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Yeongcheon (river)
Yeongcheon (; ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Yeongcheon is located 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 Line, Jungang and Daegu Line, Daegu railway lines. Symbols *City bird: pigeon *City flower: rose *City tree: ginkgo Economy of Yeongcheon Yeongcheon is famous for Grape and Wine. It is the largest producer of Grape which has almost 20% of Grape Production in South Korea, Korea and some of the grapes are exported to United States, Canada and Southeast Asia. Yeongcheon also has 15 Winery, Wineries. The Wineries use Kyoho (grape), Kyoho, Muscat (grape), Muscat Bailey A, Shine Muscat and Campbell Early Cultivals to make wine. Yeongcheon produces other crops such as Rice, Peach, Apple, Plum, Garlic and others. Administrative divisions Yeongcheon is divided into 1 ''eup'', 10 ''myeon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities Of South Korea
The largest cities of South Korea have an autonomous status equivalent to that of provinces. Seoul, the largest city and capital, is classified as a ''teukbyeolsi'' ( Special City), while the next six-largest cities are classified as ''gwangyeoksi'' (Metropolitan Cities). Smaller cities are classified as ''si'' ("cities") and are under provincial jurisdiction, at the same level as counties. City status Article 10 of the Local Autonomy Act defines the standards under which a populated area may become a city: an area which is predominantly urbanised and has a population of at least 50,000; a which has an urbanised area with a population of at least 50,000; or a which has a total population of at least 150,000 and multiple urbanised areas each with a population of at least 20,000. An English translation is available from the Korea Legislative Research Institute, but is out of date: Article 7 of the 2018 version of the law is similar in content to Article 10 of the 2021 version ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
