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Okcheon County

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Country
  
South Korea

Administrative divisions
  
1 eup, 8 myeon

Dialect
  
Chungcheong dialect

Region
  
Hoseo

Area
  
537.1 km²

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Province
  
North Chungcheong Province

Okcheon County (Okcheon-gun) is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea.

Contents

Map of Okcheon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea

Twin towns – Sister cities

Okcheon is twinned with:

  • Gonohe, Japan

    • Prominent individuals

  • Jeong Ji-yong, modernist poet
  • Song Si-yeol
  • Yuk Young-soo First Lady of Korea, killed during an assassination attempt on her husband, Park Chung-hee.
  • Lee Mijoo, member of K-pop girl group Lovelyz.

    • References

    Okcheon County Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA