Yeongwol County
County in Gwandong, South Korea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yeongwol County (Korean: 영월군; RR: Yeongwol-gun) is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea.
Yeongwol
영월 | |
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Korean transcription(s) | |
• Hangul | 영월군 |
• Hanja | 寧越郡 |
• Revised Romanization | Yeongwol-gun |
• McCune-Reischauer | Yŏngwŏl-gun |
Country | South Korea |
Region | Gwandong |
Administrative divisions | 2 eup, 7 myeon |
Area | |
• Total | 1,127.36 km2 (435.28 sq mi) |
Population (2014.5) | |
• Total | 40,178 |
• Density | 44.6/km2 (116/sq mi) |
• Dialect | Gangwon |
It is well known as the place where King Danjong, the sixth king of the Joseon Dynasty, was exiled when he was forced to abdicate by his uncle, who became Sejo of Joseon. It is also where Danjong was buried after he was murdered in 1457, following the attempts by six martyred ministers to restore him to power, after he was perceived to be a continuing threat to the rule of his uncle. It is also where the Joseon Dynasty poet Kim Sat-gat is buried.[1]
The Korean American actress Jamie Chung has maternal ancestry from Yeongwol County, and is a descendant of the Yeongwol Eom clan.[2]