Munju

Munju lies in the country near Yŏnghŭng Bay on Korea's eastern coast. In the Koryŏ period it was one of the districts governed by the Mongol Ssangsŏng commandery, centred to the north at Hwaju. Koryŏ recovered the region in 1356. The town kept the name Munju until 1413, when the Joseon administration renamed it Munch'ŏn as part of a wider reorganisation of place names.