Incheon

Also known as Inchon, Inch'on, Chemulpo

Incheon is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi Province to the east. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Incheon was home to just 4,700 people when it became an international port in 1883. As of February 2020, about 3 million people live in the city, making it South Korea's third-most-populous city after Seoul and Busan.

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Incheon is South Korea's third-largest city, located in the northwestern part of the country near Seoul, with a population of about 3 million people as of 2020. The city transformed from a small settlement of 4,700 people into a major urban center after becoming an international port in 1883, and it has been inhabited since ancient times.

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Settlement.demographics2_info1: KRW 117 trillion(US$ 94 billion)
Settlement.name: Incheon
Settlement.official_name: Incheon Metropolitan City
Settlement.native_name: 인천
Settlement.settlement_type: Metropolitan city
Settlement.translit_lang1: Korean name
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Hangul
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Hanja
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Incheon.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 110px
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Emblem of Incheon.svg
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Emblem of Incheon
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Settlement.image_map: Incheon in South Korea 2023.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Korea#Asia
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Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Korea

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: metropolitan city of South Korea
Official name: 인천시
Country: South Korea
Located in: South Korea
Contains: Ongjin County
Official language: Korean
Population: 3049315
Area: 1046.807
Elevation: 7
Time zone: UTC+09:00
Head of government: Park Nam-choon
Shares border with: Seoul
Official website: www.incheon.go.kr
Image: Incheon Cityscape.jpg

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twinned administrative body: Narita
Commons category: Incheon
topic's main category: Category:Incheon
category for people born here: Category:Births in Incheon
category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Incheon
category of associated people: Category:People from Incheon
Commons gallery: 인천광역시
official blog URL: blog.naver.com/incheontogi
inception: 1883-00-00
different from: Icheon
present in work: Operation Chromite
P8168: Georg Friedrich Schömann
social media followers: 83500
P12749: Bukovica
OpenStreetMap zoom level: 9

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Modern history
Major events
Education
Higher education
Climate
Economy
Transportation
Air
Sea
Buses
Trains
Subway
Free Economic Zone
New Songdo City
Yeongjong Island
Cheongna
Administrative divisions
Demographics
Sports
Tourism
Nature
Traditional buildings
Modern facilties
Notable people
International relations
See also
Notes
References
External links

The city's growth has been assured in modern times with the development of its port due to its natural advantages as a coastal city and its proximity to the South Korean capital. It is part of the Seoul Metropolitan Area, along with Seoul itself and Gyeonggi Province, forming the world's fourth-largest metropolitan area by population.

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