Icheon

Icheon
Icheon Haenggung Palace
Icheon Haenggung Palace
Flag of Icheon
Location in South Korea
Location in South Korea
Coordinates: 37°16′N 127°26′E / 37.267°N 127.433°E / 37.267; 127.433
Country South Korea
RegionSudogwon
ProvinceGyeonggi
Administrative divisions2 eup, 8 myeon, 4 dong
Government
 • MayorSeong Su-suk (성수석)
Area
 • Total
461.3 km2 (178.1 sq mi)
Population
 (September 2024)
 • Total
223,422
 • Density485.8/km2 (1,258/sq mi)
 • Dialect
Seoul
Websiteicheon.go.kr
Korean name
Hangul
이천시
Hanja
利川市
RRIcheon-si
MRIch'ŏn-si
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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.