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Sacheon 사천시 | |
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| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 사천시 |
| • Hanja | 泗川市 |
| • Revised Romanization | Sacheon-si |
| • McCune–Reischauer | Sach'ŏn-si |
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 Flag  Emblem of Sacheon | |
 Location in South Korea | |
| Country |  South Korea |
| Region | Yeongnam |
| Administrative divisions | 1eup, 7myeon, 6dong |
| Area | |
• Total | 396.99 km2 (153.28 sq mi) |
| Population (September 2024[1]) | |
• Total | 108,650 |
| • Density | 288.6/km2 (747/sq mi) |
| • Dialect | Gyeongsang |
Sacheon (Korean: 사천;Korean pronunciation:[sʰa.tɕʰʌn]) is acity inSouth Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Sacheon's chief fame comes from its being the site of two naval battles in theSeven Year War.
The city as it now exists results from the merging of Sacheon-gun and Samcheonpo-si in 1995. The northern part of the city is called Sacheon-eub and is located at the top of Sacheon Bay, near the city of Jinju. The southern part of the city is located in the old Samcheonpo-si, which is located at the mouth of Sacheon Bay.
During prehistoric times, the local area was very important for trade between the interior and coastal area. A large central settlement called theIgeum-dong site developed in the neighbourhood of the same name in Samcheonpo. This complex site was a major settlement,megalithic cemetery, and ceremonial area during the latter part of the MiddleMumun pottery period (c. 700-550 B.C.). Several islands that lie just off the coast of Samcheonpo, including Neuk-do Island and Ma-do Islet, were also important during the same period and into the Korean Protohistoric period when this part of Korea increased its trade contacts with the chiefdoms in the Liaoning Province region of China, Taedong-gang River area of North Korea, andYayoi chiefdoms of WesternJapan (c. 300 B.C.- A.D. 300/400).
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Traditionally, the urbanized part of Sacheon (Sacheon-eub) and the coastal settlement of Samcheonpo have different economic functions. Samcheonpo has a good harbour and has been sustained by fishing and other marine industries for hundreds of years. This part of the city continues to be a regional hub for these industries:a major fish market and a number of live fish distribution centres are located at the harbour area. Sacheon-eub is in close proximity to theNamhae Expressway and the city ofJinju, thus contains manufacturing, transport and service industry facilities.
Korean Aerospace Industries, a national aerospace company, andKorea AeroSpace Administration is based in Sacheon.[2]British American Tobacco Korea has a major manufacturing complex in Sacheon, too. TheNational Aerospace Industrial Complex, measuring 803,341 m2 (8,647,091 sq ft), has been under construction since April 2019. This complex, which focuses on the aerospace industry, is expected to house related companies.[3]
Much of the area between Sacheon-eub and Samcheonpo is a narrow coastal plain, and devoted to fruit producing orchards as well as wet and dry agriculture.
Sacheon Airport is located in the industrial part of Sacheon-eup, and there are two daily flights to Seoul's Gimpo airport. The Korean National Railroad passenger terminal is located in nearby Jinju. Sacheon-eup and Samcheonpo both have bus terminals that serve local and regional destinations such as Jinju, Masan, and Busan.
The harbour area of Samcheonpo contains a multitude of rustic but popular raw fish restaurants close to the waterfront. The fish and traditional market areas are nearby.
The harbour of Samcheonpo is the gateway to a number of small islands lying offshore, where people still practice a traditional fishing subsistence lifestyle that dates back to theJeulmun Period (c. 4000 BC).
Sacheon istwinned with:
InKorean, the idiom "잘 나가다가 삼천포로 빠진다", literally "Was going well but suddenly slips into Samcheonpo," means that a speaker has gone off-topic.[citation needed]
Park Seonghwa, member of theK-pop groupATEEZ, was born in Sacheon, but was raised in Jinju.[4]
