Chuncheon
| Chuncheon | ||||
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| Korean alphabet : | 춘천시 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 春川 市 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Chuncheon-si | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Ch'unch'on-si | |||
| Basic data | ||||
| Province : | Gangwon-do | |||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 52 ' N , 127 ° 44' E | |||
| Surface: | 1,116.43 km² | |||
| Residents: | 273,130 (as of 2012) | |||
| Population density : | 245 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Structure: | 1 eup , 9 myeon , 15 dong | |||
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Chuncheon ( Kor. River of Spring , former German transcription Tschungtschon ) is the capital of the Gangwon-do Province in South Korea . The city has 273,130 inhabitants.
Tourism plays an important role as Chuncheon is in scenic surroundings and many day trippers come from Seoul .
history
Until 940 the city was occupied by changing names. From 940 to 1413 it was called Chunju (춘주; 春 州), from 1413 Chuncheon.
In 1896, Chuncheon became the capital of Gangwon-dos as part of the restoration of the Korean provinces . Until the dissolution of the Korean provinces in 1895, Wonju , located further south, was the provincial capital.
Between 1910 and 1945, when Korea was part of the Japanese Empire , the city officially bore the Japanese name Shunsen ( Japanese 春川 ), which corresponds to the Sino-Japanese pronunciation of Korean Hanja.
During the Korean War , Chuncheon, located near the 38th parallel , was largely destroyed and then rebuilt.
In 1995, Chuncheon was merged with the district of the same name surrounding it.
traffic
railroad
Chuncheon is connected to the capital Seoul by a railway line that is only a few years old, 30% of which runs in tunnels. The travel time of modern one-class trains is 74 minutes from Seoul-Yongsan and around an hour from Seoul-Cheongnyangni. They run every hour. The old route, which largely followed the course of the Han River and had a travel time of 2½ hours, was closed. In contrast to the high-speed lines, e.g. B. to Busan , where the trains reach up to 300 km / h, the route to Chuncheon with max. Drive at 180 km / h. About half the distance of the route is also one of the nine subway lines in Seoul .
Street
The Gyeongchun Expressway runs between Chuncheon and the capital Seoul . This freeway connects the two cities in just over an hour's drive from the Seoul city limits.
sons and daughters of the town
- Han Seung-soo (* 1936), politician and diplomat
- Choi Seung-ho (* 1954), poet
- Jin Jong-oh (* 1979), marksman
- Kim Yong-hwa (* 1971), director
- Son Heung-min (* 1992), soccer player
- Hwang Hee-chan (born 1996), soccer player
Web links
- Korean Tourism Association Visit Korea - Chuncheon Myeongdong Street (English)
- Lee Cin-woo: "Simply stunning: 33 incredible Korean temples" CNN Go . February 10, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Visit Seoul - ITX (Intercity Train Express) ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on November 1, 2013.
