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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 ...
Population. (2008 [1]) • Total. 152,878. • Density. 240/km 2 (610/sq mi) Ongjin County ( Korean : 옹진군) is a county in southern South Hwanghae Province, North Korea. It is located on the Ongjin Peninsula, which projects into the Yellow Sea .
Baengnyeongdo (Korean: 백령도; Korean pronunciation: [pɛŋnjʌŋdo]), sometimes Baekryeong Island, is an island in Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea.It is an inhabited island located near the Northern Limit Line, and is closer to North Korea than it is to the South.
The Battle of Ongjin Peninsula ( Korean : 옹진반도 전투; Hanja : 甕津半島 戰鬪) was a series of battles that occurred in Ongjin Peninsula between 25 and 26 June 1950 and was a part of the Operation Pokpung (North Korea) and Operation Western Region (South Korea) that marked the beginning of the Korean War. On 25 June, the Korean ...
Daecheongdo (Korean: 대청도; lit. big blue island; pronounced [tɛtɕʰɔŋdo]) or Daecheong Island is a 12.63 km 2 (4.88 sq mi), 7 km (4.3 mi) long and 6.3 km (3.9 mi) wide island in Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea, near the Northern Limit Line. The island is 19 km (12 mi) from the coast of South Hwanghae Province in North Korea.
Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea; Ongjin County, South Hwanghae, North Korea This page was last edited on 8 January 2024, at 12:25 (UTC). Text is available ...
In 1989, neighboring islands and Gyeyang township of Gimpo County [a] were ceded to Incheon and in 1995 Geomdan township of Gimpo County and two counties of Ganghwa and Onjin were annexed to Incheon Metropolitan City. [citation needed] Incheon was known as Inchon prior to South Korea's adoption of a new Romanization system in 2000. [9]
Yeonpyeong Island or Yeonpyeongdo ( Korean: 연평도 pronounced [jʌnpçʌŋdo]) is a group of South Korean islands in the Yellow Sea, located about 80 km (50 mi) west of Incheon and 12 km (7.5 mi) south of the coast of Hwanghae Province, North Korea. The main island of the group is Daeyeonpyeongdo ("Big Yeonpyeong Island"), also referred to ...