Yŏnt‘an County is a county in

North Hwanghae North Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaebuk-to; , lit. "north Yellow Sea province") is a Administrative divisions of North Korea, province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South ...

province,

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

Name

The name Yontan means "a fast stream like a swallow", which refers to the river that is fast that exists in the region.

History

The county was newly created in 1952 from Myons from

Hwangju County Hwangju County is a county in North Hwanghae province, North Korea. Geography Hwangju is bordered to the northwest by Sariwŏn, to the northeast by Songrim and Kangnam, to the southwest by Yŏnt'an, to the south by Pongsan, and to the southea ...

Suan County Suan County is a county in North Hwanghae province, North Korea. Administrative divisions Suan county is divided into 1 ''ŭp'' (town), 1 ''rodongjagu A Workers' District ( in North Korea, in South Korea) is a third-level administrative divis ...

and

Sŏhŭng County Sŏhŭng County is a county in North Hwanghae province, North Korea. History In 1952, during the Korean War, the North Koreans established a military training school in Sohung County called the Kumgang Political Institute with approximately 1,50 ...

.After

Hwanghae Province Hwanghae Province (''Hwanghae-do'' ) was one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon era. Hwanghae was located in the northwest of Korea. The provincial capital was Haeju. The regional name for the province was Haeseo (). It is a reg ...

was divided into North and south in 1954, the region became a county of

North Hwanghae Province North Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaebuk-to; , lit. "north Yellow Sea province") is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South Hwanghae. The provincial capital is S ...

Administrative divisions

Yŏnt‘an county is divided into 1 ''

ŭp An ''eup'' or ''ŭp'' () is an administrative unit in both North Korea and South Korea similar to the unit of town. In South Korea Along with " myeon", an "eup" is one of the divisions of a county ("gun"), and of some cities ("si") with a pop ...

'' (town) and 16 '' ri'' (villages):

Industry

The county currently cultivates Choke berries(called Tannamu(단나무)) since 1985(at the period of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the WPK). The region also artificially incubates eggs of

Common pheasant The common pheasant (''Phasianus colchicus''), ring-necked pheasant, or blue-headed pheasant, is a bird in the pheasant family (biology), family (Phasianidae). The genus name comes from Latin ''phasianus'' 'pheasant'. The species name ''colchic ...

s, since the hunting of the birds were popular in the region.

Notable places

* Simwonsa:Buddhist temple built in the Goryeo dynasty *Goguryeo tombs of Songjung-ri

References

Counties of North Hwanghae {{NorthKorea-geo-stub