Pocheon

Pocheon is an inland town within the ways northeastern location of Gyeonggi province in South Korea. It covers 826.48 km 2 with a population of 160,176 people, in keeping with the 2008 census. Pocheon lies between Seoul and the mountainous northwestern areas of Gangwon province. The town borders Yeoncheon county, with the cities of Dongducheon and Yangju to the west, alongside Uijeongbu, and Namyangju of Gyeonggi province to the south. It also borders Hwacheon county of Gangwon province on its east border and Cheorwon is to the north. Alongside the adjoining Gapyeong, Pocheon includes the nice mountainous regions in Gyeonggi province.

The contemporary town of Pocheon became created after Pocheon-hyeon and Yeongpyeong counties had been merged. The north a part of the metropolis turned into a part of Yeongpyeong County even as the south was as soon as a part of Pocheon hyeon. The metropolis of Pocheon belonged to Mahan at some stage in the Samhan period. And changed into part of Mahol at some point of the Goguryeo duration. After the Korean peninsula was unified through Silla, it turned into referred to as Gyeonseong-gun. As Silla become absorbed by using the ruling dynasty, Goryeo, the name changed into modified to Poju-gun in 995, the 14th year of King Seongjeong's reign.