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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Yeongwol
| native_name                     = {{nobold|영월}}
| native_name_lang                = ko
| settlement_type                 = [[List of counties in South Korea|County]]
| translit_lang1                  = Korean
| translit_lang1_type1            = [[Hangul]]
| translit_lang1_info1            = {{lang|ko|영월군}}
| translit_lang1_type2            = [[Hanja]]
| translit_lang1_info2            = {{lang|ko|{{linktext|寧|越|郡}}}}
| translit_lang1_type3            = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}}
| translit_lang1_info3            = Yeongwol-gun
| translit_lang1_type4            = {{nowrap|McCune-Reischauer}}
| translit_lang1_info4            = Yŏngwŏl-gun
| image_skyline                   = Miniature Shape of the Korean Peninsula, Yeongwol.jpg
| imagesize                       = 
| image_caption                   = 
| image_map                       = Gangwon-Yeongwol.svg
| mapsize                         = 
| map_caption                     = Location in South Korea
| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = {{flag|South Korea}}
| subdivision_type1               = [[Regions of Korea|Region]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Gwandong]]
| population_blank1_title         = Dialect
| population_blank1               = [[Gangwon dialect|Gangwon]]
| area_total_km2                  = 1127.36
| population_as_of                = September 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jumin.mois.go.kr/|title=Population statistics |date=2024|website=Korea Ministry of the Interior and Safety}}</ref>
| population_total                = 36,955
| population_density_km2          = 44.6
| parts_type                      = [[Administrative divisions of South Korea|Administrative divisions]]
| parts                           = 2 ''eup'', 7 ''myeon''
| image_blank_emblem              = Yeongwol.jpg
| blank_emblem_type               = Emblem of Yeongwol
| image_flag                      = Flag of Yeongwol.svg
}}
'''Yeongwol County''' ({{Korean|hangul=영월군|rr=Yeongwol-gun}}) is a [[Administrative divisions of South Korea|county]] in [[Gangwon Province, South Korea]].

In Korea, it is known as the place where [[Danjong of Joseon|King Danjong]], the sixth king of the [[Joseon Dynasty]], was exiled when he was forced to abdicate by his uncle, who became [[Sejo of Joseon]]. It is also where Danjong was buried after he was murdered in 1457, following the attempts by [[six martyred ministers]] to restore him to power, after he was perceived to be a continuing threat to the rule of his uncle. It is also where the Joseon Dynasty poet Kim Sat-gat was buried.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Jeong-bong|title=A hamlet rich in history and art|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2936954|access-date=27 January 2013|newspaper=Joongang Daily|date=1 June 2011|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216081202/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2936954|archive-date=16 February 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The [[Korean Americans|Korean American]] actress [[Jamie Chung]] has maternal ancestry from Yeongwol County, and is a descendant of the [[Yeongwol Eom clan]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/watch/episodes/far-from-home | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124102453/https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/watch/episodes/far-from-home | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 January 2023 | title=Far from Home | website=[[PBS]] }}</ref>

==Cities==
*[[Gonggiri|Gonggi]]

== Geology ==
{{main|Geology of South Korea}}
The [[Geology of South Korea|Joseon Supergroup]], formed from Cambrian to Ordovician, is distributed in Yeongwol County widely. It consist of the 'Taebaek Group' and 'Yeongwol Group'. 
[[file:영월지질.jpg|thumbnail|300px|Geolgyyy of Yeongwol County]]

==Climate==
Yeongwol has a monsoon-influenced [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Dwa'') with cold, dry winters and hot, rainy summers.
{{Weather box
| location = Yeongwol (1995–2020 normals, extremes 1995–present)
| metric first = Y
| single line = Y

| Jan record high C = 14.1
| Feb record high C = 20.9
| Mar record high C = 26.6
| Apr record high C = 33.3
| May record high C = 35.3
| Jun record high C = 36.8
| Jul record high C = 38.5
| Aug record high C = 39.9
| Sep record high C = 33.6
| Oct record high C = 28.4
| Nov record high C = 25.1
| Dec record high C = 15.5
| year record high C = 38.7

| Jan high C = 2.5
| Feb high C = 5.8
| Mar high C = 11.8
| Apr high C = 18.8
| May high C = 24.4
| Jun high C = 28.1
| Jul high C = 29.2
| Aug high C = 29.9
| Sep high C = 25.5
| Oct high C = 20.0
| Nov high C = 11.9
| Dec high C = 4.2
| year high C = 17.7

| Jan mean C = -3.6
| Feb mean C = -0.8
| Mar mean C = 4.9
| Apr mean C = 11.5
| May mean C = 17.0
| Jun mean C = 21.3
| Jul mean C = 23.9
| Aug mean C = 24.3
| Sep mean C = 19.2
| Oct mean C = 12.6
| Nov mean C = 5.3
| Dec mean C = -1.7
| year mean C = 11.2

| Jan low C = -9.2
| Feb low C = -6.8
| Mar low C = -1.5
| Apr low C = 4.3
| May low C = 10.0
| Jun low C = 15.6
| Jul low C = 20.1
| Aug low C = 20.5
| Sep low C = 14.7
| Oct low C = 7.1
| Nov low C = -0.1
| Dec low C = -7.0
| year low C = 5.6

