Icheon
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Icheon
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| • Revised Romanization | Icheon-si |
| • McCune–Reischauer | Ich'ŏn-si |
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| Country | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea |
| Region | Sudogwon |
| Province | Gyeonggi |
| Administrative divisions | 2 eup, 8 myeon, 4 dong |
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| • Mayor | Kim Gyeong-hui (Script error: No such module "Lang".) |
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| Website | icheon.go.kr |
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Icheon (Korean: Script error: No such module "Lang".; Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Together with Yeoju, Icheon is known as a center of South Korean ceramic manufacturing and is a UNESCO City of Crafts and Folk Art. Other famous local products include peaches and rice. Local institutions of higher learning include Korea Tourism College and Chungkang College of Cultural Industries. The city is also home to SK Hynix, the world's second largest memory chip maker.
Geography
Neighboring districts include Yeoju, Gwangju, Yongin, and Anseong within Gyeonggi Province, as well as Eumseong County in North Chungcheong Province.
The Yeongdong Expressway and Jungbu Naeryuk Expressway pass through Icheon. In 2016, the city will connect into the Seoul Metropolitan Subway via Yeoju Line's Icheon Station.[2]
Administrative divisions
Icheon is divided into 2 towns (eup), 8 townships (myeon), and 4 neighbourhoods (dong).
| Hangul | Hanja | |
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| Janghowon-eup | 장호원읍 | 長湖院邑 |
| Bubal-eup | 부발읍 | 夫鉢邑 |
| Sindun-myeon | 신둔면 | 新屯面 |
| Baeksa-myeon | 백사면 | 栢沙面 |
| Hobeop-myeon | 호법면 | 戶法面 |
| Majang-myeon | 마장면 | 麻長面 |
| Daewol-myeon | 대월면 | 大月面 |
| Moga-myeon | 모가면 | 暮加面 |
| Seolseong-myeon | 설성면 | 雪星面 |
| Yul-myeon | 율면 | 栗面 |
| Changjeon-dong | 창전동 | 倉前洞 |
| Jeungpo-dong | 증포동 | 增浦洞 |
| Jungni-dong | 중리동 | 中里洞 |
| Gwango-dong | 관고동 | 官庫洞 |
Population and Business
There are 230,000 people living, including about 220,000 Koreans and 11,000 foreigners. More than 1,200 companies employ about 40,000 people.[3]
Climate
Icheon has a humid continental climate (Dwa in the Köppen climate classification). Script error: No such module "weather box".
City symbols
- City bird: Magpie
- City flower: Azaleas
- City tree: Pine
Ceramic village
The Icheon Ceramics Village features 300-plus ceramics-making firms in the area of Sugwang-ri, Sindun-myeon, Saeum-dong, and a popular visitor attraction.[7] They use traditional skills and produce porcelains in some 40 traditional firewood kilns. This pottery is recognized both at home and abroad for its quality.
The Saeum-dong and Sindun-myeon areas also include a ceramics village with many ceramics stores. Potters have researched traditional methods and revived the manufacture of ceramics in the style of Goryeo celadon and Joseon white porcelain here. The village is the center of the effort to preserve these traditions.[8]
UNESCO
Icheon was designated as a UNESCO Creative City for Crafts and Folk Art, in in 2010. In 2018, the city was elected as the first designated city for Craft and Folk Art among South Korea's creative cities. It served as the designated city until September 2021.[9]
Education
University
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Fires
Major building fires occurred on 7 January 2008 and on 29 April 2020.
Twin towns – sister cities
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- Template:Flagicon Kōka, Japan (2005)
- Template:Flagicon Santa Fe, United States (2013)
- Template:Flagicon Seto, Japan (2006)
- Template:Flagicon Wuxi, China (2005)
- Template:Flagicon Limoges, France (2015)
- Template:Flagicon Santa Clara, United States (2019)
Notable people
- Sŏ Hŭi: The historic figure of Goryeo dynasty who made a huge decision with Khitan people who was forcefully occupying northern areas of Korean peninsula.[citation needed]
- Kang Mi-na: South Korean singer, rapper, dancer, actress and K-pop idol, former member of K-pop girlgroup Gugudan and its subunits Gugudan 5959 and Gugudan SeMiNa.
- Choi Jeong: Baseball player who played for SK Wyverns/SSG Landers and South Korea national baseball team
- Kim Se-yong: ceramist.
- Chun Woo-hee: South Korean actress.
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Population statistics". Korea Ministry of the Interior and Safety. 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Yeoju Line Set to Open in 2016". Kojects. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Icheon Overview". Icheon.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Climatological Normals of Korea (1991 ~ 2020)" (PDF) (in 한국어). Korea Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.순위값 - 구역별조회 (in 한국어). Korea Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Climatological Normals of Korea" (PDF). Korea Meteorological Administration. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Icheon". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
- ^ Official pages of Icheon city
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."UNESCO Creative City". Icheon.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."International Exchange Cities". icheon.go.kr. Icheon.
External links
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- Icheon : Official Seoul City Tourism Template:In lang
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