Yecheon County Explained

Yecheon
Native Name Lang:ko
Settlement Type:County
Translit Lang1:Korean
Translit Lang1 Type1:Hangul
Translit Lang1 Info1:예천군
Translit Lang1 Type2:Hanja
Translit Lang1 Info3:Yecheon-gun
Translit Lang1 Info4:Yech'ŏn-gun
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Yeongnam
Population Blank1 Title:Dialect
Population Blank1:Gyeongsang
Area Total Km2:660.7
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:58081
Population Density Km2:87.9
Parts Type:Administrative divisions
Parts:1 eup, 11 myeon
Image Blank Emblem:Yecheon logo.png
Blank Emblem Type:Emblem of Yecheon

Yecheon County is a county in the province of North Gyeongsang, South Korea. It is 661 km2 in area, and in 2004 had a population of 52,311. It has lost over 2/3 of its inhabitants since the mid-1960s. It consists of twelve administrative districts (11 myeon and one eup). The county borders Yeongju city to the northeast, Andong city to the east, Uiseong county to the southeast, Mungyeong city to the west, Sangju city to the southwest, and Danyang county of North Chungcheong province to the northwest.

Administrative divisions

Yecheon is divided into twelve primary divisions: one eup (large village) and eleven rural districts (myeon).

NameHangeulHanguk
Yecheon-eup예천읍醴泉邑
Yongmun-myeon용문면龍門面
Hyoja-myeon효자면孝子面
Eunpung-myeon은풍면殷豊面
Gamcheon-myeon감천면甘泉面
Bomun-myeon보문면普門面
Homyeong-myeon호명면虎鳴面
Yucheon-myeon유천면柳川面
Yonggung-myeon용궁면龍宮面
Gaepo-myeon개포면開浦面
Jibo-myeon지보면知保面
Pungyang-myeon풍양면豊壤面
The eup and myeon are further divided into numerous small villages (ri).

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