Yecheon County

Yecheon
예천군
County
Korean transcription(s)
  Hangul
  Hanja
  Revised Romanization Yecheon-gun
  McCune-Reischauer Yech'ŏn-gun

Emblem of Yecheon

Location in South Korea
Country  South Korea
Region Yeongnam
Administrative divisions 1 eup, 11 myeon'
Area
  Total 660.7 km2 (255.1 sq mi)
Population (2001)
  Total 58,081
  Density 87.9/km2 (228/sq mi)
  Dialect Gyeongsang

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).

The eup and myeon are further divided into numerous small villages (ri).

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