Yeongcheon

Area	919.76 km2 (355.12 sq mi)
Population (2003)	113,807
Population density	123.7 /km² (320 /sq mi)
Administrative divisions	1 eup, 10 myeon, 5 dong

Hangul	영천시
Hanja	永川市
Revised; Romanization	Yeongcheon-si
McCune-; Reischauer	Yŏngch'ŏn-si

Yeongcheon
Image:Yeongcheon logo.pngYeongcheon
Hangul	영천시
Hanja	永川市
Revised; Romanization	Yeongcheon-si
McCune-; Reischauer	Yŏngch'ŏn-si
Statistics
Area	919.76 km2 (355.12 sq mi)
Population (2003)	113,807
Population density	123.7 /km² (320 /sq mi)
Administrative divisions	1 eup, 10 myeon, 5 dong
Location map
	Image:Map Yeongcheon-si.png;

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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.

Economy of Yeongcheon

As a rural city, many of Yeongcheon's citizens farm to earn their living. The most well-known crop is the grape, which is generally large, seeded and often peeled before consuming (due to Koreans' concern over fertilizers and pesticides).

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 lots of herbs.

People

Notable individuals born in the city include Goryeo period general Choe Mu-seon and Goryeo intellectual Jeong Mong-ju. Yeongcheon's population is largely ethnically Korean. Yeongcheon is home to a growing number of non-Korean wives from South-East Asia. The city government subsidizes marriage tours by male residents to Vietnam, to compensate for migration to Korea's cities.

Notable Tourist Destinations

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.