Icheon 이천시 | |
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| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 이천시 |
| • Hanja | 利川市 |
| • Revised Romanization | Icheon-si |
| • McCune–Reischauer | Ich'ŏn-si |
 Icheon Haenggung Palace | |
 Flag | |
 Location in South Korea | |
| Coordinates:37°16′N127°26′E / 37.267°N 127.433°E /37.267; 127.433 | |
| Country |  South Korea |
| Region | Sudogwon |
| Province | Gyeonggi |
| Administrative divisions | 2eup, 8myeon, 4dong |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kim Gyeong-hui (김경희) |
| Area | |
• Total | 461.3 km2 (178.1 sq mi) |
| Population (September 2024[1]) | |
• Total | 223,422 |
| • Density | 485.8/km2 (1,258/sq mi) |
| • Dialect | Seoul |
| Website | icheon.go.kr |
Icheon (Korean: 이천;Korean pronunciation:[i.tɕʰʌn]) is acity inGyeonggi Province, South Korea. Together withYeoju, Icheon is known as a center of South Koreanceramic manufacturing and is aUNESCO City of Crafts and Folk Art. Other famous local products includepeaches andrice. Local institutions of higher learning includeKorea Tourism College andChungkang College of Cultural Industries. The city is also home toSK Hynix, the world's second largest memory chip maker.
Major buildingfires occurredon 7 January 2008 andon 29 April 2020.
Neighboring districts includeYeoju,Gwangju,Yongin, andAnseong within Gyeonggi Province, as well asEumseong County inNorth Chungcheong Province.
TheYeongdong Expressway andJungbu Naeryuk Expressway pass through Icheon. In 2016, the city will connect into theSeoul Metropolitan Subway viaYeoju Line's Icheon Station.[2]
Icheon is divided into 2 towns (eup), 8 townships (myeon), and 4 neighbourhoods (dong).
| Hangul | Hanja | |
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| Janghowon-eup | 장호원읍 | 長湖院邑 |
| Bubal-eup | 부발읍 | 夫鉢邑 |
| Sindun-myeon | 신둔면 | 新屯面 |
| Baeksa-myeon | 백사면 | 栢沙面 |
| Hobeop-myeon | 호법면 | 戶法面 |
| Majang-myeon | 마장면 | 麻長面 |
| Daewol-myeon | 대월면 | 大月面 |
| Moga-myeon | 모가면 | 暮加面 |
| Seolseong-myeon | 설성면 | 雪星面 |
| Yul-myeon | 율면 | 栗面 |
| Changjeon-dong | 창전동 | 倉前洞 |
| Jeungpo-dong | 증포동 | 增浦洞 |
| Jungni-dong | 중리동 | 中里洞 |
| Gwango-dong | 관고동 | 官庫洞 |
There are 230,000 people living, including about 220,000 Koreans and 11,000 foreigners. More than 1,200 companies employ about 40,000 people.[3]
Icheon has ahumid continental climate (Dwa in theKöppen climate classification).
| Climate data for Icheon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1972–present) | |||||||||||||
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| 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) | 25.7 (78.3) | 32.5 (90.5) | 33.7 (92.7) | 36.0 (96.8) | 38.3 (100.9) | 39.4 (102.9) | 34.5 (94.1) | 29.1 (84.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 18.2 (64.8) | 39.4 (102.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °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) |
| Mean daily minimum °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) |
| Averageprecipitation 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 |
| Averagerelative 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 monthlysunshine 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 |
| Percentagepossible 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)[4][5][6] | |||||||||||||
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.[7] 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 ofGoryeo celadon andJoseon white porcelain here. The village is the center of the effort to preserve these traditions.[8]
Icheon was designated as aUNESCO Creative City for Crafts and Folk Art, in in 2010. In 2018, the city was elected as the first designated city for Craft and Folk Art among South Korea's creative cities. It served as the designated city until September 2021.[9]
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