Gimcheon is a city

Administrative divisions of South Korea

||South Korea is divided into 8 provinces , 1 special autonomous province , 6 metropolitan cities , and 1 special city...

 in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

. It is situated on the major land transportation routes between Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

 and Busan

Busan

Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...

, namely the Gyeongbu Expressway

Gyeongbu Expressway

The Gyeongbu Expressway is the second oldest and most heavily travelled expressway in South Korea, connecting Seoul to Suwon, Daejeon, Gumi, Daegu, and Busan. It has the route number 1, signifying its role as South Korea's most important expressway...

 and Gyeongbu Line

Gyeongbu Line

The Gyeongbu Line is the most important railway line in South Korea and one of the oldest. It was constructed by Japan in 1905, connecting Seoul to Suwon, Daejeon, Daegu, and Busan. The Gyeongbu Line is by far the most heavily travelled rail line in South Korea...

 railway.

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
  Apo-eup
  Apo-eup is an eup in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, central South Korea. It has an area of 53.48 km². Although it contains several low peaks, the land of Apo-eup also contains a great deal of flat and fertile floodplain; local agriculture is dominated by rice cultivation. The small Gamcheon river...
  
  

• Bongsan-myeon
• Buhang-myeon
• Daedeok-myeon
• Daehang-myeon
• Eomo-myeon
• Gamcheon-myeon
• Gammun-myeon
• Gaeryeong-myeon
• Guseong-myeon
• Jirye-myeon
• Joma-myeon
• Jeungsan-myeon
• Nam-myeon
• Nongso-myeon

• Bugok-dong
• Daesin-dong
  Daesin-dong
  Daesin-dong is a legal dong, neighbourhood of Seodaemun-gu in Seoul, South Korea and is governed by its administrative dong, Sinchon-dong's office.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Jijwa-dong
• Pyeonghwa-dong
• Seongam-dong
• Yanggeum-dong
• Yongam-dong

History

• Samhan
  Samhan
  The Samhan period of Korean history comprises confederacies of Mahan, Jinhan, and Byeonhan in central and southern Korean peninsula, during the final century BCE and the early centuries CE....
  
   Period : called Gammun－guk , Jujoma－guk
• Three kingdoms
  Three Kingdoms
  The Three Kingdoms period was a period in Chinese history, part of an era of disunity called the "Six Dynasties" following immediately the loss of de facto power of the Han Dynasty rulers. In a strict academic sense it refers to the period between the foundation of the state of Wei in 220 and the...
  
   : Silla united Gammun－guk and Jujoma－guk and established Gammunju
• Unified Silla
  Unified Silla
  Unified Silla or Later Silla is the name often applied to the Korean kingdom of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, when it conquered Baekje in 660 and Goguryeo in 668, unifying the southern portion of the Korean peninsula...
  
   : Gammunju was renamed as Gaeryeonggun. Gimsanhyeon, Jiryehyeon, Eomohyeon and Mupunghyeon were placed.
• Goryeo
  Goryeo
  The Goryeo Dynasty or Koryŏ was a Korean dynasty established in 918 by Emperor Taejo. Korea gets its name from this kingdom which came to be pronounced Korea. It united the Later Three Kingdoms in 936 and ruled most of the Korean peninsula until it was removed by the Joseon dynasty in 1392...
  
   Period : Gaeryeonggun was changed into Gaeryeonghyeon. Gimsanhyeon and Jiryehyeon were included into Gyeongsanbu.
• Joseon
  Joseon Dynasty
  Joseon , was a Korean state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul...
  
   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).

Transportation

Gimcheon is located in the center of Gyeongbu Expressway

Gyeongbu Expressway

The Gyeongbu Expressway is the second oldest and most heavily travelled expressway in South Korea, connecting Seoul to Suwon, Daejeon, Gumi, Daegu, and Busan. It has the route number 1, signifying its role as South Korea's most important expressway...

 and lots of roads go through the city. There are connections via the Gyeongbu Line

Gyeongbu Line

The Gyeongbu Line is the most important railway line in South Korea and one of the oldest. It was constructed by Japan in 1905, connecting Seoul to Suwon, Daejeon, Daegu, and Busan. The Gyeongbu Line is by far the most heavily travelled rail line in South Korea...

 and the Gyeongbuk Line

Gyeongbuk Line

The Gyeongbuk Line is a railway line serving North Gyeongsang Province in South Korea. The line runs from Gimcheon on the Gyeongbu Line via Sangju, Yeomchon , and Yecheon to Yeongju on the Jungang Line....

. A newly-built KTX station is scheduled to open in 2010.

External links

• City government website