Cheorwon County was a historical county of Korea. In 1895, Cheorwon County reorganized into Chuncheon, then reorganized into Gangwon Province the following year. In 1945, it was reorganized by the

Soviet Civil Administration The Soviet Civil Administration (SCA) was the government of the northern half of Korea from 24 August 1945 to 9 September 1948 though governed concurrently after the setup of the Provisional People's Committee for North Korea in 1946. Even thoug ...

. In July 1953, after the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

, Cheorwon was divided into two counties: Cheorwon County of South Korea and

Chorwon County Ch'ŏrwŏn County () is a ''kun'', or county, in Kangwŏn province, North Korea. Portions of it were once a single county together with the county of the same name in South Korea; other portions were added from neighbouring counties in the 19 ...

of North Korea.

References

Counties of Korea Gangwon Province (Korea) {{Korea-War-stub

See also

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