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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.
Yecheon
예천군
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|---|---|
| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 예천군 |
| • Hanja | 醴泉郡 |
| • Revised Romanization | Yecheon-gun |
| • McCune-Reischauer | Yech'ŏn-gun |
Flag 
Emblem of Yecheon | |
Location in South Korea
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| Country |  South Korea |
| Region | Yeongnam |
| Administrative divisions | 1eup, 11 myeon |
| Area | |
| • Total | 660.7 km2 (255.1 sq mi) |
| Population
(2001)
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| • Total | 58,081 |
| • Density | 87.9/km2 (228/sq mi) |
| • Dialect | Gyeongsang |
Yecheon is divided into twelve primary divisions: one eup (large village) and eleven rural districts (myeon).
| Name | Hangeul | Hanguk |
|---|---|---|
| Yecheon-eup | 예천읍 | 醴泉邑 |
| Yongmun-myeon | 용문면 | 龍門面 |
| Hyoja-myeon | 효자면 | 孝子面 |
| Eunpung-myeon | 은풍면 | 殷豊面 |
| Gamcheon-myeon | 감천면 | 甘泉面 |
| Bomun-myeon | 보문면 | 普門面 |
| Homyeong-myeon | 호명면 | 虎鳴面 |
| Yucheon-myeon | 유천면 | 柳川面 |
| Yonggung-myeon | 용궁면 | 龍宮面 |
| Gaepo-myeon | 개포면 | 開浦面 |
| Jibo-myeon | 지보면 | 知保面 |
| Pungyang-myeon | 풍양면 | 豊壤面 |
The eup and myeon are further divided into numerous small villages (ri).
Yecheon has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dwa), but can be considered a borderline humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa) using the −3 °C (27 °F) isotherm.
| Climate data for Yecheon (1993–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
7.4 (45.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
19.7 (67.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
28.3 (82.9) |
29.7 (85.5) |
30.4 (86.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
13.4 (56.1) |
6.1 (43.0) |
18.7 (65.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.3 (27.9) |
0.4 (32.7) |
5.8 (42.4) |
12.1 (53.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.7 (76.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
12.9 (55.2) |
6.0 (42.8) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.1 (17.4) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
4.8 (40.6) |
10.5 (50.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
6.2 (43.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 16.2 (0.64) |
22.8 (0.90) |
41.1 (1.62) |
73.6 (2.90) |
87.0 (3.43) |
130.7 (5.15) |
240.9 (9.48) |
225.2 (8.87) |
127.2 (5.01) |
47.7 (1.88) |
27.9 (1.10) |
17.0 (0.67) |
1,057.3 (41.63) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.5 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 8.0 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 79.4 |
| Source: Korea Meteorological Administration[1] | |||||||||||||
36°39′20″N 128°27′25″E / 36.6555555656°N 128.456944454°E / 36.6555555656; 128.456944454