Ulju County ( ko, 울주군;

Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...

: 蔚州郡; ''Ulju-gun'') is a

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

occupying much of western

Ulsan Ulsan (), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ...

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Administrative divisions

* Beomseo-eup * Eonyang-eup * Onsan-eup *

Onyang-eup Onyang () is an administrative division of Ulju County, Ulsan, South Korea. It is located south of Ulsan city center, east of the Busan-Ulsan expressway. Sub-divisions Onyang is divided into 10 sub-divisions, or villages, called ri. These ...

* Cheongnyang-eup * Dudong-myeon * Duseo-myeon * Samdong-myeon * Samnam-eup * Sangbuk-myeon *

Seosaeng-myeon Seosaeng-myeon (, ) is a Myeon (administrative division), myeon of Ulju County, Ulsan, South Korea. As of 2022, its total population is 8,650. History During the time of Silla, Silla Kingdom, this region is the administrative center of Saengseo ...

* Ungchon-myeon

Visitor attractions

Ganjeolgot Ganjeolgot is a park and popular tourist destination in Seosaeng-myeon, Ulju County, Ulsan, South Korea. Every New Year's Eve, people gather at the park for the Ganjeolgot Sunrise Festival. Ganjeolgot is the easternmost part of the Korean Peninsul ...

Jakgwaecheon Jakgwaecheon is a stream and popular tourist attraction in Ulju County, Ulsan, South Korea. Formed by water erosion, the stream is lined with rocks that have been carved with the names of poetry contest winners. This area is also famous for being ...

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Ulju County
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