Icheon

Icheon (; ) 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.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Icheon
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipal City
Settlement.translit_lang1: Korean
Settlement.image_skyline: Korea-Icheon-01.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Icheon Haenggung Palace
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Emblem of Icheon
Settlement.image_map: Gyeonggi-Icheon.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in South Korea
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Sudogwon

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Contents

Geography
Administrative divisions
Population and Business
Climate
City symbols
Ceramic village
UNESCO
Education
University
Fires
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable people
See also
References
External links

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==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. 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.