Siheung
Sign in to saveSiheung (; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The city has a population of 511,807 people, where 508,646 are residents out of 218,846 households as of August 2021. Siheung acquired its current administrative structure on January 1, 1989, the former Siheung County was divided into the cities of Siheung, Gunpo, and Uiwang. At the time, Siheung had a population of only 93,000. This number more than tripled in the following decade as massive suburban apartment complexes were developed. Siheung's current area formerly belonged to Incheon and Ansan before 1914.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Siheung
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Korean
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipal City
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- Hangul
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- Hanja
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info3
- Siheung-si
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- Sihŭng-si
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Nearoidostation-jan2006.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Wolgot Harbor past Oido Station
- Settlement.image_map
- Gyeonggi-Siheung.svg
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- Location in South Korea
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Korea
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- Region
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- Gyeonggi Province (Sudogwon)
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- Dialect
- Settlement.population_blank1
- Gyeonggi
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 135.79
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14 sectionsContents
- History
- Administrative districts
- Climate
- Public transportation
- Railroad
- Industry
- {{Anchor|Gross Domestic Product}}Gross domestic product
- {{Anchor|Status of Employees by Industry}}Status of employees by industry
- {{Anchor|Recreation and Tourism|Recreation & Tourism}}Recreation and tourism
- Sister cities
- {{Anchor|Education of Siheung City}}Education of Siheung
- Notable people from Siheung
- References
- External links
Siheung (; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The city has a population of 511,807 people, where 508,646 are residents out of 218,846 households as of August 2021. Siheung acquired its current administrative structure on January 1, 1989, the former Siheung County was divided into the cities of Siheung, Gunpo, and Uiwang. At the time, Siheung had a population of only 93,000. This number more than tripled in the following decade as massive suburban apartment complexes were developed. Siheung's current area formerly belonged to Incheon and Ansan before 1914.
Notable landmarks include the Oido island, the Soraesan mountain, Lotus theme park and the port and inlet of Wolgot. Siheung includes two new areas that were developed in the 1990s, Sihwa and Wolgot. The new city of Sihwa includes a very large industrial complex. Companies headquartered there include Hansung Machinery Co., Korea Polytechnic University (established in 1997), and also (reorganized in 1999).