| Jan record low C = -23.5
| Feb record low C = -23.1
| Mar record low C = -15.5
| Apr record low C = -6.9
| May record low C = 1.7
| Jun record low C = 4.1
| Jul record low C = 10.8
| Aug record low C = 11.5
| Sep record low C = 3.7
| Oct record low C = -5.6
| Nov record low C = -11.7
| Dec record low C = -19.5
| year record low C = -23.5

| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 19.1
| Feb precipitation mm = 28.2
| Mar precipitation mm = 45.1
| Apr precipitation mm = 73.5
| May precipitation mm = 78.4
| Jun precipitation mm = 137.1
| Jul precipitation mm = 294.8
| Aug precipitation mm = 280.4
| Sep precipitation mm = 139.4
| Oct precipitation mm = 49.4
| Nov precipitation mm = 37.4
| Dec precipitation mm = 22.3
| year precipitation mm = 1205.1

| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 6.7
| Feb precipitation days = 6.3
| Mar precipitation days = 8.3
| Apr precipitation days = 9.0
| May precipitation days = 8.9
| Jun precipitation days = 10.2
| Jul precipitation days = 16.4
| Aug precipitation days = 15.1
| Sep precipitation days = 10.0
| Oct precipitation days = 6.2
| Nov precipitation days = 8.2
| Dec precipitation days = 6.8
| year precipitation days =

| Jan snow days = 9.2
| Feb snow days = 7.1
| Mar snow days = 5.3
| Apr snow days = 0.2
| May snow days = 0.0
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 0.1
| Nov snow days = 2.3
| Dec snow days = 6.1
| year snow days = 30.3

| Jan humidity = 63.5
| Feb humidity = 59.8
| Mar humidity = 57.8
| Apr humidity = 55.6
| May humidity = 62.6
| Jun humidity = 69.4
| Jul humidity = 79.8
| Aug humidity = 79.7
| Sep humidity = 77.7
| Oct humidity = 74.0
| Nov humidity = 69.6
| Dec humidity = 67.1
| year humidity = 68.1

| Jan sun = 179.9
| Feb sun = 177.6
| Mar sun = 202.2
| Apr sun = 209.2
| May sun = 225.9
| Jun sun = 196.5
| Jul sun = 138.8
| Aug sun = 155.0
| Sep sun = 155.9
| Oct sun = 179.7
| Nov sun = 151.5
| Dec sun = 170.6
| year sun = 2142.8

| Jan percentsun = 58.0
| Feb percentsun = 56.6
| Mar percentsun = 52.0
| Apr percentsun = 52.6
| May percentsun = 48.7
| Jun percentsun = 42.6
| Jul percentsun = 29.7
| Aug percentsun = 35.5
| Sep percentsun = 41.4
| Oct percentsun = 50.3
| Nov percentsun = 50.0
| Dec percentsun = 57.7
| year percentsun = 46.9

| source = [[Korea Meteorological Administration]] (snow and percent sunshine 1981–2010)<ref name= KMA>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220129211110/https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf
| archive-date = 29 January 2022
| url = https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf
| title = Climatological Normals of Korea (1991 ~ 2020)
| publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration
| access-date = 4 April 2022
| language = ko}}</ref><ref name= KMAextremes>
{{cite web
| url = https://data.kma.go.kr/climate/extremum/selectExtremumList.do?pgmNo=103
| publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration
| access-date = 4 April 2022
| script-title = ko:순위값 - 구역별조회
| language = ko}}</ref><ref name= KMAnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161207185450/http://www.kma.go.kr/down/Climatological_2010.pdf
| archive-date = 7 December 2016
| url = http://www.kma.go.kr/down/Climatological_2010.pdf
| publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration
| access-date = 8 December 2016
| title = Climatological Normals of Korea
| date = 2011}}</ref>
}}

== Festival ==
DongGang International Photo Festival - This festival is held in Yeongwol every year. It features events such as the DongGang Photography Award Exhibition, International Open Call, Photojournalists Exhibition and Gangwon Province Photographers Exhibition.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180622000594|title=[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights around Korea|last=Herald|first=The Korea|date=2018-06-22|access-date=2018-06-23}}</ref> Although it is held at the Dong River Photo Museum, visitors can find the works throughout Yeongwol County during the photo festival. [http://korean.visitkorea.or.kr/kor/bz15/where/festival/festival.jsp?cid=606549]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Korea Yeongwol Sketch 01 (8228243829).jpg|
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Yeongwol}}
* {{Wikivoyage inline|Yeongwol}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150313003704/http://eng.yw.go.kr/site/foreign/eng/page/index.jsp Yeongwol County tourism office home page]
{{Gangwon}}
{{coord|37.1872222322|N|128.473333343|E|source:ruwiki_region:KR_type:city(45287)|format=dms|display=title}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}

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[[Category:Counties of Gangwon Province, South Korea]]