Jecheon 제천시 | |
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| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 제천시 |
| • Hanja | 堤川市 |
| • Revised Romanization | Jecheon-si |
| • McCune–Reischauer | Chech'ŏn-si |
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 Flag  Emblem of Jecheon | |
 Location in South Korea | |
| Country |  South Korea |
| Region | Hoseo |
| Administrative divisions | 1eup, 7myeon, 9dong |
| Government | |
| • mayor | Kim Chang-gyu (김창규) |
| Area | |
• Total | 882.47 km2 (340.72 sq mi) |
| Population (September 2024[1]) | |
• Total | 129,066 |
| • Density | 146.26/km2 (378.80/sq mi) |
| • Dialect | Chungcheong |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Korea Standard Time) |
| Area code | (+82) 43-6xx |
Jecheon (Korean: 제천;Korean pronunciation:[tɕe.tɕʰʌn]) is acity inNorth Chungcheong Province, South Korea. The city is a major railway junction or a transportation mecca, served by theJungang,Chungbuk andTaebaek Lines. Jecheon has scenic surroundings and several tourist spots like the Uirimji Reservoir, Cheongpung Lake andCheongpung Cultural Properties complex. It is also the home ofSemyung University.
The city's name derives from the Korean wordsje (堤, which means "dam") andcheon (川, which means "river").
Jecheon is located in the northern part of North Chungcheong Province borderingMungyeong to the south, whileWonju andYeongwol-gun, which are located in Gangwon Province, are to the north. It is well known for its mountains and lake environments.[2] Jecheon is well known as the "healing city". A wide variety oftraditional medical and herbal products and therapies are available, attracting people all over Korea to visit the city.[citation needed]
As Korea's overall inland mountainous area, the natural environment is well preserved, and the air is so clear and pleasant that most mountain villages do not lose. Since there are not many ruins or tourist facilities in the city, Uirimji, built during the Samhan period, is used as a representative tourist destination.
Herbs are famous as local specialties. In particular, Hwanggi is said to distribute 80% of the nation's distribution through local herbal markets.
Jecheon has a monsoon-influencedhumid continental climate (Köppen:Dwa) with cold, dry winters and hot, rainy summers.
It is so cold that it often snows in April, commonly called Jeberia. There are even times when it hits minus 20 degrees Celsius in winter. Along with Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, it is the coldest winter region in the region south of Gangwon State and Gyeonggi-do. When a cold wave warning is issued in a nearby area, it is common to issue a cold wave warning, and padding is a must-have for winter rather than a coat. This is because it is an inland region and a double basin of 300m above sea level consisting of high mountains easily exceeding 1,000m above sea level, such as Chiaksan, Sobaeksan, and Wolaksan. As a result, it is an area where the annual temperature difference is quite large, similar to Cheorwon-gun when it is really cold. According to the official observation, the lowest temperature ever recorded was -27.4 °C on January 4, 1981. Since the 2010s, -25.9 °C recorded on January 6, 2010 and February 3, 2012 was the lowest.
| Climate data for Jecheon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1972–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.6 (56.5) | 20.5 (68.9) | 23.2 (73.8) | 32.2 (90.0) | 33.7 (92.7) | 34.8 (94.6) | 37.5 (99.5) | 39.4 (102.9) | 33.1 (91.6) | 28.3 (82.9) | 24.0 (75.2) | 16.0 (60.8) | 39.4 (102.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) | 4.8 (40.6) | 10.8 (51.4) | 18.1 (64.6) | 23.4 (74.1) | 27.1 (80.8) | 28.6 (83.5) | 29.3 (84.7) | 25.1 (77.2) | 19.5 (67.1) | 11.4 (52.5) | 3.7 (38.7) | 17.0 (62.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.8 (23.4) | −1.9 (28.6) | 3.8 (38.8) | 10.5 (50.9) | 16.2 (61.2) | 20.8 (69.4) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.8 (74.8) | 18.5 (65.3) | 11.5 (52.7) | 4.4 (39.9) | −2.6 (27.3) | 10.3 (50.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10.8 (12.6) | −8.3 (17.1) | −2.9 (26.8) | 2.9 (37.2) | 9.2 (48.6) | 15.2 (59.4) | 19.7 (67.5) | 19.8 (67.6) | 13.3 (55.9) | 5.1 (41.2) | −1.6 (29.1) | −8.3 (17.1) | 4.4 (39.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −27.4 (−17.3) | −25.9 (−14.6) | −17.7 (0.1) | −8.0 (17.6) | −0.5 (31.1) | 4.8 (40.6) | 9.7 (49.5) | 9.9 (49.8) | 0.6 (33.1) | −7.2 (19.0) | −14.9 (5.2) | −24.8 (−12.6) | −27.4 (−17.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 20.3 (0.80) | 32.2 (1.27) | 49.7 (1.96) | 85.1 (3.35) | 96.9 (3.81) | 147.5 (5.81) | 356.0 (14.02) | 300.9 (11.85) | 145.3 (5.72) | 57.4 (2.26) | 43.4 (1.71) | 24.6 (0.97) | 1,359.3 (53.52) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.6 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 16.7 | 14.5 | 9.6 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 109.9 |
| Average snowy days | 7.6 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 26.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 68.1 | 64.4 | 61.3 | 57.0 | 62.4 | 68.1 | 77.6 | 76.7 | 75.6 | 73.0 | 70.7 | 70.3 | 68.8 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 175.1 | 174.4 | 201.0 | 213.3 | 236.0 | 208.4 | 151.4 | 166.1 | 168.0 | 192.3 | 157.6 | 164.4 | 2,208 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 53.6 | 53.5 | 52.1 | 54.8 | 52.7 | 48.1 | 35.9 | 43.2 | 47.4 | 55.8 | 50.2 | 51.6 | 49.5 |
| Source:Korea Meteorological Administration (snow and percent sunshine 1981–2010)[3][4][5] | |||||||||||||
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