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Chuncheon is the capital of Gangwon Province in South Korea. The city lies within the north of the county, placed in a basin fashioned by using the Soyang River and Han River. There are a few large lakes around the city, maximum significantly Lake Soyang and Lake Uiam. The place is renowned for its small river islands, such as Sangjungdo, Ha Jungdo, Bungeodo and Wido. The location now occupied through the city turned into first settled approximately 1000 years ago. In 637 AD the city was called Usooju.

In 757 AD it changed into renamed Saku and once more in 940 AD as Chunju earlier than receiving its modern name in 1413. In 1896, Chuncheon have become the capital metropolis of Gangwon province. The town was in large part destroyed for the duration of the Korean War throughout the Battle of Chuncheon. Uiam Dam at the Bukhan River was completed in 1967. In 1995 Chuncheon metropolis becomes merged with the authorities of the encompassing Chuncheon County.