Yeocheon
Yeocheon City
City in South Jeolla, South Korea
Yeocheon City (Korean: 여천시; Hanja: 麗川市), also called as Yeocheon-si, or shortly Yeocheon, was a former si (city) in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.
The city was located in central part of the Yeosu Peninsula, south-eastern part of South Jeolla Province. It was established on 1 January 1986, was split from Yeocheon County (Yeocheon-gun), and it was dissolved on 1 April 1998, was merged to Yeosu City (Yeosu-si). It had seven (7) haengjeongdong, and maybe twenty four (24) beopjeongdong. The former Yeocheon city hall was in Ssangbong-dong by haengjeongdong, Hak-dong by beopjeongdong. It is used to the Yeosu city hall since 1 April 1998.