Siheung
Hangul:	시흥시
Hanja:	始興市
Revised Romanization:	Siheung-si
McCune-Reischauer:	Sihŭng-si
Statistics
Area:	131.46 km²
Population:	441,147 2005
Pop. density:	3,355.8 people/km²
Administrative divisions:	11 dong

Siheung is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. 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: Siheung ... 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. ...

In the early Three Kingdoms period, the Siheung area was part of the Baekje kingdom. It was lost to Goguryeo along with the Han River valley in 475. The Three Kingdoms Period of Korea (hangul: 삼국시대) featured the three rival kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria for much of the 1st millennium CE. Historians claim that the Three Kingdoms period ran from the 1st century BCE (specifically 57 BC) until... Baekje (October 18 BC – August AD 660) was a kingdom in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula. ... Goguryeo was an ancient kingdom located in the northern Korean Peninsula and southern Manchuria. ... See also 475 (number) Events Orestes forces western Roman emperor Julius Nepos to flee and declares his son Romulus Augustus to be emperor. ...

Siheung acquired its current administrative identity on January 1, 1989, when the old county of Siheung was divided into the cities of Siheung, Gunpo, and Uiwang. At the time Siheung city had a population of only 93,000. This number more than tripled in the following decade, as massive suburban apartment complexes were developed. is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... South Korea is divided into 8 provinces (do), 1 special autonomous province (teukbyeol jachido), 6 metropolitan cities (gwangyeoksi), and 1 special city (teukbyeolsi). ... Gunpo is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. ... Uiwang is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. ...

Notable landmarks include Oi Island, Mount Sorae, and the port and inlet of Wolgot. Siheung includes two new cities that were developed in the 1990s, Sihwa and Wolgot New City. The new city of Sihwa includes a very large industrial complex. Companies headquartered there include Hansung Machinery Co. Korea Polytechnic University established in 1997, and also Kyonggi Institute of Technology established in 1998. A new town, planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

In 2006, Korea Polytechnic University has built TIP(Techno Innovation Park) of 18 floors for studying, research, and development with companies, university, and government together during several years. This building always opens since March, 2007.

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of cities in South Korea

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External links

• City government website
• Siheung on the Galbijim Wiki

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Coordinates: 37°16′N, 126°45′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...