Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, Yeongnam, South Korea

History | Culture and festivals | Silk industry | Education | Universities | Economy and business | Transport

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Jinju is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was the location of the first and second Sieges of Jinju by Japanese forces during the Imjin War. The Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command is located in the eastern part of the city. There are cultural-historical tourist attractions in Jinju such as Jinju Castle, the Jinju National Museum, and the Nam-gang Prehistoric Site Museum.

History From old times, Jinju was a fountainhead of national culture and spirit. As a city that has held 1,000-year-old historical heritage of the ancient city, Jinju has been well renowned as a home of patriotic spirit, education, culture and art.

Jinju was an ancient city of Goryeonggaya in the Gaya Era. This city was called 'Geoyeolseong' of Baekje during the Three Kingdom Era, and was called 'Geoyeolju', 'Cheongju', and 'Gangju' during the Unified Silla Era. Name of this city was changed into 'Jinju' for the first time in 940, the 23rd year of King Taejo of the Goryeo Dynasty.

It became 'Jinju-mok', one of 12 moks (local administrative units in Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty) in the 2nd year of King Seongjong (983). In the 33rd year of King Gojong of the Joseon Dynasty (1896), administrative district of the nation was reorganized with 13 provinces. At that time Jinju began to belong to Gyeongsangnam-do, and became capital town of Gyeongsangnam-do. And provincial governor started to reside in Jinju. On April 1, 1925, Busan replaced Jinju as provincial capital.

On August 15, 1949, the government of the Republic of Korea was established and 'the local self-government system' was started. At that time, Jinju-bu was raised to Jinju-si (city) and started to have mayor of the city. On January 1, 1995, in accordance with 'the Law pertaining to the establishment of Urban-Rural Integrated City', Jinju-si and Jinyang-gun became extinct and were merged into one integrated Jinju-si (city).

Culture and festivals There are cultural events held in Jinju every year. Among these are the Jinju Namgang Lantern Festival which is held in October for approximately ten days. This nationally designated cultural tourism festival, found only in Jinju, features a spectacle of lanterns floating on the Nam River to commemorate the patriotic spirit of the 70,000 militia corps and government troops who died for their country defending Jinju from the Japanese forces during the Imjin War (1592โ€“1598). Other major festivals include: the Nongae Festival, the Korea Drama Festival, the Gaecheon Arts Festival and the Jinju National Bullfighting Contest.

The Nongae Festival, held in May each year commemorates and celebrates the sacrifice of the patriotic gisaeng (professional Korean entertainer) Nongae's suicide-assassination of a Japanese general together with the 70,000 Koreans who lost their lives in the battle of Jinju Castle during the Imjin War. The festival features an emotional reenactment of Nongae's suicidal drowning of a Japanese general from uiam bawi (righteous rock) below Chokseongnu (Jinju castle pavilion) on the banks of the Nam River.

Gaecheon Arts Festival is annually held from October 3 to 10 and the entire city turns to the streets for celebration at Korea's first provincial culture art festival, which awakens the artistic spirit of the Korean people. The festival falls around Gaecheonjeol (National Foundation Day) and is widely regarded as one of Korea's finest.

The Jinju National Bullfighting Contest is recognised as Korea's oldest bullfighting event and spectators can witness a test of strength at this bullfighting contest held at a purpose-built traditional Korean sports arena near Jinyang lake.

The 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships will be held in Jinju.

Silk industry Since ancient days, silk processed in Jinju has been known for its superior quality, which is a result of the combination of natural resources (such as clean water of Mt. Jirisan and so on) and human resources. Silk factories in Jinju annually spin out 70% of the national production. Jinju silk has a soft, refined feeling and elegant colors because of its superior dyeing techniques.

Education Jinju is an educational city and is home to Gyeongsang National University and Chinju National University of Education, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology. It is also home to International University of Korea, catering mostly to foreign students. It also has a number of community colleges that serve the local area. Jinju's high schools also offer a high quality of education and have a wide catchment area, reaching beyond the city limits to attract students from surrounding towns such as: Sacheon, Hadong and Sancheong.

