Yeongwol County

Yeongwol County (Korean: 영월군; RR: Yeongwol-gun) is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea.

Yeongwol 영월
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	영월군
• Hanja	寧越郡
• Revised Romanization	Yeongwol-gun
• McCune-Reischauer	Yŏngwŏl-gun
Flag Emblem of Yeongwol
Location in South Korea
Country	South Korea
Region	Gwandong
Administrative divisions	2 eup, 7 myeon
Area
• Total	1,127.36 km2 (435.28 sq mi)
Population  (September 2024[1])
• Total	36,955
• Density	44.6/km2 (116/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gangwon

In Korea, it is known as the place where King Danjong, the sixth king of the Joseon Dynasty, was exiled when he was forced to abdicate by his uncle, who became Sejo of Joseon. It is also where Danjong was buried after he was murdered in 1457, following the attempts by six martyred ministers to restore him to power, after he was perceived to be a continuing threat to the rule of his uncle. It is also where the Joseon Dynasty poet Kim Sat-gat was buried.^[2]

The Korean American actress Jamie Chung has maternal ancestry from Yeongwol County, and is a descendant of the Yeongwol Eom clan.^[3]

Cities

• Gonggi

Geology

Main article: Geology of South Korea

The Joseon Supergroup, formed from Cambrian to Ordovician, is distributed in Yeongwol County widely. It consist of the 'Taebaek Group' and 'Yeongwol Group'.

Geolgyyy of Yeongwol County

Climate

Yeongwol has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen: Dwa) with cold, dry winters and hot, rainy summers.

Climate data for Yeongwol (1995–2020 normals, extremes 1995–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	14.1 (57.4)	20.9 (69.6)	26.6 (79.9)	33.3 (91.9)	35.3 (95.5)	36.8 (98.2)	38.5 (101.3)	39.9 (103.8)	33.6 (92.5)	28.4 (83.1)	25.1 (77.2)	15.5 (59.9)	38.7 (101.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	2.5 (36.5)	5.8 (42.4)	11.8 (53.2)	18.8 (65.8)	24.4 (75.9)	28.1 (82.6)	29.2 (84.6)	29.9 (85.8)	25.5 (77.9)	20.0 (68.0)	11.9 (53.4)	4.2 (39.6)	17.7 (63.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−3.6 (25.5)	−0.8 (30.6)	4.9 (40.8)	11.5 (52.7)	17.0 (62.6)	21.3 (70.3)	23.9 (75.0)	24.3 (75.7)	19.2 (66.6)	12.6 (54.7)	5.3 (41.5)	−1.7 (28.9)	11.2 (52.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−9.2 (15.4)	−6.8 (19.8)	−1.5 (29.3)	4.3 (39.7)	10.0 (50.0)	15.6 (60.1)	20.1 (68.2)	20.5 (68.9)	14.7 (58.5)	7.1 (44.8)	−0.1 (31.8)	−7.0 (19.4)	5.6 (42.1)
Record low °C (°F)	−23.5 (−10.3)	−23.1 (−9.6)	−15.5 (4.1)	−6.9 (19.6)	1.7 (35.1)	4.1 (39.4)	10.8 (51.4)	11.5 (52.7)	3.7 (38.7)	−5.6 (21.9)	−11.7 (10.9)	−19.5 (−3.1)	−23.5 (−10.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	19.1 (0.75)	28.2 (1.11)	45.1 (1.78)	73.5 (2.89)	78.4 (3.09)	137.1 (5.40)	294.8 (11.61)	280.4 (11.04)	139.4 (5.49)	49.4 (1.94)	37.4 (1.47)	22.3 (0.88)	1,205.1 (47.44)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	6.7	6.3	8.3	9.0	8.9	10.2	16.4	15.1	10.0	6.2	8.2	6.8	112.1
Average snowy days	9.2	7.1	5.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	2.3	6.1	30.3
Average relative humidity (%)	63.5	59.8	57.8	55.6	62.6	69.4	79.8	79.7	77.7	74.0	69.6	67.1	68.1
Mean monthly sunshine hours	179.9	177.6	202.2	209.2	225.9	196.5	138.8	155.0	155.9	179.7	151.5	170.6	2,142.8
Percentage possible sunshine	58.0	56.6	52.0	52.6	48.7	42.6	29.7	35.5	41.4	50.3	50.0	57.7	46.9
Source: Korea Meteorological Administration (snow and percent sunshine 1981–2010)[4][5][6]

Festival

DongGang International Photo Festival - This festival is held in Yeongwol every year. It features events such as the DongGang Photography Award Exhibition, International Open Call, Photojournalists Exhibition and Gangwon Province Photographers Exhibition.^[7] Although it is held at the Dong River Photo Museum, visitors can find the works throughout Yeongwol County during the photo festival.

Gallery

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