Yeoncheon County () 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).
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 1980, shortly after the 1980 coup, the military regime of Chun Doo-hwan established a concentration camp for "purificatory education" in Yeoncheon.
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 (towns) and eight myeon (townships):
Town/TownshipHanjaPopulationHouseholdsYeoncheon-eup漣川邑6,707 3,100Jeongok-eup全谷邑20,872 8,522Gunnam-myeon郡南面3,5491,704Cheongsan-myeon靑山面4,6062,333Baekhak-myeon百鶴面2,8571,263Misan-myeon嵋山面1,755845Wangjing-myeon旺澄面1,155579Sinseo-myeon新西面3,2681,707Jung-myeon中面261145Jangnam-myeon長南面678307
Climate Yeoncheon has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen: Dwa) with cold, dry winters and hot, rainy summers.
Sister cities Zoucheng, Shandong, China Shibata, Niigata, Japan Imus, Cavite, Philippines Palmdale, California, United States of America
See also Paju
References
External links County government website