Icheon

Major building fires occurred on 7 January 2008 and on 29 April 2020.

Neighboring districts include Yeoju, Gwangju, Yongin, and Anseong within Gyeonggi Province, as well as Eumseong County in North Chungcheong Province.

The Yeongdong Expressway and Jungbu Naeryuk Expressway pass through Icheon. In 2016, the city will connect into the Seoul Metropolitan Subway via Yeoju Line's Icheon Station.{{Cite web|title = Yeoju Line Set to Open in 2016|url = http://kojects.com/2015/07/22/yeoju-line-set-to-open-in-2016/|website = Kojects| date=21 July 2015 |access-date = 2016-01-04}}

Icheon is divided into 2 towns (eup), 8 townships (myeon), and 4 neighbourhoods (dong).

There are 230,000 people living, including about 220,000 Koreans and 11,000 foreigners. More than 1,200 companies employ about 40,000 people.{{Cite web |title=Icheon Overview |url=https://www.icheon.go.kr/eng/contents.do?mid=0102000000 |website=Icheon}}

Icheon has a humid continental climate (Dwa in the Köppen climate classification).

{{Weather box

| location = Icheon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1972–present)

| metric first = Y

| single line = Y

| Jan record high C = 14.5

| Feb record high C = 20.8

| Mar record high C = 25.7

| Apr record high C = 32.5

| May record high C = 33.7

| Jun record high C = 36.0

| Jul record high C = 38.3

| Aug record high C = 39.4

| Sep record high C = 34.5

| Oct record high C = 29.1

| Nov record high C = 25.4

| Dec record high C = 18.2

| year record high C = 39.4

| Jan high C = 2.7

| Feb high C = 6.0

| Mar high C = 12.2

| Apr high C = 19.3

| May high C = 24.4

| Jun high C = 27.9

| Jul high C = 29.4

| Aug high C = 30.2

| Sep high C = 26.0

| Oct high C = 20.4

| Nov high C = 12.1

| Dec high C = 4.4

| year high C = 17.9

| Jan mean C = -3.1

| Feb mean C = -0.3

| Mar mean C = 5.4

| Apr mean C = 11.9

| May mean C = 17.6

| Jun mean C = 22.0

| Jul mean C = 24.7

| Aug mean C = 25.0

| Sep mean C = 19.8

| Oct mean C = 13.0

| Nov mean C = 5.8

| Dec mean C = -1.2

| year mean C = 11.7

| Jan low C = -8.5

| Feb low C = -6.1

| Mar low C = -0.9

| Apr low C = 5.0

| May low C = 11.2

| Jun low C = 16.7

| Jul low C = 20.9

| Aug low C = 21.1

| Sep low C = 15.0

| Oct low C = 7.0

| Nov low C = 0.2

| Dec low C = -6.3

| year low C = 6.3

| Jan record low C = -26.5

| Feb record low C = -22.8

| Mar record low C = -12.1

| Apr record low C = -4.9

| May record low C = 2.0

| Jun record low C = 6.5

| Jul record low C = 12.9

| Aug record low C = 12.1

| Sep record low C = 2.9

| Oct record low C = -5.0

| Nov record low C = -15.6

| Dec record low C = -25.7

| year record low C = -26.5

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 19.2

| Feb precipitation mm = 29.6

| Mar precipitation mm = 42.9

| Apr precipitation mm = 78.5

| May precipitation mm = 93.2

| Jun precipitation mm = 128.2

| Jul precipitation mm = 364.3

| Aug precipitation mm = 288.0

| Sep precipitation mm = 153.1

| Oct precipitation mm = 50.9

| Nov precipitation mm = 45.1

| Dec precipitation mm = 22.9

| year precipitation mm = 1315.9

| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 5.7

| Feb precipitation days = 5.5

| Mar precipitation days = 6.8

| Apr precipitation days = 7.5

| May precipitation days = 7.9

| Jun precipitation days = 9.1

| Jul precipitation days = 15.3

| Aug precipitation days = 13.3

| Sep precipitation days = 8.8

| Oct precipitation days = 5.5

| Nov precipitation days = 8.2

| Dec precipitation days = 7.4

| year precipitation days =

| Jan humidity = 63.3

| Feb humidity = 59.4

| Mar humidity = 56.8

| Apr humidity = 55.2

| May humidity = 60.8

| Jun humidity = 66.7

| Jul humidity = 77.1

| Aug humidity = 76.8

| Sep humidity = 74.3

| Oct humidity = 70.8

| Nov humidity = 67.9

| Dec humidity = 66.3

| year humidity = 66.3

| Jan sun = 170.8

| Feb sun = 174.3

| Mar sun = 202.4

| Apr sun = 214.9

| May sun = 232.0

| Jun sun = 203.3

| Jul sun = 150.0

| Aug sun = 170.4

| Sep sun = 173.7

| Oct sun = 189.9

| Nov sun = 153.2

| Dec sun = 161.3

| year sun = 2196.2

| Jan percentsun = 54.0

| Feb percentsun = 55.3

| Mar percentsun = 51.8

| Apr percentsun = 53.4

| May percentsun = 50.5

| Jun percentsun = 42.5

| Jul percentsun = 31.5

| Aug percentsun = 37.9

| Sep percentsun = 44.4

| Oct percentsun = 54.0

| Nov percentsun = 49.9

| Dec percentsun = 52.9

| year percentsun = 47.5

