Gimcheon
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| Korean alphabet : | 김천시 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 金泉 市 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Gimcheon-si | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Kimch'on-si | |||
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| Province : | Gyeongsangbuk-do | |||
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 7 ' N , 128 ° 7' E | |||
| Surface: | 1,010 km² | |||
| Residents: | 137,540 (as of 2015) | |||
| Population density : | 136 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Structure: | 1 eup , 14 myeon , 7 dong | |||
| Postal code : | 39500-39698 | |||
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Gimcheon ( Kor. 김천시 , in German 'Golden Spring') is a city in the South Korean province of Gyeongsangbuk-do . With just under 150,000 inhabitants, it is located northwest of Daegu near the provincial border with Chungcheongbuk .
traffic
Expressway 1 and Expressway 45 intersect in the northeast of the city .
Attractions
A hexagonal gold-bronze box in the Jikjisa Temple is one of the national treasures of South Korea .
Sports
The ATP Challenger Gimcheon has been held annually since 2014 as part of the ATP Challenger Tour . The 2018 V-League women's championship team , the Gyeongbuk Gimcheon Hi-pass, plays in the Gimcheon Arena . In 2014, Gimcheon hosted the Asian Badminton Championship .
Town twinning
The Chinese city of Chengdu has been twinned with Gimcheon since 2000.
sons and daughters of the town
- Lee Chul-seung (* 1972), table tennis player
- Kim Jae-bum (* 1985), judoka
- Kim Yeon-su (* 1970), writer
- Song Yun-ah (* 1973), actress
Web links
Commons : Gimcheon - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gimcheon （South Korea）. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .