Icheon
Municipal City in Sudogwon, South Korea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the city in South Korea. For the county in North Korea, see Ichon County. For the city in Hubei, China with the same Hanja name, see Lichuan, Hubei.
Not to be confused with Incheon.
Icheon (Korean: 이천; Korean pronunciation: [i.tsʰʌn]) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
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Icheon
이천시 | |
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Korean transcription(s) | |
• Hangul | 이천시 |
• Hanja | 利川市 |
• Revised Romanization | Icheon-si |
• McCune–Reischauer | Ich'ŏn-si |
Coordinates: 37°16′N 127°26′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 |
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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.