๐ฐ๐ท Iksan is a city and major railway junction in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. The city centre and railway junction was formerly called "Iri", but merged with Iksan County in 1995. The railway junction is located at the point where Jeolla and Janghangs meet the Honam Line and the Honam HSR and is served by frequent train service to/from Seoul, Daejeon, Gwangju, Mokpo, Jeonju, Suncheon, and Yeosu.
Jeonbuk National University Iksan campus (before, it was Iksan National College), the Won Buddhism Graduate School, Wonkwang Health Science College, and Wonkwang University are all located in Iksan.
This city is called โThe City of Jewelry". The Iksan Jewelry Museum opened in May 2002 next to a Dinosaur museum.
In late November 2006, Korean authorities quarantined a farm in Iksan and began culling poultry and livestock within a 3-kilometer radius to contain an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus.
Local tradition includes the story of Seodong and Seonhwa, which was broadcast in 2005~2006 as "Sedongyo" and is also dramatized in the 'Paradise in Autumn Festival.'
Festivals with various themes are held in Iksan, all reflecting local history and culture. These include: โข 10,000,000 Chrysanthemum Festival (held in October/November) โข Iksan Jewelry Expo โข Seodong Festival โข Stone Culture Festival.
History Iksan was once the capital of the ancient Baekje Kingdom. Temples built then are still standing. Iksan has always been an important transport center. After the Iri train station explosion in 1977, Iksan fell into a state of decline. However, the city's train station was later rebuilt, and it became the junction of three rail lines named above. It now services KTX and Saemaul trains as well as frequent bus lines. Today, Iksan is once again a thriving city.
Geography Iksan is situated on the Okgu and Keumman Plains, which lead to the West Sea [Yellow Sea]. As it is located very near the sea where ships can transport a wide variety of products, Iksan has served as a logistical and traffic centre for a long time.
The city is in the north-western part of Jeollabuk-do. East are the rugged mountains of Mt. Cheonho and Mt. Mireuk (Mireuksan (Jeollabuk-do)) at the edge of the Noryeong Mountains, and north-west the range of Mt. Hamra lead to a series of hills and a great stream that has formed the fertile Okgu plain to the west. Iksan borders Nonsan-gun and Buyeo-gun, Chuncheongnam-do, and is divided by the Keum-gang[river] in the north. It faces the Kimje Plains, divided by Mankyeong-gang, to the south.
Iksan has a population of over 307,000 people. Iksan also forms one of the centres of the wider North Jeolla Province which has a population of over 1,869,711 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Iksan has links with:
๐บ๐ธ Culver City, USA ๐ฐ๐ท Gyeongju, South Korea ๐ฉ๐ฐ Odense, Denmark๐ฒ๐น St. Paul's Bay 35.948
๐บ๐ธ Crossville 35.95
๐บ๐ธ High Point 35.954
๐ฐ๐ท Yeongcheon 35.946
๐บ๐ธ Rocky Mount 35.943
๐ฉ๐ฟ Mostaganem 35.933
๐ฏ๐ต Tsurugashima 35.93
Locations Near: Iksan 126.957,35.9483
๐ฐ๐ท Gimje 126.883,35.8 d: 17.8
๐ฐ๐ท Jeonju 127.144,35.827 d: 21.6
๐ฐ๐ท Gunsan 126.718,35.979 d: 21.8
๐ฐ๐ท Nonsan 127.099,36.187 d: 29.5
๐ฐ๐ท Seocheon 126.691,36.08 d: 28.1
๐ฐ๐ท Wanju 127.254,35.891 d: 27.5
๐ฐ๐ท Buan 126.732,35.728 d: 31.8
๐ฐ๐ท Buyeo 126.94,36.3 d: 39.1
Antipodal to: Iksan -53.043,-35.948
๐บ๐พ Rocha -54.35,-34.483 d: 19813.5
๐บ๐พ Maldonado -54.95,-34.9 d: 19806.7
๐บ๐พ Ciudad de la Costa -55.95,-34.817 d: 19723.1
๐บ๐พ Montevideo -56.198,-34.907 d: 19706.6
๐บ๐พ Las Piedras -56.217,-34.717 d: 19696.3
๐บ๐พ Canelones -56.284,-34.538 d: 19681.6
๐ฆ๐ท Mar del Tuyรบ -56.667,-36.533 d: 19683.7
๐บ๐พ Florida -56.215,-34.099 d: 19660.6
๐ฆ๐ท Pinamar -56.85,-37.1 d: 19651.6
๐ง๐ท Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 19572