Iksan
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| Korean alphabet : | 익산시 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 益 山 市 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Iksan-si | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Iksan-si | |||
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| Province : | Jeollabuk-do | |||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 57 ' N , 126 ° 57' E | |||
| Surface: | 507.07 km² | |||
| Residents: | 317,920 (as of 2006) | |||
| Population density : | 627 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Structure: | 1 eup , 14 myeon, 12 dong | |||
| Postal code : | 570-010-570-998 | |||
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Iksan ( 익산시 ) is a city in Jeollabuk-do Province in South Korea . The city has more than 300,000 inhabitants.
history
In the 7th century Iksan was next to Sabi, today's Buyeo-eup , the second capital of the Kingdom of Baekje . The city was called Iri until 1995, when it was merged with Iksan County to form Iksan City.
On November 11, 1977 , a freight car carrying 40 tons of dynamite exploded in Iri station . 59 people died, 185 were seriously, and a total of 1,300 injured. Most of the buildings within 500 m of the detonation point were badly damaged. A total of around 9,500 buildings were affected. 10,000 people were left homeless. The damage from the loss of housing alone amounted to 23 billion won . The city's first apartment buildings were built to accommodate the homeless.
Culture
The Ten Million Chrysanthemum Festival takes place annually in late autumn . In 2002 the Jewelery Museum was opened.
education
Wonkwang University is located in Iksan .
Twin cities
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ " Emergency Management in Korea: Just Started, but Rapidly Evolving ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2011 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 it Note . " Federal Emergency Management Agency . Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ↑ 철도 주요 연표 ( Korean ). 한국 철도 공사, 2010, p. 203.
- ↑ Sungjoo Han: South Korea 1977: Preparing for Self-Reliance . In: Asian Survey . 18, No. 1, January 1978, pp. 45-57 [53]. doi : 10.2307 / 2643183 .
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
