Yeongdong County

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Yeongdong County
Hangul: 영동군
Hanja: 永同郡
Revised Romanization: Yeongdong-gun
McCune-Reischauer: Yŏngdong-gun
Statistics
Area: 845.01 km²
Population: 57,424 (2001)
Pop. density: 68 people/km²
Administrative divisions: 1 eup, 10 myeon
Image:Map Yeongdong-gun.png

Yeongdong County is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. The county should not be confused with the similarly named Yeongdong region.

During the Korean War, this county was the site of the No Gun Ri incident, in which many civilians may have been killed.

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Administrative divisions of North Chungcheong province, South Korea
Capital: Cheongju
Cities: Chungju | Jecheon
Counties: Boeun | Cheongwon | Danyang | Eumseong | Goesan | Jeungpyeong | Jincheon | Okcheon | Yeongdong

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