Ongjin County

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About Ongjin

General status

Area : 172.94㎢

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 121.22㎢

  • 16.4%

    Farmland 28.33㎢

  • 13.6%

    Other 23.39㎢

Household : 12,440

  • 28%

    Fisher household 3,793

  • 16.5%

    Farmhouse 2,047

  • 55.5%

    Other 6,616

Population : 20,174 people

  • 11,511 men
  • 8,663 women
Administrative District
  • 7-myeon, 2 branches, 78-ri, 272-ban
  • 113 islands (23 inhabited islands, 90 uninhabited islands)
Civil servants
  • 662 people (354 people in the headquarters, 109 people in the direct agency, 17 people in the council, 182 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, 12% compared to the national average

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

Fishery
  • Fishing boat: 522 ship
  • Production of aquatic products: 1,317 tons, 11.2 billion KRW
  • Yeonpyeong crab: 1,364 tons, 14.6 billion KRW
Government Vessels
  • 12 vessels : 7 supervision vessels, 1 hospital ships, 4 administration ships
  • Fishery supervision vessel: 2 for Baengnyeong-do, 2 for Daecheong-do, 1 for Yeonpyeong-do
  • Manpower: 56 people

Tourist

Entire Ongjin-gun
2021 4,413 million people (4% decrease) 2022 4,394 million people (6.5% decrease) 2023 4,108 million people
5 northwestern border islands
2021 98 million people (23.3% Increase) 2022 121 million people (11% decrease) 2023 107 million people

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

Total scale : 530,244,000,000 KRW

  • General account : 504,278,000,000 KRW
  • Special account : 25,965,000,000 KRW

Revenue (million won)

Revenue account : By year, 2023(4th supplementary budget), 2024(1st supplementary budget), Fluctuation
By year 2023(4th supplementary budget) 2024(1st supplementary budget) Fluctuation
Subsidy 172,999 36.25% 226,534 42.72% 93,535 30.9%
Local government tax 161,479 33.84% 162,200 30.59% 721 0.44%
Conservation income, etc. 73,571 15.42% 56,381 10.63% △17,190 △23.3%
Local tax revenue 22,907 4.8% 24,218 4.57% 1,311 5.72%
Non-taxable income 35,627 7.47% 44,811 8.45% 9,184 25.77%
Adjustment grants, etc. 10,660 2.23% 16,098 3.04% 5,438 51.01%
Total 477,244 100% 530,244 100% 53,000 11.1%

(financial independence: 9.71%)

Expenditure (million won)

Expenditure account : By year, 2023(Main budget), 2024(Main budget), Fluctuation
By year 2023(Main budget) 2024(Main budget) Fluctuation
General administration, other 111,686 23.4% 126,581 23.88% 14,895 13.33%
Public order and safety 5,497 1.15% 3,930 0.74% △1,567 △28.5%
Welfare, Health, Education 83,953 17.59% 90,991 17.16% 7,038 8.38%
environment 48,270 10.11% 80,661 15.21% 32,391 67.1%
Agriculture, Forestry, Marine and Fisheries 86,289 18.08% 76,778 14.48% △9,511 △11%
Industry, Transportation, Regional Development 111,474 23.37% 126,545 23.87% 15,071 13.51%
Culture and Tourism 29,683 6.22% 22,816 4.3% △6,867 △23.1%
477,244 100% 530,244 100% 53,000 11.1%

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 Support for the area around the power plant Medical care fund Resident income support and livelihood stabilization fund Fishery resource formation business
24,466 2,389 58 2,019 3,20,000