Okcheon County

{{Short description|County in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Okcheon County | native_name = {{nobold|옥천군}} | native_name_lang = ko | translit_lang1 = Korean | settlement_type = County | translit_lang1_type1 = Hangul | translit_lang1_info1 = {{lang|ko|옥천군}} | translit_lang1_type2 = Hanja | translit_lang1_info2 = {{lang|ko|{{linktext|沃|川|郡}}}} | translit_lang1_type3 = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}} | translit_lang1_info3 = Okcheon-gun | translit_lang1_type4 = {{nowrap|McCune-Reischauer}} | translit_lang1_info4 = Okch'ŏn-gun | image_skyline = Okcheon County Geumgu River 20240730.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Geumgu River | image_map = North Chungcheong-Okcheon.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = Location in South Korea | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|South Korea}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Hoseo | population_blank1_title = Dialect | population_blank1 = Chungcheong | area_total_km2 = 537.13 | population_as_of = 2004 | population_total = 56634 | population_density_km2 = 114 | parts_type = Administrative divisions | parts = 1 ''eup'', 8 ''myeon'' | image_blank_emblem = Okcheon.jpg | blank_emblem_type = Emblem | image_flag = Flag of Okcheon.svg }} '''Okcheon County''' ({{Korean|hangul=옥천군}}) is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea.

==History== Okcheon has been called by various names such as ''Gosisan-gun'', ''Kwansung'', and ''Hyeonryeong''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.oc.go.kr/en/contents.do?key=1198 |website=Okcheon County}}</ref>

===Timeline=== {{Main|Silla|Goryeo}} *King Gyeongdeok: It was named ''Gwanseong-gun'' *King Hyeonjong: It was included in Seong-ju, Kyeongsan-bu *King Chungseon: It was named ''Okju''

===Joseon=== {{Main|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''.<ref name=":0" />

==Administrative divisions== Okcheon-gun is divided into one eup and eight myeon:<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=HumanㆍSocial Environment Administrative Districts |url=https://www.oc.go.kr/en/contents.do?key=1199& |website=Okcheon County}}</ref> *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.<ref name=":1" />

==Transportation== [[File:Okcheon Station 20240730 (02).jpg|thumb|Okcheon station (2024)]] thumb|Okcheon IC (2024)

===Highway=== *National Route 3

===Expressway=== *Gyeongbu Expressway

===Railway=== {{See also|Okcheon station}} *Gyeongbu Line *Gyeongbu high-speed railway

==Twin towns – sister cities== Okcheon is twinned with:

* {{flagdeco|JPN}} Gonohe, Aomori, Japan<ref name=International>{{cite web|url=http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=02&n=Aomori%20Prefecture|title=International Exchange|website=List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures|publisher=Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)|language=en|access-date=21 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122060024/http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=02&n=Aomori%20Prefecture|archive-date=22 November 2015}}</ref>

==Prominent individuals== thumb|Yuk Young-soo's birthplace * Lee Ok-bong, 16th century woman poet * 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== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://etc.oc.go.kr/html/en/ Okcheon County government home page]

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Category:Okcheon County Category:Counties of North Chungcheong Province