Gimcheon

Infobox Korean settlement
logo=Gimcheon logo.gif
hangul=김천시
hanja=金泉市
rr=Gimcheon-si
mr=Kimch'ŏn-si
area_km2=1009.5
pop=150000
popden_km2=150
divs=1 "eup", 14 "myeon", 7 "dong"

Gimcheon is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is situated on the major land transportation routes between Seoul and Busan, namely the Gyeongbu Expressway and Gyeongbu Line railway.

Administrative divisions

The outlying regions of Gimcheon are divided into fourteen "myeon" (or townships) and one "eup" (or large village). In addition, the city center is divided into seven "dong", or precincts.

*Apo-eup

*Bongsan-myeon
*Buhang-myeon
*Daedeok-myeon
*Daehang-myeon
*Eomo-myeon
*Gamcheon-myeon
*Gammun-myeon
*Gaeryeong-myeon
*Guseong-myeon
*Jirye-myeon
*Joma-myeon
*Jeungsan-myeon
*Nam-myeon
*Nongso-myeon

*Bugok-dong
*Daesin-dong
*Jijwa-dong
*Pyeonghwa-dong
*Seongam-dong
*Yanggeum-dong
*Yongam-dong

History

* Samhan Period : called Gammun－guk , Jujoma－guk
* Three kingdoms : Silla united Gammun－guk and Jujoma－guk and established Gammunju
* Unified Silla : Gammunju was renamed as Gaeryeonggun. Gimsanhyeon, Jiryehyeon, Eomohyeon and Mupunghyeon were placed.
* Goryeo Period : Gaeryeonggun was changed into Gaeryeonghyeon. Gimsanhyeon and Jiryehyeon were included into Gyeongsanbu.
* Joseon Period Gimsanhyeon and Eomohyeon were united into Gimsangun.Jiryehyeon was promoted to Jiryegun and Gaeryeonghyeon to Gaeryeonggun.
* 1914 Gimsan, Jirye (except Gilbangri Jeungsanmyeon), Gaeryeonggun and Singokmyeon of Seongju were united into Gimcheongun(20myeons).
* 1917 : Gimcheonmyeon was promoted to Gimcheon special myeon.
* 1931 : Gimcheon special myeon was promoted to Gimcheoneup ( 1eup, 15 myeons).
* 1949 : Gimcheoneup was promoted to Gimcheon city, Gimcheongun wa renamed geumneunggun.
* 1983 : 4 ris of Geumneunggun were included into Gimcheon city. 2 ris of geumneunggun were included into Seonsangun.
* 1998 : arrangement of 13-dongs in Gimcheon city into 9-dongs (1-eup, 14-myeons, 9-dongs), arrangement of 9-dongs in Gimcheon city into 8-dongs (1-eup, 14-myeons, 8-dongs). [Official page of Gimchon(eng) http://www.gimcheon.go.kr/]

Transportation

Gimcheon is located in center of Gyeongbu Expressway and lots of roads go through city. About trains, Gyeongbu Line and Gyeongbuk Line passes around. Station for KTX is scheduled to newly-organized by 2010. [Gimpo city homepage(Kor)]

ister Cities

*flagicon|China Chengdu, China
*flagicon|South Korea Gangbuk, South Korea

References

ee also

* List of cities in South Korea

External links

* [http://www.gimcheon.go.kr/eng/index.html City government website]