Yeocheon City

Yeocheon City (Korean: 여천시; Hanja: 麗川市), also called as Yeocheon-si, or shortly Yeocheon, was a former si (city) in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.

Yeocheon-si 여천시
City (si)
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	여천시
• Hanja	麗川市
• Revised Romanization	Yeocheon-si
• McCune-Reischauer	Yŏch'ŏn-si
Country	South Korea
Province (do)	South Jeolla
Administrative divisions	6 HJ dong not sure BJ dong
Time zone	UTC+9 (Korea Standard Time)

The city was located in central part of the Yeosu Peninsula, south-eastern part of South Jeolla Province. It was established on 1 January 1986, was split from Yeocheon County (Yeocheon-gun), and it was dissolved on 1 April 1998, was merged to Yeosu City (Yeosu-si). It had seven (7) haengjeongdong, and maybe twenty four (24) beopjeongdong. The former Yeocheon city hall was in Ssangbong-dong by haengjeongdong, Hak-dong by beopjeongdong. It is used to the Yeosu city hall since 1 April 1998.

Administrative divisions (dong)

It had seven haengjeongdong: Myodo-dong, Samil-dong, Sangam-dong, Sijeon-dong, Ssangbong-dong, Yeocheon-dong and Jusam-dong, and maybe twenty four beopjeongdong.

Haengjeongdong		Beopjeongdong		Note
English	Korean	English	Korean
Myodo-dong	묘도동	Myodo-dong	묘도동
Samil-dong and Sangam-dong	삼일동 and 상암동	Nakpo-dong	낙포동
		Sangam-dong	상암동
		Sindeok-dong	신덕동
		Wolnae-dong	월내동
		Wolha-dong	월하동
		Jeongnyang-dong	적량동
		Jungheung-dong	중흥동
		Pyeongyeo-dong	평여동
		Homyeong-dong	호명동
		Hwachi-dong	화치동
Sijeon-dong	시전동	Sijeon-dong	시전동
		Singi-dong	신기동
		Ungcheon-dong	웅천동
Ssangbong-dong	쌍봉동	Soho-dong	소호동
		Ansan-dong	안산동
		Hak-dong	학동	City Hall
		Hagyong-dong	학용동
Yeocheon-dong	여천동	Seonwon-dong	선원동
		Yeocheon-dong	여천동
		Hwajang-dong	화장동
Jusam-dong	주삼동	Bonggye-dong	봉계동
		Jusam-dong	주삼동
		Haesan-dong	해산동