Iksan

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Iksan

The local power plant was built by the Enron corporation of Houston, Texas.

Korean name

Hangul	익산시
Hanja	益山市
Revised Romanization	Iksan-si
McCune-Reischauer	Iksan-si

Statistics

Area	507.07 km² (195.78 sq mi)
Population (2006)	317,920 ^[1]
Population density	659 /km² (1,710 /sq mi)
Mayor	Lee Han-su
Administrative divisions	1 eup, 14 myeon, 12 dong

Location map

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" (Hangul: 이리시; Hanja: 裡里市; Revised Romanization: Iri-si), but merged with Iksan County (Iksan-gun) in 1995.

The railway junction is located at the point where Jeolla, Janghang Line 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.

In late November 2006, Korean authorities quarantined a farm in Iksan and began culling poultry and livestock within 3 kilometers radius, to contain an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus.^[2]

1 History
2 Geography
3 Transportation
4 Sister cities
5 Notable people from Iksan
6 See also
7 Reference
8 External links
9 References

[edit] History

Iksan is situated in the northwestern part of Jeollabuk-do. In the east of Iksan are the rugged mountains of Mt. Cheonho and Mt. Mireuk at the edge of the Noryeong Mountains, and in the northwest the range of Mt. Hamra leading to a series of hills and a great stream, which have formed a fertile plain, towards the west. Iksan borders Nonsan-gun and Buyeo-gun, Chuncheongnam-do, divided by Keum-gang[river] in the north. It faces the Okgu Plains in the west and the Kimje Plains divided by Mankyeong-gang in the south.

[edit] Geography

The geography of Iksan appears to embrace Okgu and Keumman Plains leading to the West Sea [Yellow Sea] just as a mother holds a baby. As it is located very near the sea where ships can transport a wide variety of products, Iksan has played a role as a central area of logistics as well as traffic for a long time.^[3]

[edit] Transportation

Iksan city has a great number of floating people as the central area of the traffic where Jeolla Line, Honam Line and Janghang Line are connected. Tourists have increasingly visited the Iksan Jewelry Industrial Complex, the largest jewelry complex in Korea, year by year.

Through Iksan, KTX, Saemaul and lots of buses go through. Absolutely, Iksan is one of the most important transportation center in south-western parts of South Korea.