Dongducheon

Dongducheon is a ceety in Gyeonggi-do, Sooth Korea.

Dongducheon 동두천 東豆川
Municipal Ceety
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	동두천시
• Hanja	東豆川市
• Revised Romanization	Dongducheon-si
• McCune-Reischauer	Tongduch'ŏn-si
Dongducheon seen frae Jihaeng Station
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Admeenistrative diveesions	7 dong, 145 tong, 1172 ban
Area
• Total	95.66 km2 (36.93 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	82,623
• Density	864/km2 (2,240/sq mi)
• Dialect	Seoul
Website	http://www.ddc21.net/ddc/

The ceety locatit in the north o Seoul is strategically important for the defence o the Korean caipital. The main camps o the US Second Infantry Diveesion are locatit in the ceety wi the diveesion command at Uijeongbu Ceety.

History

Durin Goguryeo, dynasty wis goin doun intae Korean peninsulae an Dongducheon came tae pairts o Goguryeo as a pairt o naeulmae hyun (kynds o auncient veelage). Later Dongducheon promotit intae Sacheon veelage o Unifee'd Silla in North Sooth States Period. It wis the pairt o Yangju in Goryeo.

Modren history

In 1963, the status wis raised intae Tongducheon toun (eup). In 1981, Dongducheon ceety wis established includin Yangju coonty.

Statistics

Festival

Syne 1999, Dongducheon haes annually hostit the Dongducheon Rock Festival, ane o the biggest rock festivals in Sooth Korea. In 2007, the festival wis held at Camp Nimble, a previous US Airmy installation turned back ower tae Sooth Korea.

An aw, maple festival taks place aroond several streets an pairts o the ceety.

Education

Thare are 10 heich schuils, 15 middle schuils an 38 elementary schuils. An aw ane university, that is Hanbuk University.

U.S. Militar Bases

• Camp Casey
• Camp Castle
• Camp Hovey
• Camp Mobile
• Camp Nimble

See an aw

• Leet o ceeties in Sooth Korea

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial ceety wabsteid Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Offeecial Dongducheon Phrawgh's Tavern wabsteid Archived 2016-10-05 at the Wayback Machine