Icheon
Sign in to saveIcheon (; ) 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
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gyeonggi
- Settlement.parts_type
- Administrative divisions
- Settlement.parts
- 2 eup, 8 myeon, 4 dong
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 461.3
- Settlement.population_total
- 223,422
- Settlement.population_as_of
- September 2024
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- 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.