Yeoju

Thegither wi the neebourin ceety o Icheon, it is kent as a major centre o contemporary Sooth Korean ceramics, hosts the Warld Ceramic Exposition ivery year. Ither local products o note include rice, sweet potatoes, an yellae melons. Yeoju is the birthplace o Korea's last queen, Empress Myeongseong.

Yeoju 여주 驪州
Coonty
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	여주시
• Hanja	驪州市
• Revised Romanization	Yeoju-si
• McCune-Reischauer	Yŏju
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Admeenistrative diveesions	1 eup, 8 myeon
Area
• Total	608.64 km2 (235.00 sq mi)
Population
• Total	104,774
• Density	172.1/km2 (446/sq mi)
• Dialect	Seoul

Yeoju's institution o heicher learnin includes Yeojoo Institute o Technologie. The Jungbu Naeryuk Expresswey passes throu the coonty.

In the coonty are locatit:

• The tomb o the naition's maist important king, Sejong the Great. This tomb wis muivit tae Yeoju frae Seoul in 1469.
• The temple ruins o Godalsaji (c. 764)
• The Moka Buddhist museum
• The waws o Pasaseong fortress
• Silleuksa, the Korea's lane riverside temple