# Yeongcheon

Yeongcheon (Korean: 영천; Korean pronunciation:) 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.

## Symbols

* City bird: pigeon
* City flower: rose
* City tree: ginkgo

## Economy of Yeongcheon

Yeongcheon is famous for Grape and Wine. It is the largest producer of Grape 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 Cultivals to make wine.
Yeongcheon produces other crops such as Rice, Peach, Apple, Plum, Garlic and others.

## Administrative divisions

Yeongcheon is divided into 1 eup, 10 myeon and 5 dong.
| 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 data for Yeongcheon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1972–present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) | 23.6 (74.5) | 26.6 (79.9) | 32.0 (89.6) | 36.3 (97.3) | 37.3 (99.1) | 39.4 (102.9) | 39.6 (103.3) | 36.6 (97.9) | 30.5 (86.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 19.4 (66.9) | 39.6 (103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 8.3 (46.9) | 13.6 (56.5) | 19.9 (67.8) | 24.9 (76.8) | 27.6 (81.7) | 29.9 (85.8) | 30.5 (86.9) | 26.2 (79.2) | 21.5 (70.7) | 14.6 (58.3) | 7.5 (45.5) | 19.2 (66.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) | 1.7 (35.1) | 6.6 (43.9) | 12.7 (54.9) | 17.8 (64.0) | 21.7 (71.1) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.3 (77.5) | 20.4 (68.7) | 14.1 (57.4) | 7.3 (45.1) | 1.1 (34.0) | 12.8 (55.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) | −4.2 (24.4) | 0.0 (32.0) | 5.3 (41.5) | 10.8 (51.4) | 16.3 (61.3) | 21.0 (69.8) | 21.2 (70.2) | 15.5 (59.9) | 7.9 (46.2) | 1.1 (34.0) | −4.4 (24.1) | 7.1 (44.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −20.5 (−4.9) | −16.0 (3.2) | −10.2 (13.6) | −5.9 (21.4) | 1.1 (34.0) | 5.5 (41.9) | 11.5 (52.7) | 11.7 (53.1) | 4.5 (40.1) | −4.0 (24.8) | −9.8 (14.4) | −14.6 (5.7) | −20.5 (−4.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 22.1 (0.87) | 26.0 (1.02) | 50.0 (1.97) | 76.4 (3.01) | 85.8 (3.38) | 126.0 (4.96) | 229.8 (9.05) | 233.2 (9.18) | 137.6 (5.42) | 48.6 (1.91) | 31.6 (1.24) | 18.8 (0.74) | 1,085.9 (42.75) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.6 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 8.9 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 92.3 |
| Average snowy days | 3.5 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 11.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 56.8 | 56.2 | 57.0 | 56.1 | 60.3 | 67.7 | 74.7 | 75.0 | 74.2 | 68.9 | 65.0 | 59.9 | 64.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 166.2 | 184.3 | 211.1 | 220.4 | 234.3 | 191.2 | 163.4 | 180.0 | 162.0 | 191.6 | 155.7 | 153.2 | 2,213.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 54.5 | 58.5 | 54.9 | 56.7 | 53.2 | 45.0 | 38.8 | 44.7 | 44.9 | 56.8 | 52.0 | 51.8 | 50.5 |
| Source: Korea Meteorological Administration (snow and percent sunshine 1981–2010) ||||||||||||||

## Twin towns – sister cities

Yeongcheon is twinned with:
* Kaifeng, China
* Kuroishi, Japan
* Buffalo, New York, USA