Yeongcheon
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| Yeongcheon |  |
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| Hangul: | 영천시 |
| Hanja: | 永川市 |
| Revised Romanization: | Yeongcheon-si |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Yŏngch'ŏn-si |
| Statistics | |
| Area: | 919.76 km² |
| Population: | 113,807 2003 registration [1] |
| Pop. density: | 123.7 people/km² |
| Administrative divisions: | 1 eup, 10 myeon, 5 dong |
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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.
[edit] People
Notable individuals born in the city include Goryeo period general Choe Mu-seon and Goryeo intellectual Jeong Mong-ju.
[edit] See also
- List of Korea-related topics
- List of cities in South Korea
- Yeongcheon River in South Korea
[edit] External links
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| Administrative divisions of North Gyeongsang province, South Korea | |
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| Capital: | Daegu |
| Cities: | Andong | Gimcheon | Gumi | Gyeongju | Gyeongsan | Mungyeong | Pohang | Sangju | Yeongcheon | Yeongju |
| Counties: | Bonghwa | Cheongdo | Cheongsong | Chilgok | Goryeong | Gunwi | Seongju | Uiseong | Uljin | Ulleung | Yecheon | Yeongdeok | Yeongyang |
