Incheon Chinatown

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Incheon Chinatown

Incheon's Chinatown is Korea's only official Chinatown

Chinatown

A Chinatown is a section of an urban area with a large number of overseas Chinese residents, usually outside of Greater China. Chinatowns are present throughout the world, including those in East Asia, Southeast Asia, North America, South America, Australasia, and Europe....
. It is in Jung-gu ward

Jung-gu, Incheon

Jung-gu is a ward of Incheon, South Korea. It contains Yeongjong Island.Global Logistics System Co., Ltd. of the Hanjin conglomerate has its head office in Woonseo-gu in Jung-gu....
and was formed in 1884. It used to be the largest such Chinatown in South Korea

South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
before the exodus of Chinese from the country.

In 2002, to capitalize on the large number of Mainland Chinese visitors who visiting South Korea

South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
, the Incheon city council planned to revive its moribund Chinatown at a cost of US$6.2 million (6.5 billion South Korean won).

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Incheon's Chinatown is Korea's only official Chinatown

Chinatown

Jung-gu, Incheon

South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
before the exodus of Chinese from the country.

In 2002, to capitalize on the large number of Mainland Chinese visitors who visiting South Korea

South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
, the Incheon city council planned to revive its moribund Chinatown at a cost of US$6.2 million (6.5 billion South Korean won). It claims to be the largest Chinatown in South Korea

South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
, and features an 11-metre high Chinese-style gateway, or paifang
Paifang

Paifang , also called pailou , is a traditional China Chinese architecture form like an archway.The word Pai-fang originally was a collective term used to describe the top two levels of administrative division and subdivisions of ancient Chinese city....
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