ICHEON

Icheon is located in the South-Eastern part of Gyeonggi-do. It should not be confused with the much larger Incheon Metropolitan City . Icheon city is famous for the best rice, ceramic ware, peaches, sansuyu and hot springs and it is a district of faithfulness whose ancestor's loyalty and passion are alive. It is also the original place of ceramic ware of the world's ceramic art, natural hot springs that fly up by the folding screen of Mt. Seolbong and Mt. Dodram and the Guardian Mountains of Icheon, are combined with high-tech industry, the countryside, tourism and leisure.

<Location>

<Population>

  190,641

<Area>

  461 km2

<Schools>

  47 schools

<Distance to Seoul>

  80 min from Icheon to Gangnam terminal by bus (every 20 minutes)
  There are Suwon, and Bundang near from Icheon

<Other information>

  City Info: http://www.icheon.go.kr/z_newIcheon/global/eng/index.php
  Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icheon
  - Seolbong park: located at the edge of Jinsan Seolbongsan Icheon and the Ceramic Expo was
    held there
  - Lots of Beautiful Mountains: Seolbong mt., Wonjeok mt, Baekjok mt, Magu mt, and so on..
  - Ceramic Festival, Sansuyu Festival, Peach Festival, Rice Cultural Festival, Seolbong culture
    Festival, Icheon Marathon, International Sculpture Symposium