Siheung


Siheung is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
In the early Three Kingdoms period, the Siheung area was part of the Baekje kingdom. It was lost to Goguryeo along with the Han River valley in 475.
Siheung acquired its current administrative identity on January 1, 1989, when the old county of Siheung was divided into the cities of Siheung, Gunpo, and Uiwang. At the time Siheung city had a population of only 93,000. This number more than tripled in the following decade, as massive suburban apartment complexes were developed.
Today's Siheung City area belonged to old Incheon and Ansan before 1914.
Notable landmarks include Oi Island, Mount Sorae, and the port and inlet of Wolgot. Siheung includes two new cities that were developed in the 1990s, Sihwa and Wolgot New City. The new city of Sihwa includes a very large industrial complex. Companies headquartered there include Hansung Machinery Co. Korea Polytechnic University established in 1997, and also Kyonggi Institute of Technology established in 1998.
In 2006, Korea Polytechnic University built TIP. The building has 18 floors used for studying, research, and development for students, faculty, companies and government.
In February 2010 Seoul National University acquired 826 thousand square-meters or 204 acres of Siheung property to establish its global campus. The university plans to build a bio-medical complex, research hospital, apartments, and education-related infrastructure including lecture halls, dormitories, and an international middle and high school.

Administrative districts

Siheung-si is divided into 18 dongs. As of 2017, the population of the city is 419,664 people including 167,802 households.
Administrative dongKorean nameAreaPopulationHousehold
Daeya-dong대야동9.8531,27612.860
Sincheon-dong신천동3.4438.56617,898
Sinhyun-dong신현동12.6410,7124,396
Eunheng-dong은행동5.9644,23315,278
Maehwa-dong매화동11.2012,8485,133
Mokgam-dong목감동17.5740,58615,795
Gunja-dong군자동16.6923,7359,738
Wolgot-dong월곶동8.5315,3586,859
Jeongwangbon-dong정왕본동8.8321,72014,016
Jeongwang 1-dong정왕1동6.5523,86913,085
Jeongwang 2-dong정왕2동5.5532,53612,516
Jeongwang 3-dong정왕3동6.1823,89410,881
Jeongwang 4-dong정왕4동5.8022,2897,438
Baegot-dong배곧동4.9768,08425,421
Gwarim-dong과림동7.652,0691,247
Yeonseong-dong연성동10.0523,3688,283
Janggok-dong장곡동3.4917,8325.606
Neunggok-dong능곡동4.3417,1566,946
Total시흥시135.79472,162186,443

Transportation

Railroad

;*Seoul Subway Line 4
;;; ← Jeongwang — Oido
;*Suin Line
;;;Oido - Darwol - Wolgot →
;;* Seohae Line New subway line built in June 16, 2018.
;;Siheung Deya - Sincheon - Sinhyeon - Siheung City Hall - Siheung Neunggok are running in Siheung-si.

Industry

Gross Domestic Product

The total regional production of Siheung City in 2012 is 26.888 billion won. It accounts for 3.6% of Gyeonggi Province's GDP. The agriculture and forestry industry is low at 41.4 billion won. Mining and manufacturing accounted for 16.24 trillion won, accounting for 64.2%, while commercial and service industry accounted for 35.6%, amounting to 9.29 trillion won. In the tertiary industry, wholesale and retail trade, construction, real estate and leasing and business services

Status of Employees by Industry

In 2014, the total number of workers in Siheung City Industry is 185,032. It accounts for 4.1% of the total number of employees in Gyeonggi-do. The number of agriculture and forestry fisheries is 17, which is low. Mining and manufacturing accounted for 48.4%, with 89,554 employees. The commercial and service industry accounted for 95.6%, accounting for 51.6%. Secondary industry is higher than Gyeonggi province and tertiary industry is lower than Gyeonggi province. In the tertiary industry, the proportion of housing and food and lodging, education, and health and social services

Recreation & Tourism

The Lotus Theme Park can be visited year-round by bikers and pedestrians, but the peak months for seeing the lotus plants in bloom are July and August. It is also the site of a summer festival. Seven varieties of lotus and over thirty varieties of waterlilies are cultivated at the park. Admission to the theme park during the summer months is free, and lotus viewing tours take place from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. local time. The theme park can be reached by several city bus routes.
There is inland gaetgol that is rare in the world. This gaetgol is exposed twice a day at low tide. It is called serpentinizing mudflat because it looks like snake.

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