Unsan (town)

Unsan
Unsan
Town
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	운산읍
• Hanja	雲山邑
• Revised Romanization	Unsan-eup
• McCune–Reischauer	Unsan-ŭp
Country	North Korea
Elevation	22 m (72 ft)

Unsan-ŭp is the town in Unsan County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea. The former name Onjŏng-ri was reorganized to Unsan-eup in 1954.

History

Onjŏng was a ri from 1949 to 1954.^[1]

In October 1950, Onjŏng was the location of the Battle of Onjong, the first contact between Chinese and United Nations Command forces in the Korean War.^[2]

References

^ 온정리(溫井里). 북한지역정보넷 (North Korean Human geography) (in Korean). Galhyeon-dong, Seoul: 평화문제연구소. 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
^ "The Korean War: The U.N. Offensive". Retrieved 2009-11-10.

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[1] 온정리(溫井里). 북한지역정보넷 (North Korean Human geography) (in Korean). Galhyeon-dong, Seoul: 평화문제연구소. 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2010-06-20.

[2] "The Korean War: The U.N. Offensive". Retrieved 2009-11-10.

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