Yeongcheon

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Yeongcheon
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
Image:Map Yeongcheon-si.png

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.

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Administrative divisions of North Gyeongsang province, South Korea
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