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Yanggu County, Gangwon

Field	Value
name	Yanggu
native_name	양구군
native_name_lang	ko
settlement_type	County
translit_lang1	Korean
translit_lang1_type1	Korean
translit_lang1_info1	양구군
translit_lang1_type2	Hanja
translit_lang1_info2	{{linktext	楊	口	郡}}
translit_lang1_type3	Revised Romanization
translit_lang1_info3	Yanggu-gun
translit_lang1_type4	McCune-Reischauer
translit_lang1_info4	Yanggu-gun
image_skyline	Yanggu-gun office.JPG
image_caption	Yanggu County Office
image_map	Gangwon-Yanggu.svg
map_caption	Location in South Korea
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	South Korea
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Gangwon Province, South Korea
area_total_km2	700.8
population_as_of	September 2024
population_total	24027
population_density_km2	34
parts_type	Administrative divisions
parts	1 eup, 4 myeon
image_blank_emblem	Yanggus.png
blank_emblem_type	Emblem of Yanggu
image_flag	Flag of Yanggu.svg

Yanggu County (Yanggu-gun) is a county in the state of Gangwon, South Korea.

The northern part of Yanggu County was part of the front line for much of the Korean War, and now borders the Demilitarized Zone. Several Korean War battle sites are located in Yanggu County, including Bloody Ridge, Heartbreak Ridge, and Hill 1179 (Daeusan). Yanggu is located in what is claimed to be the geographic center of the Korean peninsula. Dochon-ri village in Nam-myeon in Yanggu is called the "navel of Korea".

History

Yanggu County was the location of the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge and the month-long Battle of Heartbreak Ridge during the Korean War. Due to its proximity to the Demilitarized Zone following the Korean ceasefire, the area was closed to civilians for several years which led to nature reclaiming the area around the battlefield. The battlefield was later opened to become a memorial and nature trail which goes around all of the memorials erected to soldiers that had died during those battles within the Yanggu County area.

Economy

Since 2005, Yanggu County has become a main area for apple orchards. This increase was attributed to climate change causing orchards in lower South Korean provinces to become more susceptible to soil degradation, more active fruit moths and scale insects, and anthracnose infecting apple trees. It led to a number of farmers migrating north towards Yanggu due to the climate being more suitable for growing apples.

Twin towns – sister cities

Yanggu is twinned with:

JPN Chizu, Japan
CHN Jianli, China
FRA Saint-Mandé, France

References

(2024). "Population statistics".
"The Natural Side of the DMZ in Yanggu, Gangwon-do".
(28 October 2014). "Travel to the nude in nature, "DMZ's story 4 – Yanggu" 한반도의 배꼽, 양구".
"Nation-wide trip reminds youth about the meaning of peace : Korea.net : The official website of the Republic of Korea".
(18 April 2025). "Gangwon opens five new DMZ trails to visitors".
(1 January 2025). "Korea's apple farmers head north as climate crisis heats up".
"International Exchange". Yanggu County.

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