Bucheon is a
city||South Korea is divided into 8 provinces , 1 special autonomous province , 6 metropolitan cities , and 1 special city...
in Gyeonggi Province,
South KoreaSouth Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often simply referred to as Korea, is a country in East Asia, located on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by China to the west, Japan to the east, and North Korea to the north. Its capital is Seoul, the second largest...
. It is located between
IncheonIncheon, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City, is South Korea's third largest metropolis, after Seoul and Busan. As the largest seaport on the west coast and home to the country's largest airport, Incheon International Airport, Incheon is South Korea's most important transport hub...
and
SeoulSeoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, it is one of the world's largest cities. The Seoul National Capital Area, which includes the major port city of Incheon and most of Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million...
. Manufacturing operations are located in the city.
Bucheon promotes itself as the cultural centre of Seoul Metropolitan Area. The
Bucheon Philharmonic OrchestraThe Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra is the well-known orchestra based in Bucheon, a city of metropolitan area which places between Seoul and Incheon, Korea. It was founded in 1988 as a part of Bucheon Civic Arts Company...
is located there along with
Puchon International Fantastic Film FestivalThe Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival , or PiFan, is an international film festival held annually in July in Bucheon, South Korea...
.
Bucheon's institutions of higher education include:
Bucheon CollegeBucheon College is a private technical college in Bucheon City, Gyeonggi province, South Korea. Although private, it has strong cooperative relationships with the Bucheon city government...
,
Yuhan CollegeYuhan College is a private college in Sosa-gu, Bucheon City, Gyeonggi province, South Korea. The current president is Young Ho Kim. It offers technical training in a variety of fields...
,
Catholic University of KoreaThe Catholic University of Korea is a leading Roman Catholic institution of higher education in South Korea. It operates campuses in the capital, Seoul, and in neighboring Bucheon City. The university operates a medical school, which is considered to be one of the top three medical schools in...
Bucheon campus, and Seoul Theological University.
Modern history
In 1914, some areas of
IncheonIncheon, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City, is South Korea's third largest metropolis, after Seoul and Busan. As the largest seaport on the west coast and home to the country's largest airport, Incheon International Airport, Incheon is South Korea's most important transport hub...
City and Bupyeong County were joined together under the name
Bucheon. In 1931, Gyenam township (
myeon, 계남면) was renamed Sosa township (
myeon, 소사면). In 1941, Sosa township promoted to
eup (town) status. After independence from
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, the westernmost area of Bucheon was set apart and joined to Incheon city once again.
January 1, 1963, several districts were combined to form
Yeongdeungpo-guYeongdeungpo-gu is an administrative district in southwest Seoul, Korea. Although the origin of the name is uncertain, the first two syllables are thought to be from "yeongdeung" or "divine ascent", a shamanic rite. The third syllable is "po", representing water , referring to the district's...
(영등포구) of
SeoulSeoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, it is one of the world's largest cities. The Seoul National Capital Area, which includes the major port city of Incheon and most of Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million...
Metropolitan City as below.
| Old districts | |
In 1993, Bucheon's Jung-gu was separated into two further districts, forming Wonmi (원미구) and Ojeong (오정구) Districts.
Administrative districts
Bucheon is divided into 3 gu.
| Name |
HangulHangul is the native alphabet of the Korean language, as distinguished from the logographic Sino-Korean hanja system...
|
HanjaHanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
|
| Ojeong-gu |
오정구 |
梧亭區 |
| Sosa-gu |
소사구 |
素砂區 |
| Wonmi-gu |
원미구 |
遠美區 |
See also
- List of cities in South Korea
- Geography of South Korea
South Korea is located in East Asia, on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula jutting out from the far east of the Asian land mass.The only country with a land border to South Korea is North Korea, lying to the north with 238 km of border running along the DMZ. South Korea is mostly...
- Seoul National Capital Area
The Seoul National Capital Area is a region located in the north-west of South Korea. It is generally referred to as Sudogwon in Korean, and contains three different administrative districts; Seoul, Incheon and a large part of Gyeonggi-do....
Sister cities
Okayama, Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
; since 1981. Harbin' , is a sub-provincial city and the capital of the Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China. It lies on the southern bank of the Songhua River...
, ChinaThe People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
; since 1995. Kawasakiis a city located in Kanagawa, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....
, Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
; since 1996. KhabarovskKhabarovsk is the administrative center and the largest city of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some 30 km from the Chinese border. It is the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after Vladivostok. The city became the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District...
, RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
; since 2002. Valenzuela CityThe City of Valenzuela is a highly-urbanized, first-class city and one of cities in the Philippines that constitutes Metro Manila. The city has 568,928 residents as of August 2007 and is primarily an industrial and residential suburb of Manila...
, PhilippinesThe Philippines officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
; since 2006. BakersfieldBakersfield is a city at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California, United States. It is located roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively...
, United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
; since 2007.
External links
|---|