Yeongcheon
City in North Gyeongsang, South Korea
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::summary City in North Gyeongsang, South Korea ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Yeongcheon |
| native_name | 영천시 |
| settlement_type | Municipal City |
| translit_lang1 | Korean |
| translit_lang1_type1 | Hangul |
| translit_lang1_info1 | 영천시 |
| translit_lang1_type2 | Hanja |
| translit_lang1_info2 | {{linktext |
| translit_lang1_type3 | Revised Romanization |
| translit_lang1_info3 | Yeongcheon-si |
| translit_lang1_type4 | McCune–Reischauer |
| translit_lang1_info4 | Yŏngch'ŏn-si |
| image_skyline | Yeongcheoncityhall.jpg |
| image_caption | Yeongcheon city hall |
| image_map | North Gyeongsang-Yeongcheon.svg |
| map_caption | Location in South Korea |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | South Korea |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Yeongnam |
| population_blank1_title | Dialect |
| population_blank1 | Gyeongsang |
| area_total_km2 | 919.76 |
| population_as_of | September 2024 |
| population_total | 99,034 |
| population_density_km2 | 123.7 |
| government_footnotes | tags -- |
| leader_title | mayor |
| leader_name | Choe Gi-mun () |
| leader_name1 | |
| timezone1 | Korea Standard Time |
| utc_offset1 | +9 |
| parts_type | Administrative divisions |
| parts | 1 eup, 10 myeon, 5 dong |
| image_blank_emblem | Yeongcheon logo.png |
| blank_emblem_type | Emblem of Yeongcheon |
| image_flag | Flag of Yeongcheon.svg |
| area_code | +82-54 |
| :: |
| name = Yeongcheon | native_name = 영천시 | settlement_type = Municipal City | translit_lang1 = Korean | translit_lang1_type1 = Hangul | translit_lang1_info1 = 영천시 | translit_lang1_type2 = Hanja | translit_lang1_info2 = {{linktext|永|川|市}} | translit_lang1_type3 = Revised Romanization | translit_lang1_info3 = Yeongcheon-si | translit_lang1_type4 = McCune–Reischauer | translit_lang1_info4 = Yŏngch'ŏn-si | image_skyline = Yeongcheoncityhall.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Yeongcheon city hall | image_map = North Gyeongsang-Yeongcheon.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = Location in South Korea | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Korea | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Yeongnam | population_blank1_title = Dialect | population_blank1 = Gyeongsang | area_total_km2 = 919.76 | population_as_of = September 2024 | population_total = 99,034 | population_density_km2 = 123.7 | government_footnotes = tags -- | leader_party = | leader_title = mayor | leader_name = Choe Gi-mun () | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | timezone1 = Korea Standard Time | utc_offset1 = +9 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST =
| parts_type = Administrative divisions | parts = 1 eup, 10 myeon, 5 dong | image_blank_emblem = Yeongcheon logo.png | blank_emblem_type = Emblem of Yeongcheon | image_flag = Flag of Yeongcheon.svg | area_code = +82-54 Yeongcheon (; ) is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
Yeongcheon is located 350 km southeast of Seoul, in the southeast of North Gyeongsang Province. It is on the Gyeongbu Expressway linking Seoul and Busan, and is also the junction of the Jungang and Daegu railway lines.
Symbols
- City bird: pigeon
- City flower: rose
- City tree: ginkgo
Economy of Yeongcheon
Yeongcheon is famous for grapes and wine. It is the largest producer of grapes which has almost 20% of grape production in Korea and some of the grapes are exported to United States, Canada and Southeast Asia.
Yeongcheon also has 15 wineries. The wineries use Kyoho, Muscat Bailey A, Shine Muscat and Campbell early cultivars to make wine.
Yeongcheon produces other crops such as rice, peaches, apples, plums, garlic and others.
