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Yanggu County, Kangwon-do (South Korea)

양구군

source: Yanggu county

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Kangwon-Do

Yanggu county flag

From http://www.yanggu.gangwon.kr/html_en/ci/cio.html

Yanggu was called "Yo-Eun-Hol-Cha" during the Goguryeo Dynasty, and the name was changed as "Yang-Rok" in the 16th year of King gyungduk (35th King of the Sinla Dynasty, AD 757). In the Goryo (Korea) Dynasty, the name was changed as "Yanggu-hyun" and the province was under the control of Chunju, which is now the city of Chuncheon. Later on, in the first year of King Yejong (16th King of Goryo Dynasty, AD 1106), In those days, Yanggu had its own jurisdiction Independently. but the governor of Nangchon (HwaChon at present) took it back. Finally, in the second year of King Taejo(AD 1393), the two provinces were separated. In the 13th year of King Taejo (AD 1404), "a Hyungam (a governor)" was appointed to this province. In the 32nd year of King Gojong (26th king of the Lee Dynasty, 1895), it was called as Yanggu county in the part of Gangwon Province and It has had jurisdiction over the nine myeons (small towns), which are Seo, Nam, Buk, Hadong, Sudong, Bangsan, haean, Suip, and Sangdong-myeon since then.
After a part of Buk-myeon was submerged by floods because of the construction of the Hwachun Daem in 1940, the Buk-myeon was abolished and divided into two myeons, Yanggu and Bangsan in 1941. In 1945, due to the creation of the 38th Parallel, almost entire area (except small part of Nam-myeon) was taken over forcefully by Communists. However, after the Korean War, this province was restored to the South and it had