Английская Википедия:Icheon
Шаблон:About Шаблон:Distinguish Шаблон:Infobox settlement Icheon (Шаблон:Korean; Шаблон:IPA-ko) 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.
Icheon is home to Hynix, the world's second largest memory chip maker.
Fires
Major building fires occurred on 7 January 2008 and on 29 April 2020.
Geography
Neighboring districts include Yeoju City, Gwangju City, Yongin City, and Anseong City 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.[1]
Administrative divisions
Icheon-si 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 |
Climate
Icheon has a humid continental climate (Dwa in the Köppen climate classification). Шаблон: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.[2] 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.[3]
Twin towns – sister cities
Шаблон:See also Icheon is twinned with:[4] Шаблон:Div col
- Шаблон:Flagicon Jingdezhen, China (1997)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Kōka, Japan (2005)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Santa Fe, United States (2013)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Seto, Japan (2006)
- Шаблон:Flagicon Wuxi, China (2005)
Notable people
- Seo Hui: The historic figure of Goryeo dynasty who made a huge decision with Khitan people who was forcefully occupying northern areas of Korean peninsula.Шаблон:Citation needed
- Kang Mi-na (Шаблон:Korean): 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
- Master Kim Se-yong (김세용): Ceramist famous for innovative openwork celadon wares.
See also
References
External links
- Шаблон:Official website Шаблон:In lang
- Icheon : Official Seoul City Tourism Шаблон:In lang
- City Council website Шаблон:In lang
Шаблон:Gyeonggi Шаблон:Metropolitan cities of South Korea Шаблон:Most populous cities in South Korea
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Official pages of Icheon city
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web