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Historical evidence suggests that the Hanbat district (present Daejeon), had been inhabited by our forefathers since the days of the Paleolithic Age. In the subsequent Bronze Age, it constituted an outlying northern district of Mahan which was one of the three Hans that existed at that time.
Around the third century A.D., the Baekje Dynasty, which was founded along the Hangang(river) Basin (present Gwangju), conquered Mahan and expanded its territory, extending it to the southern coast of the peninsula. Succeeding in its expansion, Baekje set up its capital at Ungjin (present Gongju) and named the Daejeon district Usul-gun. Usul-gun was regarded as one of the most critical strategic zones in the war of unification among the three powerful kingdoms, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla. |
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| When the unification of the whole territory was finally achieved under the Silla Dynasty in the seventh century A.D., Usul-gun was renamed Bipung-gun. Goryeo partitioned this district into Hoedeok-gun and Jinjam-hyeon. |
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| With the introduction of an eight-province system in the 13th year of the reign of King Taejong of the Joseon Dynasty (1413), the two Hyeons were renamed guns - Hoedeok-gun and Jinjam-gun. It was about this time that the district earned the name Hanbat, meaning "The Great Field". |
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It's Daejeon
