Uiseong County (''Uiseong-gun'') is a

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Province,

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. Located near the center of the province, it is bounded by Andong on the north,

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on the east,

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on the south, and

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and

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 administrativ ...

on the west. As in most parts of Korea, most of the land is vacant and forested; only about 19% of the county's area is farmland. The county is largely rural, with an economy dominated by agriculture; the only urbanized area is the county seat,

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. South Korean national treasure 77, a five-storied stone pagoda, lies in Geumseong-myeon. Also in Geumseong-myeon are a set of more than 300 dinosaur tracks from the early

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period. Uiseong is home to Gounsa, one of the 24 head temples of the

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. This temple is located in Danchon-myeon. Famous people from Uiseong include Yu Seong-ryong, prime minister and one of the best loyal contributors during the

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, and the "Garlic Girls", women's curling silver medalists at the

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Administrative divisions

Uiseong County is divided into 18 primary districts (1 ''eup'' and 17 ''myeon''). These in turn are divided into 178 legal ''ri'', which in turn are composed of a total of 399 administrative ''ri.'' The county's primary divisions are as follows:

Climate

Uiseong has a monsoon-influenced

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

( Köppen: ''Dwa'') with cold, dry winters and hot, rainy summers.

Festival

Uiseong Sansuyu Festival Hwajeon-ri, a 15-minute walk from Uiseong Town, is a spectacular place with Sansuyu. Starting from late March, yellow flowers will bloom and bloom until mid-April, and in October, red fruit will be produced and dyed red. The Hwajeon-ri area consists of more than 30,000 trees that have grown up since the Chosun Dynasty.

Twin towns – sister cities

Uiseong is

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with: *

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* Uiryeong,

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, China *

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