Nangcheon

Nangch'ŏn lies among the mountains and tributaries of the North Han River. In Koryŏ times its relay stations formed part of the road network linking Ch'unju with the northern interior. The scholar Kim Sisŭp withdrew to this district after King Sejo seized the throne in the fifteenth century. The county was absorbed into Kimhwa in 1644, but restored under its own name in 1653.