Icheon
Icheon (Korean: 이천; Korean pronunciation: [i.tsʰʌn]) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
Icheon 이천시 | |
|---|---|
| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 이천시 |
| • Hanja | 利川市 |
| • Revised Romanization | Icheon-si |
| • McCune–Reischauer | Ich'ŏn-si |
Flag | |
Location in South Korea | |
| Coordinates: 37°16′N 127°26′E / 37.267°N 127.433°E | |
| Country | South Korea |
| Region | Sudogwon |
| Province | Gyeonggi |
| Administrative divisions | 2 eup, 8 myeon, 4 dong |
| Government | |
| • mayor | Kyung Hee Kim (김경희) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 461.3 km2 (178.1 sq mi) |
| Population (October, 2022) | |
| • Total | 224,077 |
| • Density | 485.8/km2 (1,258/sq mi) |
| • Dialect | Seoul |
| Website | icheon.go.kr |
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 edit
Major building fires occurred on 7 January 2008 and on 29 April 2020.
Geography edit
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 edit
Icheon-si is divided into 2 towns (eup), 8 townships (myeon), and 4 neighbourhoods (dong).
| Hangul | Hanja | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
Icheon has a humid continental climate (Dwa in the Köppen climate classification).
| Climate data for Icheon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1972–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.5 (58.1) | 20.8 (69.4) | 24.8 (76.6) | 32.5 (90.5) | 33.7 (92.7) | 35.7 (96.3) | 38.3 (100.9) | 39.4 (102.9) | 32.9 (91.2) | 29.1 (84.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 18.2 (64.8) | 39.4 (102.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) | 6.0 (42.8) | 12.2 (54.0) | 19.3 (66.7) | 24.4 (75.9) | 27.9 (82.2) | 29.4 (84.9) | 30.2 (86.4) | 26.0 (78.8) | 20.4 (68.7) | 12.1 (53.8) | 4.4 (39.9) | 17.9 (64.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) | −0.3 (31.5) | 5.4 (41.7) | 11.9 (53.4) | 17.6 (63.7) | 22.0 (71.6) | 24.7 (76.5) | 25.0 (77.0) | 19.8 (67.6) | 13.0 (55.4) | 5.8 (42.4) | −1.2 (29.8) | 11.7 (53.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) | −6.1 (21.0) | −0.9 (30.4) | 5.0 (41.0) | 11.2 (52.2) | 16.7 (62.1) | 20.9 (69.6) | 21.1 (70.0) | 15.0 (59.0) | 7.0 (44.6) | 0.2 (32.4) | −6.3 (20.7) | 6.3 (43.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −26.5 (−15.7) | −22.8 (−9.0) | −12.1 (10.2) | −4.9 (23.2) | 2.0 (35.6) | 6.5 (43.7) | 12.9 (55.2) | 12.1 (53.8) | 2.9 (37.2) | −5.0 (23.0) | −15.6 (3.9) | −25.7 (−14.3) | −26.5 (−15.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 19.2 (0.76) | 29.6 (1.17) | 42.9 (1.69) | 78.5 (3.09) | 93.2 (3.67) | 128.2 (5.05) | 364.3 (14.34) | 288.0 (11.34) | 153.1 (6.03) | 50.9 (2.00) | 45.1 (1.78) | 22.9 (0.90) | 1,315.9 (51.81) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.7 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 8.8 | 5.5 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 101 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 63.3 | 59.4 | 56.8 | 55.2 | 60.8 | 66.7 | 77.1 | 76.8 | 74.3 | 70.8 | 67.9 | 66.3 | 66.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 170.8 | 174.3 | 202.4 | 214.9 | 232.0 | 203.3 | 150.0 | 170.4 | 173.7 | 189.9 | 153.2 | 161.3 | 2,196.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 54.0 | 55.3 | 51.8 | 53.4 | 50.5 | 42.5 | 31.5 | 37.9 | 44.4 | 54.0 | 49.9 | 52.9 | 47.5 |
| Source: Korea Meteorological Administration (percent sunshine 1981–2010)[2][3][4] | |||||||||||||
City symbols edit
- City bird: Magpie
- City flower: Azaleas
- City tree: Pine
Ceramic village edit
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.[5] 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.[6]
Twin towns – sister cities edit
- Jingdezhen, China (1997)
- Kōka, Japan (2005)
- Santa Fe, United States (2013)
- Seto, Japan (2006)
- Wuxi, China (2005)
Notable people edit
- 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.[citation needed]
- Kang Mi-na (Hangul: 강미나): 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
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Yeoju Line Set to Open in 2016". Kojects. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
- ^ (PDF) (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ 순위값 - 구역별조회 (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ (PDF). Korea Meteorological Administration. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "Icheon". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
- ^ Official pages of Icheon city
- ^ "International Exchange Cities". icheon.go.kr. Icheon. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
External links edit
- Official website (in English)
- (in English)
- City Council website (in English)