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{{short description|One of the Four Commanderies of the Han dynasty in Korea}}
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{{Distinguish|Joseph Lelang}}
{{Infobox Chinese
|t={{linktext|樂|浪|郡}}
|s={{linktext|乐|浪|郡}}
|p=Lèlàng Jùn
|hanja={{linktext|樂|浪|郡}}
|hangul=낙랑군 ([[South Korea|S]])<br />락랑군 ([[North Korea|N]])
|mr=Nangnang-kun (S)<br />Rangnang-kun (N)
|rr=Nangnang-gun (S)<br />Rangnang-gun (N)
|kanji=楽浪郡
|hiragana=らくろうぐん
|romaji=Rakurō-gun
}}
[[File:Hyondo-rom.png|thumb|260px|Lelang Commandery(Yellow)]]

The '''Lelang Commandery''' was a [[Commandery (China)|commandery]] of the [[Han dynasty]] established after it had conquered [[Wiman Joseon]] in 108 BC and lasted until [[Goguryeo]] conquered it in 313.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Atlas of the Classical World, 500 BC--AD 600|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SOzKGAAACAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Barnes & Noble Books|isbn=978-0-7607-1973-2|page=2.25}}</ref> The Lelang Commandery extended the rule of the [[Four Commanderies of Han]] as far south as the [[Han River (Korea)|Han River]] in present-day [[South Korea]].<ref>Carter J. Eckert, el., "Korea, Old and New: History", 1990, pp. 13</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Korea.html |title=Early Korea |access-date=2015-06-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625032709/http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Korea.html |archive-date=2015-06-25 }}</ref> 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.<ref>[[Yi Pyong-do]], 《The studies of the Korean history》 Part 2, Researches of problems of the Han commanderies, PYbook, 1976, 148 p</ref>