Sunheung is a township administered as part of the municipality of

Yeongju Yeongju () is a city in the far north region of North Gyeongsang province in South Korea, covering 668.84 km2 with a population of 113,930 people according to the 2008 census. The city borders Bonghwa county to the east, Danyang county of Nor ...

in North Gyeongsang, South Korea. The present local government administers an area of . Located in Sunheung is Sosu Seowon, a Neo-Confucian Academy built in the 16th century, today a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Name

Sunheung is an

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of the

McCune–Reischauer McCune–Reischauer romanization () is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems. A modified version of McCune–Reischauer was the official romanization system in South Korea until 2002, when it was replaced by the Re ...

romanization ''Sunhŭng''. Its official romanization in South Korea is ''Sunheung''. In 19th century sources, Sunheung appears as Sioun-heng-fu, from a French transcription of the Korean placename and the Chinese pronunciation of its status as the seat of a district or commandery. Although the name literally means "Adhering to", "Obeying", or "Following Prosperity" or "Success", Sunheung is also '' Bon-gwan'' of a Korean clan in the area which included the influential Korean Confucianist An Hyang.

History

Under the late

Joseon Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...

dynasty, Sunheung was a

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overseeing the plains and hinterland around

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. Its mountains were the site of Korea's first foreign mining concern, a silver mine whose permit was revoked by the royal court in Seoul after a few months of operation in the early 1850s.

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