Yeocheon City (), also called as Yeocheon-si, or shortly Yeocheon, was a former si (city) in South Jeolla Province ( Jeollanam-do), South Korea. The city was located in central part of the

Yeosu Peninsula Yeosu (; ''Yeosu-si''), historically also Yosu, and known to the Japanese as Reisui during the period when Korea was under Japanese rule, is a city located on the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula in South Jeolla Province, South Korea and ...

, south-eastern part of South Jeolla Province. It was established on 1 January 1986, was split from

Yeocheon County Yeocheon City (), also called as Yeocheon-si, or shortly Yeocheon, was a former si (city) in South Jeolla Province (Jeollanam-do), South Korea. The city was located in central part of the Yeosu Peninsula, south-eastern part of South Jeolla Pro ...

(Yeocheon-gun), and it was dissolved on 1 April 1998, was merged to Yeosu City (Yeosu-si). It had seven (7)

haengjeongdong A ''dong'' or neighborhood is a submunicipal level administrative unit of a city and of those cities which are not divided into wards throughout Korea. The unit is often translated as neighborhood and has been used in both administrative divisi ...

, and maybe twenty four (24)

beopjeongdong A ''dong'' or neighborhood is a submunicipal level administrative unit of a city and of those cities which are not divided into wards throughout Korea. The unit is often translated as neighborhood and has been used in both administrative divisi ...

. The former Yeocheon city hall was in Ssangbong-dong by haengjeongdong, Hak-dong by beopjeongdong. It is used to the Yeosu city hall since 1 April 1998.

Administrative divisions (dong)

It had seven

: Myodo-dong, Samil-dong, Sangam-dong, Sijeon-dong, Ssangbong-dong, Yeocheon-dong and Jusam-dong, and maybe twenty four

. Yeosu Cities in South Jeolla Province {{SouthKorea-geo-stub