Wanju County
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Wanju 완주군 |
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| County | ||
| Korean transcription(s) | ||
| • Hangul | ||
| • Hanja | ||
| • Revised Romanization | Wanju-gun | |
| • McCune-Reischauer | Wanju-gun | |
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 Location in South Korea |
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| Coordinates: 35°53′29″N 127°15′14″E / 35.891275°N 127.253895°ECoordinates: 35°53′29″N 127°15′14″E / 35.891275°N 127.253895°E | ||
| Country |
 South Korea
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| Region | Honam | |
| Administrative divisions | 3 eup, 10 myeon | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 820.94 km2 (316.97 sq mi) | |
| Population (2016) | ||
| • Total | 95,480 | |
| • Density | 116.3/km2 (301/sq mi) | |
| • Dialect | Jeolla | |
Wanju County (Wanju-gun) is a county in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. This county should not be confused with Wonju, in Gangwon-do. It almost entirely surrounds Jeonju.
○ Mahan Baekje Kingdom Wansanju 16th year of King Gyeongdeok of Silla renamed to Jeonju
○ 1935.10. 1 Separation of Wanju-gun
○ 1957.11. 6 Entry of Chopo and part Ujeon-myeon to Jeonju
○ 1983. 2. 15 Entry of part Sanggwan-myeon to Jeonju
○ 1987. 1. 1 Entry of Jochon-eup to Jeonju
○ 1989. 1. 1 Entry of Yongjin-myeon and part Gui-myeon to Jeonju
○ 1990. 8. 1 Entry of part Iseo to Jeonju
○ 1990. 12 Revise of substructure in Sanggwan-myeon and Soyang-myeon ri
Ancient Times In three Han States age, it was the territory of Mahan and in 555 wideokwang2*) wansan week was installed but in 565 wansan week was abolished. After (king Uija 20) Baekje in 660 collapsed, it was amalgamated into Shilla and (the Sinmunwang 5) wansan main part in 685 was installed. And at this time, it got to develop to the center of the local administration. It was changed to (king Kyongdok 16) Jeonju in 757. The wansan feeling was installed and it was highly regarded as the center of the military. (the genuineness queen 6) Kyon Hwon in 892 established the Latter Baekje in the wansan and until (the King Taejo 19) in 936 collapsed, It became the territory of the Latter Baekje for 45 years.
Goryeo In 936(19th year of King Taejo) Jeonju changed to Annamdaedoho-bu and in 940(23rd year of King Taejo) it restored back to Jeonju. In 993, Wansan was corrected to Seunghwa and put Jeoldoanmusa, and in 995, it was named Sunui-gun that belong to Gangnamdo when dividing the nation into 10do 12ju. In 1005(8th year of King Mokjong) Jeoldosa of Jeonju was dispatched, and in 1018(9th year of King Hyeonjong) was promoted to Annamdaedoho-bu during the nationwide district system reform, but in 1022 it was renamed back to Jeonjumok. In 1355(4th year of King Gongmin) although Jung Ji-Sang who was an Allyeongsa of Jeolla Province was degraded to Bugo by the incident when he imprisoned Yasabulhwa who was a Wonuisasin, the year after he was raised back to Wansanbu.
Joseon This province where Joseon had been founded in 1392(1st year of King Taejo) was promoted to Wansanyusu-bu due to its importance as Taejo's hometown, and in 1403(3rd year of King Taejo) it was renamed Jeonju-bu and unchanged until the end of Joseon, but its territory was reduced than that of the Goryeo.
Modern times In 1914 Jeonju-gun was established as Gosan-gun became united, and in 1935 as Jeonju-eup was promoted to Jeonju-bu, Jeonju-gun was renamed Wanju-gun which took control of 15-myeon.
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