Administrative divisions
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Yeongcheon-map.png" caption="Map of Yeongcheon eup/myeon/dong in Korean"] ::
Yeongcheon is divided into 1 eup, 10 myeon and 5 dong. ::data[format=table]
| eup/myeon/dong | Hangeul | Hanja |
|---|---|---|
| Geumho-eup | 금호읍 | 琴湖邑 |
| Cheongtong-myeon | 청통면 | 淸通面 |
| Sinnyeong-myeon | 신녕면 | 新寧面 |
| Hwasan-myeon | 화산면 | 花山面 |
| Hwabuk-myeon | 화북면 | 華北面 |
| Hwanam-myeon | 화남면 | 華南面 |
| Jayang-myeon | 자양면 | 紫陽面 |
| Imgo-myeon | 임고면 | 臨皐面 |
| Gogyeong-myeong | 고경면 | 古鏡面 |
| Bugan-myeon | 북안면 | 北安面 |
| Daechang-myeon | 대창면 | 大昌面 |
| Dongbu-dong | 동부동 | 東部洞 |
| Jungang-dong | 중앙동 | 中央洞 |
| Seobu-dong | 서부동 | 西部洞 |
| Wansan-dong | 완산동 | 完山洞 |
| Nambu-dong | 남부동 | 南部洞 |
| :: |
Festivals
The Bohyeon Mountain Starlight Festival takes place in summer and is centered in the Bohyeon Mountain Observatory, which houses the third-largest telescope in Korea. In late summer, the Grape Festival takes place, hosting events such as the Miss Grape contest and a grape-eating competition. Yeongcheon is also well known for its Herbal Medicine Festival, which takes place in October and hosts traditional singing and a variety of herbs which are about 480 Herbal Medicine and Wine which made by Yeongcheon's grapes festival is also famous.
People
Notable individuals born in the city include Goryeo period general Ch'oe Mu-sŏn and Goryeo intellectual Chŏng Mong-ju. Also, it was the hometown of Paek Gun Sang, a tremendous Korean War veteran, who led himself to a high government position without being paid any kind of salary during the Korean War.
Tourism
Tourists to Yeongcheon are few, but popular destinations include Eunhaesa Temple, the War Memorial Park, Cyan Art Gallery, Yeongcheon Dam, the Jeong Sowon and Gatbawi.
Climate
Climate of Yeongcheon is similar with that of Daegu which is Humid subtropical climate (Cwa).
| location = Yeongcheon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1972–present) | metric first = Y | single line = Y
| Jan record high C = 15.7 | Feb record high C = 23.6 | Mar record high C = 26.6 | Apr record high C = 32.0 | May record high C = 36.3 | Jun record high C = 37.3 | Jul record high C = 39.4 | Aug record high C = 39.6 | Sep record high C = 36.6 | Oct record high C = 30.5 | Nov record high C = 26.1 | Dec record high C = 19.4 | year record high C = 39.6
| Jan high C = 5.5 | Feb high C = 8.3 | Mar high C = 13.6 | Apr high C = 19.9 | May high C = 24.9 | Jun high C = 27.6 | Jul high C = 29.9 | Aug high C = 30.5 | Sep high C = 26.2 | Oct high C = 21.5 | Nov high C = 14.6 | Dec high C = 7.5 | year high C = 19.2
| Jan mean C = -0.5 | Feb mean C = 1.7 | Mar mean C = 6.6 | Apr mean C = 12.7 | May mean C = 17.8 | Jun mean C = 21.7 | Jul mean C = 25.0 | Aug mean C = 25.3 | Sep mean C = 20.4 | Oct mean C = 14.1 | Nov mean C = 7.3 | Dec mean C = 1.1 | year mean C = 12.8
| Jan low C = -5.9 | Feb low C = -4.2 | Mar low C = 0.0 | Apr low C = 5.3 | May low C = 10.8 | Jun low C = 16.3 | Jul low C = 21.0 | Aug low C = 21.2 | Sep low C = 15.5 | Oct low C = 7.9 | Nov low C = 1.1 | Dec low C = -4.4 | year low C = 7.1
| Jan record low C = -20.5 | Feb record low C = -16.0 | Mar record low C = -10.2 | Apr record low C = -5.9 | May record low C = 1.1 | Jun record low C = 5.5 | Jul record low C = 11.5 | Aug record low C = 11.7 | Sep record low C = 4.5 | Oct record low C = -4.0 | Nov record low C = -9.8 | Dec record low C = -14.6 | year record low C = -20.5
| precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 22.1 | Feb precipitation mm = 26.0 | Mar precipitation mm = 50.0 | Apr precipitation mm = 76.4 | May precipitation mm = 85.8 | Jun precipitation mm = 126.0 | Jul precipitation mm = 229.8 | Aug precipitation mm = 233.2 | Sep precipitation mm = 137.6 | Oct precipitation mm = 48.6 | Nov precipitation mm = 31.6 | Dec precipitation mm = 18.8 | year precipitation mm = 1085.9
| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 4.6 | Feb precipitation days = 5.1 | Mar precipitation days = 7.1 | Apr precipitation days = 7.6 | May precipitation days = 8.7 | Jun precipitation days = 9.5 | Jul precipitation days = 13.6 | Aug precipitation days = 13.1 | Sep precipitation days = 8.9 | Oct precipitation days = 4.7 | Nov precipitation days = 5.0 | Dec precipitation days = 4.4 | year precipitation days =
| Jan snow days = 3.5 | Feb snow days = 2.9 | Mar snow days = 1.6 | Apr snow days = 0.0 | May snow days = 0.0 | Jun snow days = 0.0 | Jul snow days = 0.0 | Aug snow days = 0.0 | Sep snow days = 0.0 | Oct snow days = 0.1 | Nov snow days = 0.5 | Dec snow days = 2.9 | year snow days = 11.5
| Jan humidity = 56.8 | Feb humidity = 56.2 | Mar humidity = 57.0 | Apr humidity = 56.1 | May humidity = 60.3 | Jun humidity = 67.7 | Jul humidity = 74.7 | Aug humidity = 75.0 | Sep humidity = 74.2 | Oct humidity = 68.9 | Nov humidity = 65.0 | Dec humidity = 59.9 | year humidity = 64.3
| Jan sun = 166.2 | Feb sun = 184.3 | Mar sun = 211.1 | Apr sun = 220.4 | May sun = 234.3 | Jun sun = 191.2 | Jul sun = 163.4 | Aug sun = 180.0 | Sep sun = 162.0 | Oct sun = 191.6 | Nov sun = 155.7 | Dec sun = 153.2 | year sun = 2213.4
| Jan percentsun = 54.5 | Feb percentsun = 58.5 | Mar percentsun = 54.9 | Apr percentsun = 56.7 | May percentsun = 53.2 | Jun percentsun = 45.0 | Jul percentsun = 38.8 | Aug percentsun = 44.7 | Sep percentsun = 44.9 | Oct percentsun = 56.8 | Nov percentsun = 52.0 | Dec percentsun = 51.8 | year percentsun = 50.5
| source = Korea Meteorological Administration (snow and percent sunshine 1981–2010) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220129211110/https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf | archive-date = 29 January 2022 | url = https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf | title = Climatological Normals of Korea (1991 ~ 2020) | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 4 April 2022 | language = ko}} | url = https://data.kma.go.kr/climate/extremum/selectExtremumList.do?pgmNo=103 | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 4 April 2022 | script-title = ko:순위값 - 구역별조회 | language = ko}} | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161207185450/http://www.kma.go.kr/down/Climatological_2010.pdf | archive-date = 7 December 2016 | url = http://www.kma.go.kr/down/Climatological_2010.pdf | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 8 December 2016 | title = Climatological Normals of Korea | date = 2011}}
Twin towns – sister cities
Yeongcheon is twinned with:
- CHN Kaifeng, China
- JPN Kuroishi, Japan
- USA Buffalo, New York, USA
References
References
- (2024). "Population statistics".
- "Sister Cities". Yeongcheon.
- "Buffalo Sister Cities". Buffalo.
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