Ongjin County, Incheon

Ongjin
옹진군
Korean transcription(s)
  Hanja
  Revised RomanizationOngjin-gun
  McCune-ReischauerOngjin-kun
Janggyeong Beach on Yeongheung Island
Divisions of Ongjin are numbered
CountrySouth Korea
RegionSudogwon
Provincial levelIncheon
Administrative divisions7 myeon
Area
  Total
172.48 km2 (66.59 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
20,456
  Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
  Dialect
Seoul
WebsiteOngjin County Office

Ongjin County (Korean: 옹진군) is a county in Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea. It consists of a group of islands in the Yellow Sea (West Sea).

Four of the islands, Yeonpyeong Island, Baengnyeong, Daecheong, and Socheong Islands, are very near the Northern Limit Line. They are close to the Ongjin Peninsula of South Hwanghae Province in North Korea, at a considerable distance from the nearest part of the South Korean mainland. These islands are popular destinations for tourism. In historical contexts these three islands and their smaller neighbors are sometimes known as the Sir James Hall Group after Sir James Hall, whose son Basil Hall was an early Western visitor to Korea.