Yeongdong County

Yeongdong County

Infobox Korean settlement
logo=Yeongdong.jpg
hangul=영동군
hanja=永同郡
rr=Yeongdong-gun
mr=Yŏngdong-gun
area_km2= 845.01
pop=57424
popyear=2001
popden_km2=68
divs=1 "eup", 10 "myeon"

Yeongdong County is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. The county should not be confused with the similarly named Yeongdong region.

During the Korean War, this county was the site of the No Gun Ri incident, in which many civilians may have been killed.

ee also

*Geography of South Korea

External links

* [http://www.yd21.go.kr/english/ Yeongdong County government home page]


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