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 (326.26 sq mi)
Population (2001) 57,424
Population density 68 /km² (180 /sq mi)
Administrative divisions 1 eup, 10 myeon
Location map
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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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