Haean-myeon
Sign in to saveHaean is a township (myeon) in Yanggu County, Gangwon-do, South Korea. Haean sits in the distinctive Haean Basin (해안분지), which was nicknamed The Punchbowl by UN forces during the Korean War. The northern part of the basin lies within the Demilitarized Zone, and the area saw heavy fighting during the war.
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- Instance of
- myeon
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Yanggu County
- Area
- 61.52
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Official website
- www.yanggu.go.kr/user_sub.php?pagecode=01_01_05_00_00
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- Revised Romanization
- Haean-myeon
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Haean-myŏn
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Haean is a township (myeon) in Yanggu County, Gangwon-do, South Korea. Haean sits in the distinctive Haean Basin (해안분지), which was nicknamed The Punchbowl by UN forces during the Korean War. The northern part of the basin lies within the Demilitarized Zone, and the area saw heavy fighting during the war.
==Geography== The mountain Daeamsan (1304 m) is on the southern border of Haean Myeon.
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