Imsil County
Imsil County (Imsil-gun) is a county in North Jeolla Province, South Korea.
Imsil 임실군 | |
|---|---|
County | |
| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 임실군 |
| • Hanja | 任實郡 |
| • Revised Romanization | Imsil-gun |
| • McCune-Reischauer | Imshil-gun |
 Emblem of Imsil | |
 Location in South Korea | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Honam |
| Administrative divisions | 1 eup, 11 myeon |
| Area | |
| • Total | 596.88 km2 (230.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 30,708 |
| • Density | 51.5/km2 (133/sq mi) |
| • Dialect | Jeolla |
It is approximately 30 minutes south of Jeonju by car or bus. Domestic Korean cheese was first produced in Imsil County. Imsil County encompasses several important towns, mountains and natural areas.
Imsil-gun has 14 elementary schools and an English center.
Imsil Cheese Village
Imsil Cheese Village is located near the town of Imsil (within the county of Imsil). It offers a one-day or more vacation program for children and tourists to learn how to make cheese.
The cheese produced there is called Imsil cheese, following the county name. Imsil cheese is the unusual mission legacy of a Catholic priest from Belgium who took the Korean name of Ji Junghwan. He arrived in the farming village of Imsil, in the mid-1950s, when the economy was still shattered from the Korean war. He started a farmers’ milk cooperative, which eventually became the Imsil Cheese Factory. The factory still exists today and produces high quality cheese and yogurt for the Korean market.
A pizza franchise using Imsil cheese has become a widespread business in South Korea since 2004, under the name of Imsil Cheese Pizza.[1] Nearby livestock farms produce the dairy products required for the manufacture of the cheese.
A group of enterprising cheese manufacturers decided to branch out into making cheese pizza. In time, Ji Junghwan’s Imsil Cheese Pizza became one of the most popular brands, and today it can be found throughout Korea. Pictured on every box is the Belgian missionary priest, probably the only missionary in the world to have left a pizza chain as part of his legacy.
The village is in a rural area, with only a bus running there every hour, and stops at 8pm. It is best not to get stranded past 8pm. You can take the Shi-Hae intercity bus terminal in Jeonju and hop on an imsil bus. Fares differs from district to district. Kang-jin District cost 4800won, while the rest of imsil cost about 3800won. Imsil is known for its natural scenery.
Yewon Arts University is located in Imsil.
Climate
| Climate data for Imsil (1981–2010, extremes 1969–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
29.5 (85.1) |
33.8 (92.8) |
33.5 (92.3) |
37.1 (98.8) |
36.3 (97.3) |
33.4 (92.1) |
29.8 (85.6) |
25.8 (78.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
37.1 (98.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
6.5 (43.7) |
11.6 (52.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.6 (85.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
13.3 (55.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.3 (27.9) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
4.4 (39.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.1 (75.4) |
19.3 (66.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
11.2 (52.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −7.6 (18.3) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
3.0 (37.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.1 (68.2) |
14.3 (57.7) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.4 (−11.9) |
−21.8 (−7.2) |
−13.8 (7.2) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
4.2 (39.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−21.9 (−7.4) |
−24.4 (−11.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 37.3 (1.47) |
43.7 (1.72) |
53.8 (2.12) |
76.3 (3.00) |
88.0 (3.46) |
169.2 (6.66) |
315.9 (12.44) |
311.8 (12.28) |
138.5 (5.45) |
41.9 (1.65) |
46.2 (1.82) |
29.3 (1.15) |
1,351.9 (53.22) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.2 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 116.9 |
| Average snowy days | 9.9 | 7.2 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 29.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74.8 | 70.9 | 68.0 | 64.0 | 67.8 | 73.7 | 79.5 | 79.4 | 77.2 | 74.4 | 74.1 | 75.4 | 73.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 161.7 | 172.7 | 203.1 | 232.4 | 237.4 | 192.8 | 166.6 | 186.5 | 191.0 | 209.3 | 169.6 | 156.1 | 2,283 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 51.9 | 56.2 | 54.7 | 59.2 | 54.5 | 44.2 | 37.6 | 44.6 | 51.3 | 59.8 | 54.8 | 51.4 | 51.3 |
| Source: Korea Meteorological Administration[2][3][4] (percent sunshine and snowy days)[5] | |||||||||||||
Twin towns – sister cities
Imsil is twinned with:
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-01-12. Retrieved 2008-01-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Official Page
- "평년값자료(1981–2010) 임실(244)" (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
- "기후자료 극값(최대값) 전체년도 일최고기온 (℃) 최고순위, 임실(244)" (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- "기후자료 극값(최대값) 전체년도 일최저기온 (℃) 최고순위, 임실(244)" (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- "Climatological Normals of Korea" (PDF). Korea Meteorological Administration. 2011. p. 499 and 649. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
