Okcheon County

• Name — Okcheon • Settlement Type — County • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — 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 • Blank Emblem Type — Emblem

Okcheon has been called by various names such as Gosisan-gun, Kwansung, and Hyeonryeong.

• King Gyeongdeok: It was named Gwanseong-gun • King Hyeonjong: It was included in Seong-ju, Kyeongsan-bu • King Chungseon: It was named Okju

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.

Okcheon-gun is divided into one eup and eight myeon: • Okcheon-eup • Dongi-myeon • Annam-myeon • Annae-myeon • Cheongseong-myeon • Cheongsan-myeon • Iwon-myeon • Gunseo-myeon • Gunbuk-myeon

The national river Geumgang flows, and 198 small rivers flow in the county.

• Illustration — Okcheon station (2024) • Illustration — Okcheon IC (2024)

• National Route 3

• Gyeongbu Expressway

• Gyeongbu Line • Gyeongbu high-speed railway

Okcheon is twinned with: • Gonohe, Aomori, Japan

• Illustration — 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