Unryul County () is a county in
South Hwanghae
South Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaenamdo; , lit. "south Yellow Sea province") is a province in western North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South Hwanghae. The provincial capital i ...
province,
North Korea
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. The county is called by the name Eunyul () in
South Korea
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, due to the
pronunciation differences between Northern and Southern Korean dialects.
History
Neolithic artefacts were found in the region then known as Gunryanggol village located in then subdivision called Changam-ri Nambumyeon(now forming part of Sandong-ri). Bronze age Dolmen were found in different parts of the County, and lot of bronze age artefacts along with Chinese kinfe money during the Han dynasty were found in the region in side the mud tombs.Different artefacts from the Iron age were also found in Unsŏng-ri. Archaeological findings related to the Lelang confederacy has also been found.During the kingdom of Goguryeo, it was called Yulgu or Yulcheon,In 757, when it was under the kingdom of Silla, the region was an associated region under the control of Yangak County.After the founding of the
Goryeo Kingdom, the region was known as the Unyul prefecture, which was divided into three regions (a subcounty that was under pungju,Jamgmyeongjin area under
Hwangju
Hwangju County is a county in North Hwanghae province, North Korea.
Geography
Hwangju is bordered to the northwest by Sariwŏn, to the northeast by Songrim and Kangnam, to the southwest by Yŏnt'an, to the south by Pongsan, and to the southeast ...
,and the Yeonpungjang area which was owned by the Goryeo royals).In 1269, due to the control of Goryeo by the Yuan Dynasty, it was confisticated and was put under the control of
Dongnyeong Prefectures
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History
In October 1269, Choe Tan (), Han Sin (), Yi Yeon-nyeong (), Gye Mun-bi () and ...
but soon returned to the control of the kingdom of Goryeo in 1278.During the Joseon era, it went under the control of Pungchon county in 1414, but it soon returned as Unyul county.In 1919 it became a centre for mass protests.In 1954, it began to be a county under South Hwanghae Province.
Administrative divisions
Unryul county is divided into 1 ''
ŭp'' (town), 1 ''
rodongjagu'' (workers' district) and 21 ''
ri'' (villages):
Transportation
Unryul county is served by the
Ŭnnyul Line of the
Korean State Railway
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History
1945–195 ...
.
Mining
The Unryul iron mine, located north of Unryul-ŭp, is one of North Korea's leading sources of iron ore. A belt conveyor, built in 1975, carries waste rock from the mine to the coast. The rock has been used to build
dikes
Dyke (UK) or dike (US) may refer to:
General uses
* Dyke (slang), a slang word meaning "lesbian"
* Dike (geology), a subvertical sheet-like intrusion of magma or sediment
* Dike (mythology), ''Dikē'', the Greek goddess of moral justice
* Dikes ...
between offshore islets and
reclaim
Reclaim, reclaimed, reclaimer, reclaiming or reclamation means "to get something back".
It may refer to:
* Land reclamation, creating new land from oceans, riverbeds, or lake beds
* Dedesertification, reversing of the land degradation in arid ...
shallow bays for farming, fishing and
salt evaporation.
[David Gallagher Mineral Resources of Korea: Iron ore deposits 1963 - Page 32 "Ullyul-gun Ullyul district The Ullyul (Inritsu) iron district lies about 10 km northwest of Ullyul town (38° 30'N.; 125° 12' E.) and is near the small port of Kumsan-ni (380 34 'N.; 125° 08 'E.) in Pukpu-myon (Tamura, Eitaro, and Kamomaru, 1913, p."]
See also
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Kuwolsan
Kuwŏlsan, or Mount Kuwol, is a mountain in South Hwanghae, North Korea
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Kumsanpo
Ŭllyul Kŭmsanp'o is an 800 ha wetland wildlife reserve on the north-eastern shore of the Yellow Sea, on the west coast of North Korea in Ŭllyul County, South Hwanghae Province south of the estuary of the Taedong River. The site forms the ...
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Kumsanpo peninsula
Ŭllyul Kŭmsanp'o is an 800 ha wetland wildlife reserve on the north-eastern shore of the Yellow Sea, on the west coast of North Korea in Ŭllyul County, South Hwanghae Province south of the estuary of the Taedong River. The site forms the ...
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Unnyul talchum
Unryul County () is a county in South Hwanghae province, North Korea. The county is called by the name Eunyul () in South Korea, due to the North–South differences in the Korean language, pronunciation differences between Northern and Southern Ko ...
References
Counties of South Hwanghae
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