Bucheon
Hangul:	부천시
Hanja:	富川市
Revised Romanization:	Bucheon-si
McCune-Reischauer:	Puch'ŏn-si (Boo-chun)
Statistics
Area:	53.44 km²
Population:	850,731 2005
Pop. density:	15,919.42 people/km²
Administrative divisions:	3 gu, 37 dong

Bucheon City Hall.

Bucheon is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is sandwiched between Incheon and Seoul. Many manufacturing operations are located in the city. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Jamo redirects here. ... Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Image File history File links made from Maps of Korea File links The following pages link to this file: Bucheon ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 1. ... South Korea is divided into 8 provinces (do), 1 special autonomous province (teukbyeol jachido), 6 metropolitan cities (gwangyeoksi), and 1 special city (teukbyeolsi). ... Gyeonggi is the most populous province in South Korea. ... Incheon Metropolitan City is a metropolitan city and major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul. ... Seoul   is the capital of South Korea and is located on the Han River in the countrys northwest. ...

Bucheon promotes itself as the cultural centre of Seoul Metropolitan Area. The Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the most famous orchestras in Korea, and since 1997 The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, called as FIFAN, has held in Bucheon. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Bucheon's institutions of higher education include Bucheon College, Yuhan College, Catholic University of Korea Bucheon campus, and Seoul Theological University. Bucheon College is a private technical college in Bucheon City, Gyeonggi province, South Korea. ... Yuhan College is a private college in Sosa-gu, Bucheon City, Gyeonggi province, South Korea. ... The Catholic University of Korea is a leading Roman Catholic institution of higher education in South Korea. ...

Administrative districts

• Sosa-gu
• Wonmi-gu
• Ojeong-gu

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of cities in South Korea
• Geography of South Korea
• Seoul National Capital Area

This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ... Map of South Korea The largest cities in South Korea have self-governing status equivalent to that of provinces. ... Map of South Korea South Korea is located in Eastern Asia, on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula jutting out from the far east of the Asian land mass. ... The Seoul National Capital Area is a region located at the center of the Korean peninsula and is home to the capital of South Korea, Seoul. ...

Sister cities

• Okayama, Japan (1981)
• Harbin, China (1995)
• Kawasaki, Japan (1996)
• Khabarovsk, Russia (2002)
• Valenzuela City, Philippines (2006)

Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ... Okayama (岡山市; -shi) is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chugoku region of Japan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... This article discusses the city of Harbin in Manchuria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ... This article is about the Japanese city. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Government Country District Krai Russia Far Eastern Federal District Khabarovsk Krai Established 1858 Mayor Alexandr Sokolov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 372 km² Population  - City (2005) 579,000 Coordinates Other Information Postal Code 680xxx Dialing Code +7 4212 Website: www. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Philippines. ...

External links

• City government website
• Open Directory category
• Galbijim wiki page on Bucheon

Coordinates: 37°30′N, 126°47′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...