Yecheon County

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Yecheon 예천군
County
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
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.