Lelang Commandery
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| Traditional Chinese | 樂浪郡 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乐浪郡 | ||||||
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| Hangul | 낙랑군 (S) 락랑군 (N) | ||||||
| Hanja | 樂浪郡 | ||||||
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| Japanese name | |||||||
| Kanji | 楽浪郡 | ||||||
| Hiragana | らくろうぐん | ||||||
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The Lelang Commandery was a commandery of the Han dynasty established after it had conquered Wiman Joseon in 108 BC and lasted until Goguryeo conquered it in 313. The Lelang Commandery extended the rule of the Four Commanderies of Han as far south as the Han River in present-day South Korea. South Korean scholars have described its administrative areas as being limited to the Pyongan and Hwanghae regions, whose southern bounds lie roughly 75 miles north of the Han River.