Pocheon
Sign in to savePocheon (; ) is an inland city in northeast Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It covers 2 with a population of 160,176 people, according to the 2008 census. Pocheon lies between Seoul and the mountainous northwestern areas of Gangwon Province. The city borders Yeoncheon county, with the cities of Dongducheon and Yangju to the west, along with Uijeongbu, and Namyangju of Gyeonggi province to the south. It also borders Hwacheon county of Gangwon province on its eastern border and Cheorwon is to the north. Alongside the adjoining Gapyeong, Pocheon consists of the highest mountainous areas in Gyeong
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pocheon
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Korean
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipal City
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Hangul
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type2
- Hanja
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info3
- Pocheon-si
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info4
- P'och'ŏn-si
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Korea-Pocheon-Herb Island-Sunflower an others-01.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A flower field in the Herb Island in Pocheon
- Settlement.image_map
- Gyeonggi-Pocheon.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in South Korea
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gyeonggi Province (Sudogwon)
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Dialect
- Settlement.population_blank1
- Seoul
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 827
- Settlement.population_as_of
- September 2024
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Gyeonggi Province
- Population
- 163388
- Area
- 826.38
- Official website
- www.pcs21.net/lng/english/html/index.asp
- Image
- Pocheon City Hall.JPG
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- twinned administrative body
- Ialoveni
- Commons category
- Pocheon
- topic's main category
- Category:Pocheon
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pocheon
- social media followers
- 5202
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography and climate
- Administrative divisions
- Population
- Economy
- Healthcare
- Education
- Tourism
- Festivals
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- External links
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| government_footnotes = .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pocheon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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