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Ongjin County, Incheon
Ongjin County (Korean: 옹진군) is a county in Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea. It consists of a group of islands in the Yellow Sea (West Sea).
Four of the islands, Yeonpyeong Island, Baengnyeong, Daecheong, and Socheong Islands, are very near the Northern Limit Line. They are close to the Ongjin Peninsula of South Hwanghae Province in North Korea, at a considerable distance from the nearest part of the South Korean mainland. These islands are popular destinations for tourism. In historical contexts these three islands and their smaller neighbors are sometimes known as the Sir James Hall Group after Sir James Hall, whose son Basil Hall was an early Western visitor to Korea.
Although no remains from the Paleolithic Age have been excavated, the distribution of remains from the Neolithic Age in the islands of the Yellow Sea suggests that people lived in Ongjin from early times.
Historical records indicate that one of the earliest tribal states in Korea, known as Jinbeon, was located in the Hwanghae region.
When Gojoseon was conquered, and the Four Commanderies of Han were established, Zhenfan Commandery was established in this area. After Zhenfan Commandery was abolished, it was subordinated to Lelang Commandery and Daifang Commandery and then came into Goguryeo's territory. During the Goguryeo period, Ongjin was called Ongcheon (甕遷), and today's Gangnyeong (康翎) was called Bujini (付珍伊), and Baengnyeongdo was called Gokdo (鵠島).
After Silla unified the three kingdoms, it became part of Bokjigun (瀑池郡) in 757 (16th year of King Gyeongdeok's reign).
It was bestowed with the name in use today – Ongjin – during the reign of King Taejo of Goryeo, the founder of the Goryeo dynasty. Then in 1018, during the ninth year of King Hyeonjong's reign over Goryeo, the county was established as one of the major administrative divisions in the kingdom's heartland.
In 1945, when Soviet Civil Administration and United States Army Military Government in Korea split Korea, Ongjin County was put under the United States Army Military Government in Korea's administration, with the county controlling the Ongjin peninsula, and the Ongjn County was put under the jurisdiction of Gyeonggi Province.
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Ongjin County, Incheon
Ongjin County (Korean: 옹진군) is a county in Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea. It consists of a group of islands in the Yellow Sea (West Sea).
Four of the islands, Yeonpyeong Island, Baengnyeong, Daecheong, and Socheong Islands, are very near the Northern Limit Line. They are close to the Ongjin Peninsula of South Hwanghae Province in North Korea, at a considerable distance from the nearest part of the South Korean mainland. These islands are popular destinations for tourism. In historical contexts these three islands and their smaller neighbors are sometimes known as the Sir James Hall Group after Sir James Hall, whose son Basil Hall was an early Western visitor to Korea.
Although no remains from the Paleolithic Age have been excavated, the distribution of remains from the Neolithic Age in the islands of the Yellow Sea suggests that people lived in Ongjin from early times.
Historical records indicate that one of the earliest tribal states in Korea, known as Jinbeon, was located in the Hwanghae region.
When Gojoseon was conquered, and the Four Commanderies of Han were established, Zhenfan Commandery was established in this area. After Zhenfan Commandery was abolished, it was subordinated to Lelang Commandery and Daifang Commandery and then came into Goguryeo's territory. During the Goguryeo period, Ongjin was called Ongcheon (甕遷), and today's Gangnyeong (康翎) was called Bujini (付珍伊), and Baengnyeongdo was called Gokdo (鵠島).
After Silla unified the three kingdoms, it became part of Bokjigun (瀑池郡) in 757 (16th year of King Gyeongdeok's reign).
It was bestowed with the name in use today – Ongjin – during the reign of King Taejo of Goryeo, the founder of the Goryeo dynasty. Then in 1018, during the ninth year of King Hyeonjong's reign over Goryeo, the county was established as one of the major administrative divisions in the kingdom's heartland.
In 1945, when Soviet Civil Administration and United States Army Military Government in Korea split Korea, Ongjin County was put under the United States Army Military Government in Korea's administration, with the county controlling the Ongjin peninsula, and the Ongjn County was put under the jurisdiction of Gyeonggi Province.
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