๐ฐ๐ท Bucheon is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Bucheon is located 25 km away from Seoul, of which it is a satellite city. It is located between Incheon and Seoul.
Bucheon is the second most densely populated city in South Korea after Seoul, and as a result, administrative districts were abolished in July 2016 in favor of providing greater public service in community centers.
Major manufacturing operations are located in the northern areas of the city, while the areas in the south where Seoul Subway Line 7 and Seoul Subway Line 1 pass are dense commercial and residential areas.
Modern history In 1914, the outer areas of Incheon City (including Gwangyo-dong, old Incheon's city center) and Bupyeong County were joined under the name Bucheon. In 1931, Gyenam township (myeon, ๊ณ๋จ๋ฉด) was renamed Sosa township (myeon, ์์ฌ๋ฉด). In 1936, the westernmost part of Bucheon, then part of old Incheon, was incorporated in Incheon City and in 1940 some other part of old Incheon belonging to Bucheon Country was incorporated in Incheon again while part of old Bupyeong was annexed to Incheon at the same time. In 1941, Sosa township promoted to eup (town) status.
On January 1, 1963, when the great expansion of Seoul was implemented, several districts were combined to Yeongdeungpo-gu (์๋ฑํฌ๊ตฌ) of Seoul Metropolitan City: Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul Ogok-ri, Osoe-ri, Hang-ri, Onsu-ri, Gung-ri, Cheonwang-ri, Oryu-ri, Gaebong-ri and Gocheok-ri
In 1988, two districts were established. Bucheon was divided into Nam-gu ("south", ๋จ๊ตฌ) and Jung-gu ("central", ์ค๊ตฌ) along the Seoul-Incheon trainline. Present day Sosa-gu was formerly called Nam-gu.
In 1993, Bucheon's Jung-gu was separated into two further districts, forming Wonmi (์๋ฏธ๊ตฌ) and Ojeong (์ค์ ๊ตฌ) Districts.
The three districts were abolished in July 2016 as Bucheon decided to become a unified city without any administrative districts.
Retail There are a number of markets in Bucheon, including the traditional market that runs along the south side of Bucheon Station, and a smaller traditional market that is located between Songnae Station and Jungdong Station. Bucheon Station has an underground shopping centre, a small Starbucks, and an E-Mart with a small Kyobo Book store on the top floor. There are many department stores. In the Jung Dong area there is a Lotte Department store (formally GS Square) with a HomePlus located just across the street. On the Jung Dong and Sang Dong cusp there are a number of shopping places including the Hyundai Department Store, E-mart, and UPLEX (formally known as "The Mall"). UPLEX has a CGV movie cinema. The main Bucheon intercity bus terminal is attached to a shopping centre called Newcore and it has a grocery store called Kim's Club located on the ground floor. There is also a movie cinema called Primus (ํ๋ฆฌ๋จธ์ค) located in Newcore which is change into CGV nowadays. There is also a large HomePlus located beside Newcore with a Save Zone shopping centre opposite it.
Songnae Station has a Toona Shopping Mall, which mostly sells clothing. Yeokgok Station has a Homeplus. There is also a Homeplus in Northern Bucheon, nearer to Bucheon Stadium.
Bars and restaurants The busiest areas for bars and restaurants are located by Bucheon Station, Lotte Department Store (formally GS Square), and Hyundai Department Store.
Transportation Bucheon has an extensive bus network of local and area buses that connect the city to Seoul, Incheon and other surrounding cities. Bucheon Bus Terminal has buses connecting to different cities and provinces throughout the country. The Seoul Subway System Line 1 and Line 7 runs through Bucheon. There are currently five stations in Seoul Subway Line Line 1 within Bucheon City, including Bucheon Station and Songnae Station, and seven stations in the Line 7, including Kkachiul, Bucheon Stadium, Chunui, Sinjung-dong, Bucheon City Hall, and Sang-dong, which continues through Incheon ending at Bupyeong Station.
Bucheon has currently two subway lines under construction. The Sosa-Wonsi Line will open in 2018, connecting Bucheon's Sosa Station of the Line 1 with Ansan's Choji Station of Seoul Subway Line 4. The Daegok-Sosa Line will open in 2022, connecting with the Sosa-Wonsi Line as a single line. It will provide subway service in the northern area of Bucheon and connect the city to Gimpo International Airport Station where transfers to Seoul Subway Line 5, Seoul Subway Line 9, AREX and Gimpo Goldline will be available. The line terminates at Daegok station in Goyang, which offers a transfer to Seoul Subway Line 3 and Gyeongui-Jungang Line.
In addition, the city is getting a completely new subway line in the future which will connect Bucheon's northern Wonjeong area to Hongik University Station.
Sports Bucheon is home to the K League 2 football team Bucheon FC 1995 and the Women's Korean Basketball League women's basketball team Bucheon Hana 1Q.
Bucheon has a population of over 848,100 people. Bucheon also forms part of the wider Seoul metropolitan area which has a population of over 9,963,000 people.
To set up a UBI Lab for Bucheon see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork
Bucheon is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Literature see: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Bucheon has links with:
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๐ฐ๐ท Gangnam-gu 37.483
๐ฐ๐ท Seocho District 37.484
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๐บ๐ธ Redwood City 37.467
๐ฐ๐ท Gwangmyeong 37.465
๐ฐ๐ท Seongnam-si 37.439
๐ฐ๐ท Hwaseong-si 126.817
๐ฐ๐ท Gangseo-gu 126.831
๐ฐ๐ท Gangseo District 126.85
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๐ฐ๐ท Gangseo District 126.85,37.533 d: 8.2
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๐ฐ๐ท Mapo 126.908,37.564 d: 14.1
๐ฐ๐ท Yeonsu 126.663,37.409 d: 13.6
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