Icheon

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Icheon Logo of Icheon city
Hangul: 이천시
Hanja: 利川市
Revised Romanization: Icheon-si
McCune-Reischauer: Ich'ŏn-si
Statistics
Area: 461 km²
Population: 190,641
Pop. density: 413.5 people/km²
Administrative divisions: 2 eup, 8 myeon, 4 dong
Image:Map Icheon-si.png

Icheon is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It should not be confused with the much larger Incheon Metropolitan City. Neighboring districts include Yeoju County, Gwangju City, Yongin City, and Anseong City within Gyeonggi province, as well as Eumseong County in North Chungcheong Province. Together with Yeoju, Icheon is known as a center of South Korean ceramic manufacture. Other famous local products include peaches and rice. Local institutions of higher learning include Korea Tourism College and Chungkang College of Cultural Industries.

The Yeongdong Expressway and Jungbu Naeryuk Expressway pass through Icheon.

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Administrative divisions of Gyeonggi province, South Korea
Capital: Suwon
Cities: Ansan | Anseong | Anyang | Bucheon | Dongducheon | Gimpo | Goyang | Gunpo | Guri | Gwacheon | Gwangju | Gwangmyeong | Hanam | Hwaseong | Icheon | Namyangju | Osan| Paju | Pocheon | Pyeongtaek | Seongnam | Siheung | Suwon | Uijeongbu | Uiwang | Yangju | Yongin
Counties: Gapyeong | Yangpyeong | Yeoju | Yeoncheon