| source = Korea Meteorological Administration (percent sunshine 1981–2010)

{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220129211110/https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf

| archive-date = 29 January 2022

| url = https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf

| title = Climatological Normals of Korea (1991 ~ 2020)

| publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration

| access-date = 4 April 2022

| language = ko}}

{{cite web

| url = https://data.kma.go.kr/climate/extremum/selectExtremumList.do?pgmNo=103

| publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration

| access-date = 4 April 2022

| script-title = ko:순위값 - 구역별조회

| language = ko}}

{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161207185450/http://www.kma.go.kr/down/Climatological_2010.pdf

| archive-date = 7 December 2016

| url = http://www.kma.go.kr/down/Climatological_2010.pdf

| publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration

| access-date = 8 December 2016

| title = Climatological Normals of Korea

| date = 2011}}

}}

• City bird: Magpie
• City flower: Azaleas
• City tree: Pine

File:Master potter at work, Icheon.jpg

File:Ceramic shops, Icheon.jpg

The Icheon Ceramics Village features 300-plus ceramics-making firms in the area of Sugwang-ri, Sindun-myeon, Saeum-dong, and a popular visitor attraction.{{cite web | title = Icheon |work= Lonely Planet| url = http://www.lonelyplanet.com/south-korea/gyeonggi-do/icheon

| access-date = 2014-10-19 }} They use traditional skills and produce porcelains in some 40 traditional firewood kilns. This pottery is recognized both at home and abroad for its quality.

The Saeum-dong and Sindun-myeon areas also include a ceramics village with many ceramics stores. Potters have researched traditional methods and revived the manufacture of ceramics in the style of Goryeo celadon and Joseon white porcelain here. The village is the center of the effort to preserve these traditions.Official pages of Icheon city

Icheon was designated as a UNESCO Creative City for Crafts and Folk Art, in  in 2010. In 2018, the city was elected as the first designated city for Craft and Folk Art among South Korea's creative cities. It served as the designated city until September 2021.{{Cite web |title=UNESCO Creative City |url=https://www.icheon.go.kr/eng/contents.do?mid=0103000000 |website=Icheon}}

{{See also|International students in South Korea}}

• Korea Tourism College
• Chungkang College of Cultural Industries

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in South Korea}}

Icheon is twinned with:{{cite web |title=International Exchange Cities |url=https://www.icheon.go.kr/eng/contents.do?mid=0105000000 |access-date= |website=icheon.go.kr |publisher=Icheon}}

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• {{flagicon|CHN}} Jingdezhen, China (1997)
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Kōka, Japan (2005)

• {{flagicon|USA}} Santa Fe, United States (2013)
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Seto, Japan (2006)
• {{flagicon|CHN}} Wuxi, China (2005)
• {{flagicon|FRA}} Limoges, France (2015)
• {{flagicon|USA}} Santa Clara, United States (2019)

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• Sŏ Hŭi: The historic figure of Goryeo dynasty who made a huge decision with Khitan people who was forcefully occupying northern areas of Korean peninsula.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}}
• Kang Mi-na: South Korean singer, rapper, dancer, actress and K-pop idol, former member of K-pop girlgroup Gugudan and its subunits Gugudan 5959 and Gugudan SeMiNa.
• Choi Jeong: Baseball player who played for SK Wyverns/SSG Landers and South Korea national baseball team
• Kim Se-yong: ceramist.
• Chun Woo-hee: South Korean actress.

• Korean pottery
• Geography of South Korea
• List of cities in South Korea

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{{Commons category|Icheon}}

• {{official website|http://www.icheon.go.kr/site/eng/main.do}} {{in lang|en}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612141537/http://www.visitseoul.net/en/article/article.do?_method=view&m=0003001003004&p=03&art_id=3003&lang=en Icheon : Official Seoul City Tourism] {{in lang|en}}
• [http://council.icheon.go.kr/eng/index.html City Council website] {{in lang|en}}

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