Icheon
Icheon 이천 利川 | |
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| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 이천시 |
| • Hanja | 利川市 |
| • Revised Romanization | Icheon-si |
| • McCune-Reischauer | Ich'ŏn-si |
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| Kintra |  Sooth Korea |
| Region | Sudogwon |
| Admeenistrative diveesions | 2 eup, 8 myeon, 4 dong |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Jee H Choe |
| Area | |
| • Total | 461 km2 (178 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 196,230 |
| • Dialect | Seoul |
Icheon is a ceety in Gyeonggi-do, Sooth Korea. It shoud no be ramfeeselt wi the hintle lairger Incheon Metropolitan Ceety. Neebourin destricts include Yeoju, Gwangju, Yongin, an Anseong athin Gyeonggi, as well as Eumseong in Chungcheongbuk-do. Thegither wi Yeoju, Icheon is kent as a centre o Sooth Korean ceramic manufactur. Ither famous local products include peaches an rice. Local institutions o heicher learnin include Korea Tourism College an Chungkang College o Cultural Industries.
The Yeongdong Expresswey an Jungbu Naeryuk Expresswey pass throu Icheon.
Icheon is hame tae Hynix, the warld's seicont lairgest memory chip maker.
Ceety Seembols
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Ceety Bird : Magpie
- Ceety Flower : Azaleas
- Ceety Tree : Pine
Ceramic veelages
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Icheon Ceramics Veelage featurs 300-plus ceramics-makkin firms in the aurie o Sugwang-ri, Sindun-myeon, Saeum-dong. They use traditional skills an produce porcelains in some 40 tradeetional firefirth kilns. This pottery is recognisit baith at hame an abroad for its quality.
The Saeum-dong an Sindun-myeon auries include a ceramics veelage wi mony ceramics stores an aw. Potters hae researched tradeetional methods an revivit the manufactur o ceramics in the style o Goryeo celadon an Joseon white porcelain here. The veelage is the centre o the effort tae preserve these tradeetions.[1]
Climate
[eedit | eedit soorce]| Climate data for Icheon (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
6.3 (43.3) |
12.1 (53.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
27.5 (81.5) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.9 (85.8) |
25.8 (78.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
12.0 (53.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
5.2 (41.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
19.8 (67.6) |
13.0 (55.4) |
5.4 (41.7) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
| Average law °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−1 (30) |
4.9 (40.8) |
11.1 (52.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
6.2 (43.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 22.5 (0.89) |
23.9 (0.94) |
47.4 (1.87) |
74.0 (2.91) |
93.8 (3.69) |
146.0 (5.75) |
370.2 (14.57) |
319.9 (12.59) |
176.0 (6.93) |
42.1 (1.66) |
38.8 (1.53) |
16.3 (0.64) |
1,370.8 (53.97) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.0 | 4.6 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 9.4 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 97.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 64.4 | 59.9 | 58.0 | 55.3 | 62.1 | 67.8 | 77.3 | 76.9 | 74.5 | 70.4 | 67.1 | 66.6 | 66.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine oors | 166.1 | 169.1 | 192.1 | 210.8 | 221.8 | 187.0 | 141.2 | 159.4 | 165.6 | 188.4 | 152.6 | 158.3 | 2,113.7 |
| Source: Korea Meteorological Administration [2] | |||||||||||||
Sister ceeties
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Jingdezhen, Cheenae(1997)
Seto, Japan (2004)
Gangdong, Sooth Korea- Gangnam, Sooth Korea
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Official pages of Icheon city
- ↑ "평년값자료(1981−2010) 이천(203)". Korea Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 2011−05−02. Check date values in:
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Freemit airtins
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Icheon, Gyeonggi-do. |
- City government website Archived 2008-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Icheon : Official Seoul Ceety Tourism Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
