๐ฐ๐ท Gimje is a city in North Jeolla Province, South Korea.
History The Gimje area is located on the "great plains" of Korea and has been cultivated since ancient times. Nations of early date ascended in the year 200. The Baekje Kingdom invaded and incorporated several small mahan states in the 13th year of King Onjo's reign. The Baekje Kingdom changed its name to Byeogol, but when is not clear.
In the Joseon Dynasty, Gimje first appeared in the year 1466 when Sejo of Joseon ruled. He promoted Gimje to an independent county. In 1628, Gwanghaegun of Joseon combined the nearby district of Mangyeong District into Gimje County.
The Baekje Kingdom was ruined by the Tang and Silla Kingdoms, and the Unified Silla Kingdom changed the city's name to Gimje city.
The Goryeo dynasty promoted Gimje city to Gimje District in the 21st year of King Injongโs reign.
City government has always highly regarded and promoted the cultivation of rice and other crop species. From the Baekje Kingdom through the 21st century, Gimje has been one of the best areas for growing rice.
Horizon Festival Gimje is known as the region where the sky meets the ground, hence the festival of horizon or 'jipyeongseon.' It is held at Byeokgolje area, and more than one million tourists visit it each year. Gimje Horizon Festival hosts a wide range of programs including Samullori (traditional percussion quartet) contest, rural landscape drawing contest, celebratory performances, street parade, Ssireum (wrestling), and traditional weddings. Gimje is the only region where Koreans can see the horizon from a landlocked area. The festival was appointed an Excellent Festival for 4 years between 2004 and 2008. It also provides city residents a chance to experience traditional farming methods.
Gimje has a population of over 88,480 people. Gimje also forms one of the centres of the wider North Jeolla Province which has a population of over 1,869,711 people. Gimje is situated 23 km west of Jeonju.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Gimje has links with:
๐ฐ๐ท Donghae, South Korea ๐ฐ๐ท Gumi, South Korea ๐ฏ๐ต Kikuchi, Japan ๐จ๐ณ Nantong, China๐ฐ๐ท Eunpyeong District 126.929
๐ฐ๐ท Seodaemun-gu 126.937
๐ฐ๐ท Gwangmyeong 126.866
๐ฐ๐ท Gangseo District 126.85
๐ฐ๐ท Gangseo-gu 126.831
๐ฐ๐ท Hwaseong-si 126.817
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๐ฐ๐ท Seocheon 126.691,36.08 d: 35.6
๐ฐ๐ท Wanju 127.254,35.891 d: 34.9
๐ฐ๐ท Nonsan 127.099,36.187 d: 47.2
Antipodal to: Gimje -53.117,-35.8
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