Universities โ€ข Gyeongsang National University โ€ข International University of Korea โ€ข Chinju National University of Education โ€ข Yonam Institute of Technology โ€ข Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology โ€ข Jinju Health College โ€ข Korea Polytechnic VIIโ€”Jinju Campus

Economy and business Jinju was named as one of several 'enterprise cities' by the South Korean government. The government has supported Jinju as a hub of bio-industrial technological innovation from Dec. 1, 2000. The government provided 5 billion won from 2000 to 2004 in biological and chemical material industries in Jinju. There are 618 manufacturing companies (the number of employees: 11,806), 1 local industrial complex and 4 rural industrial complexes as part of an integrated urban and rural city. Jinju Hyeoksin Dosi (New innovation city) established by President Noh Moohyun (2003-2007) with headquarters of vast LH corp. (State-run Land & Housing corp Toji Jutaek gongsa) and Namdong thermal power corp. etc. Namdong thermal power is one of 5thermal power subsidiary, I.E.Nambu (Southern) thermal in Busan, Dongseo thermal in Ulsan, Seobu (Western) in Taean, Jungbu (Central) in Boryeong, Chungnam of Korea monopoly utility co. of giant Kepco in Naju of Gwangju metro head office.

Transport The main highway in Jinju is National Highway 10 or Namhae Expressway.

The closest airports to Jinju are Sacheon Airport (domestic) and Gimhae International Airport (International).

Jinju is served by passenger service at Jinju Station along the Gyeongjeon Line.

Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, Yeongnam, South Korea 
<b>Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, Yeongnam, South Korea</b>
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Jinju has a population of over 337,200 people. Jinju also forms one of the centres of the wider South Gyeongsang Province which has a population of over 3,447,687 people.

To set up a UBI Lab for Jinju see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Jinju is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Craft and Folk Art see: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Jinju has links with:

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Eugene, USA ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Kitami, Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Matsue, Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Toyohashi, Japan
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UNESCO Creative Cities for Craft and Folk Art include: ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Al-Ahsa ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Areguรก ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Aswan ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Ayacucho ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Baguio ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Bamiyan ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Bamyan ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Bandar Abbas ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Barcelos ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Biella ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Bukhara ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Cairo ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Caldas da Rainha ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Carrara ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Castelo Branco ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Chiang Mai ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Chordeleg ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Durรกn ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Fabriano ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Gabrovo ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Hoi An ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Howick ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Icheon ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Isfahan ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Jacmel ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Jaipur ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Jinju ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Joรฃo Pessoa ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Kanazawa ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Kargopol ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Kรผtahya ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Limoges ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Lubumbashi ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Madaba ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Monte Cristi ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Nassau ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Ouagadougou ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Paducah ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Pekalongan ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Porto-Novo ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ San Cristรณbal de las Casas ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Santa Fe ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช Sharjah ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Sheki ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Sokodรฉ ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Sukhothai ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Sukhothai Thani ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Surakarta ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Tรฉtouan ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Trinidad ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunis ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Ulaanbaatar ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Viljandi

Antipodal to Jinju is: -51.892,-35.18

Locations Near: Jinju 128.108,35.18

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Sacheon 128.083,35.067 d: 12.8  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Hapcheon County 128.166,35.567 d: 43.3  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Tongyeong 128.433,34.854 d: 46.8  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Gwangyang 127.696,34.941 d: 46  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Kwangyang 127.683,34.933 d: 47.4  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Changwon 128.65,35.267 d: 50.2  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Jinhae-gu 128.667,35.15 d: 50.9  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Geoje 128.583,34.85 d: 56.7  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Yeosu 127.733,34.733 d: 60.3  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Suncheon 127.494,34.945 d: 61.7  

Antipodal to: Jinju -51.892,-35.18

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