Yontan County

"Yontan" redirects here. For the airfield on Okinawa, see Yomitan Auxiliary Airfield.

Yŏnt‘an County 연탄군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	燕灘郡
• McCune-Reischauer	Yŏnt‘an-gun
• Revised Romanization	Yeontan-gun
Map of North Hwanghae showing the location of Yontan
Country	North Korea
Province	North Hwanghae Province
Area
• Total	548.4 km^2 (211.7 sq mi)
Population  (2008[1])
• Total	73,032
• Density	130/km^2 (340/sq mi)

Yŏnt‘an County is a county in North Hwanghae province, North Korea.

Name

The name Yontan means "a fast stream like a swallow", which refers to the river that is fast that exists in the region.[2]

History

The county was newly created in 1952 from Myons from Hwangju County, Suan County and Sŏhŭng County.After Hwanghae Province was divided into North and south in 1954, the region became a county of North Hwanghae Province.[3]

Administrative divisions

Yŏnt‘an county is divided into 1 ŭp (town) and 16 ri (villages):

Yŏnt‘an-ŭp Chang'ul-li Ch'angmae-ri Ch'ilbong-ri Kŭmbong-ri Misal-li Munhwa-ri Obong-ri Pongjae-ri

P'ungdap-ri Sin'gŭm-ri Sinhŭng-ri Songjung-ri Sŏngmae-ri Subong-ri Toch'i-ri Wŏllyong-ri

Industry

The county currently cultivates Choke berries(called Tannamu(단나무)) since 1985(at the period of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the WPK).[4] The region also artificially incubates eggs of Common pheasants, since the hunting of the birds were popular in the region.[5]

Notable places

• Simwonsa:Buddhist temple built in the Goryeo dynasty
• Goguryeo tombs of Songjung-ri[6]

References

1. North Korea: Administrative Division
2. "황해북도연탄군". cybernk.
3. "연탄군". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.
4. "황해북도 연탄군, 10여년 전부터 단나무 재배". spn.
5. "꿩 방사로 '까투리타령' 사라진 北연탄군". dailynk.
6. "북, 고구려시대 추정 벽화고분 발굴". jeju news.