Icheon

Icheon (Korean pronunciation: [i.tsʰʌn]) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

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
이천시
Municipal City
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul이천시
 • Hanja利川市
 • Revised RomanizationIcheon-si
 • McCune–ReischauerIch'ŏn-si
Flag of Icheon
Flag
Location in South Korea
Location in South Korea
Coordinates: 37°16′N 127°26′E
Country South Korea
RegionSudogwon
ProvinceGyeonggi
Administrative divisions2 eup, 8 myeon, 4 dong
Government
 • mayorKyung Hee Kim (김경희)
Area
 • Total461.3 km2 (178.1 sq mi)
Population
 (October, 2022)
 • Total224,077
 • Density485.8/km2 (1,258/sq mi)
 • Dialect
Seoul
Websiteicheon.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

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

Dongnam-gu is divided into 2 towns (eup), 8 townships (myeon), and 4 neighbourhoods (dong).

Hangul Hanja
Janghowon-eup장호원읍長湖院邑
Bubal-eup부발읍夫鉢邑
Sindun-myeon신둔면新屯面
Baeksa-myeon백사면栢沙面
Hobeop-myeon호법면戶法面
Majang-myeon마장면麻長面
Daewol-myeon대월면大月面
Moga-myeon모가면暮加面
Seolseong-myeon설성면雪星面
Yul-myeon율면栗面
Changjeon-dong창전동倉前洞
Jeungpo-dong증포동增浦洞
Jungni-dong중리동中里洞
Gwango-dong관고동官庫洞

Climate

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)
Average high °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)
Average low °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
  • City bird: Magpie
  • City flower: Azaleas
  • City tree: Pine

Ceramic village
Master potter at work, Icheon.
Ceramic shops, Icheon.

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
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in South Korea

Icheon is twinned with:[7]

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "Yeoju Line Set to Open in 2016". Kojects. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  2. "Climatological Normals of Korea (1991 ~ 2020)" (PDF) (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  3. 순위값 - 구역별조회 (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  4. "Climatological Normals of Korea" (PDF). Korea Meteorological Administration. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  5. "Icheon". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  6. Official pages of Icheon city
  7. "International Exchange Cities". icheon.go.kr. Icheon. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
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