Yeonbaek County

Yeonbaek County (Yeonbaek-gun(延白郡)) or Yonbaek County (Yonbaek-gun) was a county in Hwanghae Province, Korea. It was established in 1914 by uniting Yonan County and Paechon County. It was divided during the Division of Korea. The part of Yeonbaek county under South Korean authorities were administered under Gyeonggi Province.[1] During the Korean War, North Korea took all of Yeonbaek County, and after briefly establishing the regions formerly under South Korean control as South Yeonbaek county(남연백군),[1] North Korea disestablished Yeonbaek County and reestablished former Yonan County and Paechon County in 1952.[2]

Yeonbaek County
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYeon Baekgun
McCune–ReischauerYŏn Paekkun

Administrative division

The county had 1 Eup, 19 Myeons and 175 Ris.[2]

Yonan Eup

The region was famous for its wine.[2]

Gwaegungmyeon

The region was famous for its silk.[2]

Geumsanmyeon

The region was famous for its beans and pots.[2]

Dochonmyeon

The region had an old fortress.[2]

Mokdanmyeon

The region harvested weed, ginseng and tobacco.[2]

Bongbukmyeon

The region had a gold mine.[2]

Bongseomyeon

The region was where the cranes live.[2]

Seoksanmyeon

The region had a lot of fields and was famous for its rice.[2]

Songbongmyeon

Temple called ungyesa existed here.[2]

Onjeongmyeon

Ginseng and cotton were its specialties.[2]

Yongdomyeon

The region had tons of fertile fields.[2]

Unsanmyeon

A rock that is said to be where Gongmin of Goryeo was born existed here.[2]

Yugokmyeon

The region had some cattle.[2]

Unchonmyeon

The region was famous for god quality crops such as beans.[2] Also, it had a onsen.[2]

Haeryongmyeon

The region was known for its scenery.[2]

Haesongmyeon

The region was known for its fishing event in April.[2]

Haewolmyeon

The region was one of the top 4 regions that produced gold out of all the regions in Korea.[2]

Honammyeon

The region had some dolmen ruins.[2]

Hodongmyeon

Ancient pottery was discovered here.[2]

Hwaseongmyeon

There was a temple that is said to be founded by Gongmin of Goryeo, which later disappeared.[2]

Education

In 1929, due to the 1 myeon 1 school policy, every up and myon had its own elementary schools.[2] In 1934, the yonan agricultural school was established.[2] As of 1938, the county had 64 Seodangs.[2]

Religion

As of 1939,there were 50 Buddhist temples, 19 Roman Catholic cathedrals and 19 Protestant churches.[2]

Population census

In 1942, there were 35,953 families and 199,942 people living in the county which was the most populous county in the province.[2]

References

  1. "남연백군". cybernk.net.
  2. "연백군". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.

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