Iksan
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| Iksan |  |
| Hangul: |
익산시
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| Hanja: |
益山市
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| Revised Romanization: | Iksan-si |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Iksan-si |
| Statistics | |
| Area: | 507.07 km² |
| Population: | 334,324 (2001) |
| Pop. density: | 659 people/km² |
| Administrative divisions: | 1 eup, 14 myeon, 12 dong |
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- Iri redirects here. For acronyms, see IRI
Iksan is a city and major railway junction in North Jeolla Province, (commonly transliterated as Jeollabuk-do or Chollabuk-do) South Korea.
The city center and railway junction was formerly called "Iri" (Iri-si; 이리시; 裡里市;), but merged with Iksan County (Iksan-gun) in 1995.
The railway junction is located at the point where Jeolla and Gunsan Lines meet the Honam Line, and is served by frequent train service to/from Seoul, Daejeon, Gwangju, Mokpo, Jeonju, Suncheon, and Yeosu.
Iksan National College, Won Buddhism Graduate School, Wonkwang Health Science College, and Wonkwang University are all located in Iksan.
Famous people from Iksan include LPGA golfer Birdie Kim, who was born there.
Iksan is a twin city of Odense, Denmark.
In late November 2006, Korean authorities quarantined a farm in Iksan and began culling poultry and livestock within a 500 kilometer radius, to contain an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus. [1]
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| Administrative divisions of North Jeolla province, South Korea | |
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| Capital: | Jeonju |
| Cities: | Asan | Gimje | Gunsan | Iksan | Jeongeup | Jeonju | Namwon |
| Counties: | Buan | Gochang | Imsil | Jangsu | Jinan | Muju | Sunchang | Wanju |
