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Yeongcheon
City in North Gyeongsang, South Korea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yeongcheon (Korean: 영천; Korean pronunciation: [jʌ̹ŋ.tɕʰʌ̹n]) is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
Yeongcheon is located 350 km (220 mi) 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.
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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.
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Administrative divisions
Yeongcheon is divided into 1 eup, 10 myeon and 5 dong.
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.
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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
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Climate of Yeongcheon is similar with that of Daegu which is Humid subtropical climate (Cwa).
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Twin towns – sister cities
Yeongcheon is twinned with:[5]
Kaifeng, China
Kuroishi, Japan
Buffalo, New York, USA [6]
See also
- List of cities in South Korea
- Yeongcheon River in South Korea
References
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