Editing Yeongju (section)

{{Short description|City in North Gyeongsang, South Korea}}
{{For|the name|Young-joo}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Yeongju
| native_name                     = {{lang|ko|영주시}}
| settlement_type                 = [[Cities of South Korea|Municipal City]]
| translit_lang1                  = Korean
| translit_lang1_type1            = [[Hangul]]
| translit_lang1_info1            = {{lang|ko|영주시}}
| translit_lang1_type2            = [[Hanja]]
| translit_lang1_info2            = {{lang|ko|榮州市}}
| translit_lang1_type3            = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}}
| translit_lang1_info3            = Yeongju-si
| translit_lang1_type4            = {{nowrap|McCune–Reischauer}}
| translit_lang1_info4            = Yŏngju-si
| image_skyline                   = Muryangsujeon2.jpg
| imagesize                       = 
| image_caption                   = Muryangsujeon hall at Buseoksa temple
| image_map                       = North Gyeongsang-Yeongju.svg
| mapsize                         = 
| map_caption                     = Location in South Korea
| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = {{flag|South Korea}}
| subdivision_type1               = [[Regions of Korea|Region]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Yeongnam]]
| population_blank1_title         = Dialect
| population_blank1               = [[Gyeongsang dialect|Gyeongsang]]
| area_total_km2                  = 668.45
| 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                = 99,309
| population_density_km2          = 293.2
| parts_type                      = [[Administrative divisions of South Korea|Administrative divisions]]
| parts                           = 1 ''eup'', 9 ''myeon'', 9 ''dong''
| image_blank_emblem              = Yeongju logo.png
| blank_emblem_type               = Emblem of Yeongju
| image_flag                      = Flag of Yeongju.svg
}}
'''Yeongju''' ({{Korean|hangul=영주}}; {{IPA|ko|jʌŋ.dʑu}}) is a city in [[North Gyeongsang Province]], South Korea. It has an area of 668.84 km2 and a population of 113,930 people according to the 2008 census. The city borders [[Bonghwa]] county to the east, [[Danyang County]] of [[North Chungcheong Province]] to the west, [[Andong]] and [[Yecheon]] county to the south, and [[Yeongwol County]] of [[Gangwon Province, South Korea|Gangwon Province]] to the north.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=294021&v=43 |script-title=ko:'영주시' - 네이트 백과사전 |access-date=2009-11-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610072810/http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=294021&v=43 |archive-date=2011-06-10 }}</ref>

[[Buseoksa]] Temple in Yeongju is outstanding as a representative temple of the Avatamsaka Sect of [[Silla]] [[Korean Buddhism|Buddhism]].  [[Sosu Seowon]] is the first [[Seowon]] (Confucian academy) to have had national financial support by way of [[tax exemption]]s.

Yeongju is also home to a large Novelis Aluminum plant, employing approximately 1000 workers.  This plant provides flat-rolled aluminum sheet products to customers throughout Asia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novelis.com|title=Aluminum Rolling, Automotive and Beverage Can Sheet - Novelis|website=Novelis}}</ref>