Icheon
Icheon | |
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Icheon Haenggung Palace | |
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Location in South Korea | |
| Coordinates: 37°16′N 127°26′E / 37.267°N 127.433°E | |
| Country | |
| Region | Sudogwon |
| Province | Gyeonggi |
| Administrative divisions | 2 eup, 8 myeon, 4 dong |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Seong Su-suk (성수석) |
| Area | |
• Total | 461.3 km2 (178.1 sq mi) |
| Population (September 2024) | |
• Total | 223,422 |
| • Density | 485.8/km2 (1,258/sq mi) |
| • Dialect | Seoul |
| Website | icheon.go.kr |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이천시 |
| Hanja | 利川市 |
| RR | Icheon-si |
| MR | Ich'ŏn-si |
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imagesize. Replace with image_size.Icheon (Korean: 이천; Korean pronunciation: [i.tɕʰʌn]) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Together with Yeoju, Icheon is known as a center of South Korean ceramic manufacturing and is a UNESCO City of Crafts and Folk Art. Other famous local products include peaches and rice. Local institutions of higher learning include Korea Tourism College and Chungkang College of Cultural Industries. The city is also home to SK Hynix, the world's second largest memory chip maker.