Gimcheon

Gimcheon
Gimcheon; 김천시
	— Municipal City —
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	김천시
• Hanja	金泉市
• Revised Romanization	Gimcheon-si
• McCune-Reischauer	Kimch'ŏn-si
	; Emblem of Gimcheon
	; Emblem of Gimcheon
Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Administrative divisions	1 eup, 14 myeon, 7 dong
	Area
• Total	1,009.5 km2 (389.8 sq mi)
	Population
• Total	150,000
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang

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Gimcheon is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is situated on the major land transportation routes between Seoul and Busan, namely the Gyeongbu Expressway and Gyeongbu Line railway.

[edit] Administrative divisions

The outlying regions of Gimcheon are divided into fourteen myeon (or townships) and one eup (or large village). In addition, the city center is divided into seven dong, or precincts.

Apo-eup

[edit] History

Samhan Period : called Gammun－guk , Jujoma－guk
Three kingdoms : Silla united Gammun－guk and Jujoma－guk and established Gammunju
Unified Silla : Gammunju was renamed as Gaeryeonggun. Gimsanhyeon, Jiryehyeon, Eomohyeon and Mupunghyeon were placed.
Goryeo Period : Gaeryeonggun was changed into Gaeryeonghyeon. Gimsanhyeon and Jiryehyeon were included into Gyeongsanbu.
Joseon Period Gimsanhyeon and Eomohyeon were united into Gimsangun.Jiryehyeon was promoted to Jiryegun and Gaeryeonghyeon to Gaeryeonggun.
1914 Gimsan, Jirye (except Gilbangri Jeungsanmyeon), Gaeryeonggun and Singokmyeon of Seongju were united into Gimcheongun(20myeons).
1917 : Gimcheonmyeon was promoted to Gimcheon special myeon.
1931 : Gimcheon special myeon was promoted to Gimcheoneup ( 1eup, 15 myeons).
1949 : Gimcheoneup was promoted to Gimcheon city, Gimcheongun wa renamed geumneunggun.
1983 : 4 ris of Geumneunggun were included into Gimcheon city. 2 ris of geumneunggun were included into Seonsangun.
1998 : arrangement of 13-dongs in Gimcheon city into 9-dongs (1-eup, 14-myeons, 9-dongs), arrangement of 9-dongs in Gimcheon city into 8-dongs (1-eup, 14-myeons, 8-dongs).^[1]

[edit] Transportation

Gimcheon is located in the center of Gyeongbu Expressway and lots of roads go through the city. There are connections via the Gyeongbu Line and the Gyeongbuk Line. A newly-built KTX station, Gimcheon-Gumi Station, opened in 2010.^[2]