Cheonan
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Cheonan is a city northeast of South Chungcheong province, South Korea. It's neighbored by Cheongwon and Jincheon to the east, and with Asan to west. Cheonan is 83.6Km south of Seoul.[3] The city is connected to Seoul and Daejeon, both by road and by train. Regular Gyeongbu Line trains stop at Cheonan Station in the city center, while the KTX on the express line stops at Cheonan-Asan Station. Seoul Subway Line 1 has been extended to Cheonan, and metro trains began running between Seoul and Cheonan in January 2005.
Cheonan is known for several agricultural products including grapes and ya pears. The tightly-packed city center is surrounded by small mountains. The main tourist attraction is the nearby Independence Hall, a large exhibition about the Korean independence movement. The city is also known for a small walnut-flavored cake in the size and shape of a walnut.
The city is home to two soccer clubs - National League side Cheonan City FC and K3 League side Cheonan FC.
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[edit] Education
The city has been designated the high tech headquarters for Korea. A number of colleges and universities are located there, including:
- Baekseok College, formerly Cheonan College of Foreign Studies
- Cheonan National Technical College
- Cheonan University
- Cheonan Yonam College
- Dankook University (satellite campus)
- International Graduate University for Peace
- Korea Nazarene University
- Korea University of Technology and Education
- Namseoul University
- Sangmyung University (satellite campus)
- Sun Moon University
[edit] Symbol
- City Tree : Weeping willow
- City Flower : Golden bell flower
- City Bird : Dove
- City Animal : Dragon
[edit] Administrative Divisions
Cheonan is divided in 16 administrative dong (subdivided into 30 distinct legal dong), 4 eup and 8 myeon.[1]
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[edit] Walnut cookies
Cheonan is famous for walnut cookies. In Korean, it is called Cheonan Hodugwaja (천안호두과자) meaning walnut cookies from Cheonan. Taking trains, it is easy to see selling box-shaped cookies.
[edit] Festival
Its most well-known festival is Heungtaryeong Festival(흥타령 축제). 흥 means pleasure and joy in Korean language and usually refers to joyful Korean music. 타령 indicates sorts of traditional music. There was tune called Cheonansamgeori meaning Cheonan three streets.
Dancing festival is the essence of whole events from B-boy to traditional dances from India, Africa, Australia, Ukraine. Lots of teams also participate in festival from 17 other nations such as China and Japan.[4]
The festival started 2003 and it got position of "prepared", "promising" 2006 and 2007 respectively. As of Dec 26th of 2007, festival promoted to the degree of "excellent festival.[5] That is, it came to get the title from 2008.
[edit] Sister Cities
Beaverton, Oregon United States[6] since May 1st, 1989
Shijiazhuang, China
[edit] See also
- List of cities in South Korea
- Geography of South Korea
- Stele of Bongseon Honggyeongsa, a National Treasure located in Cheonan
[edit] References
- ^ a b 천안시 천안소개 행정구역
- ^ 페이지가 없습니다
- ^ Cheonan official page
- ^ Passion for dancing - United Globe(춤에 대한 열정… 하나된 지구촌) 대전일보 2007-10-12
- ^ 천안 흥타령축제 우수축제 승격 Yeonhap News 2007-12-26 Retrieved on 2008-01-26
- ^ Beaverton Sister Cities Foundation - Cheonan, Korea
[edit] External links
- City government website
- Cheonan travel guide from Wikitravel
- Listing Cheonan English Churches
- Cheonan English Community Information
- Cheonan Foreigners group information (activities and a way to get connected)
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