YANGSAN CITY

Yangsan was

referred to as “Sapnyangju” in the 5th year of the reign of King Munmuwang of Silla, as “Yangju” in the 16th year of the reign of King Gyeongdeokwang (757), and as “Yangju” in the 23rd year of the reign of King Taejo of Goryeo (940).

The present-day Yangsan was named after Yangsan-gun in the 13th year of the reign of King Taejo (1413). In the first Geonyang year of King Gojong's reign (1896), Gyeongsang-do was split into Gyeongsangnam-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do, and Yangsan belonged to Gyeongsangnam-do. In the 10th Gwangmu year (1906), the three myeons Jwai, Daesang, and Daehwa were incorporated into Busan-bu and Gimhae-gun, and the two myeons Oenam and Ungsang in Ulsan-gun were incorporated into Yangsan-gun. In the 4th Yunghui year (1910), Oenam-myeon was separated and incorporated into Ulsan-gun.
In the 3rd Daejeong year (1914), during the Japanese colonial rule of Korea, the three dongs Gongchang in Jwai-myeon in Busan and Nokjeong and Songjeong in Buk-myeon, and Joil-ri in Eonyang, were incorporated into Yangsan-gun. In 1973, six myeons in Dongnae-gun — Gijang, Ilgwang, Jangan, Seosaeng, Jeonggwan, and Cheolma — were incorporated into Yangsan-gun. In 1979, Yangsan-myeon was promoted to Yangsan-eup, and in 1980, Gijang-myeon was promoted to Gijang-eup. In 1983, Seosaeng-myeon was split and incorporated into Ulju-gun. In 1985, Jangan-myeon was promoted to Janan-eup, and in 1995, two eups (Gijang and Jangan) and three myeons (Ilgwang, Jeongwan, and Cheolma) were incorporated into Gijang-gun in Busan. On March 1, 1996, Yangsan-gun was promoted to Yangsan-si, and on April 1, 2007, Unsang-eup was split into four dongs, and Ungsang Liaison Office was established, which has remained to the present day.