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Encyclopedia > Gimcheon
Gimcheon
Hangul: 김천시
Hanja: 金泉市
Revised Romanization: Gimcheon-si
McCune-Reischauer: Kimch'ŏn-shi
Statistics
Area: 1,009.5 km²
Population: 150,000 (approx.)
Pop. density: 150 people/km²
Administrative divisions: 1 eup, 14 myeon, 7 dong
Image:Map Gimcheon-si.png

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. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced 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 can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... Image File history File links made from Maps of Korea File links The following pages link to this file: Gimcheon ... Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is divided into 1 Special City (Teukbyeolsi), 6 Metropolitan Cities (Gwangyeoksi), and 9 Provinces (Do). ... North Gyeongsang is a province in eastern South Korea. ... Seoul (   listen?) is the capital of South Korea. ... Busan Metropolitan City, also commonly referred to as Pusan, is the largest harbor city in Korea, with a population of about 4 million, Busan is South Koreas second largest metropolis, next to Seoul. ... The Gyeongbu Expressway (Gyeongbu Gosok Doro) is the oldest and most heavily travelled freeway in South Korea, and connecting Seoul to Suwon, Daejeon, Gumi, Daegu, and Busan. ... The Gyeongbu Line (Gyeongbuseon) is the most important railway line in South Korea and one of the oldest, connecting Seoul to Suwon, Daejeon, Daegu, and Busan. ...


See also

This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ... List of cities in South Korea - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

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Administrative divisions of North Gyeongsang province, South Korea Map showing the position of North Gyeongsang province in South Korea
Capital
Daegu
Cities
Andong | Gimcheon | Gumi | Gyeongju | Gyeongsan | Mungyeong | Pohang | Sangju | Yeongcheon | Yeongju
Counties
Bonghwa | Cheongdo | Cheongsong | Chilgok | Goryeong | Gunwi | Seongju | Uiseong | Uljin | Ulleung | Yecheon | Yeongdeok | Yeongyang

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Sangju - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1641 words)
Within North Gyeongsang province, it touches Mungyeong on the north, Yecheon, Uiseong, and Gumi on the east, and Gimcheon to the south.
The southern limit lies in Gongseong-myeon at 36。 14' 06'' N, on the border with Gimcheon city.
The eastern edge of Sangju is found in Jungdong-myeon at 128。20'28“ E. The city thus spans a total distance of about 49 km from north to south, and about 43.3 km from east to west.
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