Yeongwol

Yeongwol County is a county in the South Korean state of . Its population is about 36,000 as of 2026. In South Korea, it is known as the place where King Danjong, the sixth king of the Joseon Dynasty, was exiled when he was forced to abdicate by his uncle, who became King Sejo.
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  • Type: County with 40,000 residents
  • Description: administrative division of South Korea
  • Also known as: “Yeongwol County” and “Yeongwol-gun”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yeongwol and Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty.

Railway station
Photo: 김해시민, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station.

Photo: 알밤한대, CC BY 3.0.
Jangneung in Yeongwol County, is the tomb of King Danjong, the 6th king of Joseon. It was designated as a historic site in 1970 and a World Heritage Site in 2009 as one of the .

Yeongwol

Latitude
37.1835° or 37° 11′ 1″ north
Longitude
128.462° or 128° 27′ 43″ east
Population
40,000
Elevation
226 metres (741 feet)
United Nations Location Code
KR YWL
Open location code
8Q9C5FM6+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415155581
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
1832256
Wiki­data ID
Q50306
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Satellite Map

Discover Yeongwol from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yeongwol” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة يونغوول”
  • Arabic: “يونغوول غون”
  • Catalan: “Yeongwol”
  • Cebuano: “Yeongwol-gun”
  • Chinese: “Yeongwol Kūn”
  • Chinese: “宁越郡”
  • Chinese: “寧越郡”
  • Dutch: “Yeongwol County”
  • French: “district de Yeongwol”
  • French: “District de Yeongwol”
  • French: “Yeongwol”
  • German: “Yeongwol”
  • Greek: “Γιόνγουολ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Nèn-ye̍t-khiùn”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Yeongwol Khiun”
  • Indonesian: “Kabupaten Yeongwol”
  • Indonesian: “Yeongwol”
  • Italian: “Contea di Yeongwol”
  • Italian: “Yeongwol”
  • Japanese: “ヨンウォル郡”
  • Japanese: “寧越郡”
  • Javanese: “Yeongwol”
  • Korean: “Yeongwol-gun”
  • Korean: “영월”
  • Korean: “영월군”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yeongwol Kūn”
  • Mongolian: “Ёнволь-гүнь”
  • Northern Frisian: “Yeongwol (Lunkreis)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Yeongwol”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yeongwol”
  • Norwegian: “Yeongwol”
  • Persian: “شهرستان یونگ‌وول”
  • Persian: “یونگ وول”
  • Romanian: “Yeongwol”
  • Russian: “Йонволь”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Yeongwol”
  • Spanish: “Yeongwol”
  • Swedish: “Yeongwol-gun”
  • Turkish: “Yeongwol”
  • Urdu: “یونگوول کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “quận Yeongwol”
  • Vietnamese: “Yeongwol”
  • Welsh: “Sir Yeongwol”
  • Yue Chinese: “寧越郡”

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