseo
Administrative divisions	1 eup, 8 myeon
Area
• Total	537.13 km2 (207.39 sq mi)
Population  (2004)
• Total	56,634
• Density	114/km2 (300/sq mi)
• Dialect	Chungcheong

Okcheon County (Okcheon-gun) is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea.

Okcheon has been called by various names such as Gosisan-gun, Kwansung, and Hyeonryeong.^[1]

• King Gyeongdeok: It was named Gwanseong-gun
• King Hyeonjong: It was included in Seong-ju, Kyeongsan-bu
• King Chungseon: It was named Okju

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.^[1]

Okcheon-gun is divided into one eup and eight myeon: ^[2]

• Okcheon-eup
• Dongi-myeon
• Annam-myeon
• Annae-myeon
• Cheongseong-myeon
• Cheongsan-myeon
• Iwon-myeon
• Gunseo-myeon
• Gunbuk-myeon

The national river Geumgang flows, and 198 small rivers flow in the county.^[2]

• National Route 3

• Gyeongbu Expressway

• Gyeongbu Line
• Gyeongbu high-speed railway

Okcheon is twinned with:

• Gonohe, Aomori, Japan^[3]

• 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

• Okcheon County government home page

36°18′03″N 127°34′07″E / 36.3008333433°N 127.568611121°E / 36.3008333433; 127.568611121