Ongjin County

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About Ongjin

General status

Area : 172.88㎢

17% of Incheon Metropolitan City (59 times of Yeouido), 141st rank among local authorities, Ocean area estimated at 15,260㎢ (25 times of Seoul)

  • 70%

    Forest land 121.64㎢

  • 17%

    Farmland 28.53㎢

  • 13%

    Other 22.71㎢

Household : 11,888

  • 36%

    Fisher household 4,302

  • 25%

    Farmhouse 2,950

  • 39%

    Other 4,636

Population : 21,573 people

  • 12,225 men
  • 9,348 women
Administrative District
  • 7-myeon, 2 branches, 78-ri, 272-ban
  • 113 islands (23 inhabited islands, 90 uninhabited islands)
Civil servants
  • 573 people (295 people in the headquarters, 105 people in the direct agency, 11 people in the council, 157 people in Myeon)
  • Administrative organization: 1 offices, 10 divisions, 1 bureau, 2 direct agencies, 7 Myeons, and 2 branches

Tideland area

41% compared to Incheon, 11.6% compared to the national average

Ongjin 289㎢, Incheon 709㎢, Nationwide 2,487㎢

Fishery
  • Fishing boat: 489 ship
  • Production of aquatic products: 1,317 tons, 11.2 billion KRW
  • Yeonpyeong crab: 1,364 tons, 14.6 billion KRW
Government Vessels
  • 11 vessels : 5 supervision vessels, 1 hospital ships, 5 administration ships
  • Fishery supervision vessel: 2 for Baengnyeong-do, 2 for Daecheong-do, 1 for Yeonpyeong-do
  • Manpower: 62 people

Tourist

Entire Ongjin-gun
2016 : 3.913 million people  | 2017 : 4.527 million people (15.7% increase)
5 northwestern border islands
2016 : 120 thousand people | 2017 : 136 thousand people (13.3% increase)

Evacuation facilities of the five northwestern border islands

  • 42 modern evacuation facilities (7 in Yeonpyeong-myeon, 26 in Baengnyeong-myeon, 9 in Daecheong-myeon)
  • 3 designated public evacuation facilities (2 in Yeonpyeong-myeon, 1 in Baengnyeong-myeon)

Financial scale (based on original budget in 2018)

Total scale : 267,510,000,000 KRW

  • General account : 259,615,000,000 KRW
  • Special account : 7,895,000,000 KRW

General account

General account : By year, 2016(original budget), 2017(original budget), Fluctuation
By year 2017 (original budget) 2018 (original budget) Fluctuation
Total 245,011 % 259,615 % 14,604 5.96%
Subsidy 93,537 38.18 101,836 39.23 8,299 8.87%
Government expense 63,614 25.96 66,294 25.54 2,680 4.21%
Municipal expense 29,923 12.21 35,532 13.69 5,619 18.78%
Local revenue-sharing 95,000 38.77 101,000 38.9 6,000 6.32%
Conservative income 19,500 7.96 20,000 7.7 500 2.56%
Local tax revenue 15,520 6.33 16,414 6.32 894 5.76%
Non-tax receipt 8,455 3.45 7,365 2.84 △ 1,089 △ 12.89%
Adjustment grant 13,000 5.31 13,000 5.01 - 0%

(financial independence: 9.78%)

Special Account

(Unit: KRW)

Special Account : Total, Housing business, Medical care fund, Resident income support and livelihood stabilization fund, Support for the area around the power plant, Infrastructure, Fishery resource formation business
Total Housing business Medical care fund Resident income support and livelihood stabilization fund Support for the area around the power plant Infrastructure Fishery resource formation business
7,895 11 68 2,775 3,587 24 1,430