Munchkin Country (or Munchkinland in the 1939 film and its imitators) is the eastern region (though some maps have it on the westside as described here West and East) in the fictional Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's Oz books, first described in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. In Wizard it was originally called "the land of Munchkins", and "Munchkin Country" in all subsequent Oz books. It is often referred to as "Munchkinland", a name which was introduced in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Munchkin Country is linked to the Emerald City by means of the yellow brick road. The inhabitants of Munchkin Country are called Munchkins. Dorothy attends a celebration at the mansion of Boq, the wealthiest man in the vicinity. "Munchkin" does not necessarily mean someone of short stature. Many Munchkins portrayed in the books are of normal height, most notably Nick Chopper, also known as the Tin Woodman.
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