Yeongcheon (; ) is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
Yeongcheon is located 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
Yeongcheon is divided into 1 eup, 10 myeon and 5 dong. eup/myeon/dongHangeulHanjaGeumho-eup금호읍琴湖邑Cheongtong-myeon청통면淸通面Sinnyeong-myeon신녕면新寧面Hwasan-myeon화산면花山面Hwabuk-myeon화북면華北面Hwanam-myeon화남면華南面Jayang-myeon자양면紫陽面Imgo-myeon임고면臨皐面Gogyeong-myeon고경면古鏡面Bugan-myeon북안면北安面Daechang-myeon대창면大昌面Dongbu-dong동부동東部洞Jungang-dong중앙동中央洞Seobu-dong서부동西部洞Wansan-dong완산동完山洞Nambu-dong남부동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 to that of Daegu which is Humid subtropical climate (Cwa).
Twin towns – sister cities
Yeongcheon is twinned with: Kaifeng, China Kuroishi, Japan Buffalo, New York, USA
See also List of cities in South Korea Yeongcheon River in South Korea
References
External links City government website