Siheung

Siheung Korean: [ɕi.ɦɯŋ] is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

This article is about a city in Gyeonggi-do. For a dong in Geumcheon-gu, see Siheung-dong. For others, see Siheung (disambiguation).

Siheung 시흥시
Municipal City
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	시흥시
• Hanja	始興市
• Revised Romanization	Siheung-si
• McCune-Reischauer	Sihŭng-si
Wolgot Harbor past Oido Station
Emblem of Siheung
Location in South Korea
Country	South Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Administrative divisions	11 dong
Area
• Total	135.79 km^2 (52.43 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	472,162
• Density	3,355.8/km^2 (8,691/sq mi)
• Dialect	Seoul

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 (Siheung County) 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 (Techno Innovation Park). The building has 18 floors used for studying, research, and development for students, faculty, companies and government.[1]

In February 2010 Seoul National University acquired 826 thousand square-meters or 204 acres of Siheung property to establish its global campus.[2] 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.[3]

Administrative districts

Siheung-si is divided into 18 dongs.[4] As of 2017, the population of the city is 419,664 people including 167,802 households.

Administrative dong	Korean name	Area(km²)	Population	Household
Daeya-dong	대야동	9.85	31,276	12.860
Sincheon-dong	신천동	3.44	38.566	17,898
Sinhyun-dong	신현동	12.64	10,712	4,396
Eunheng-dong	은행동	5.96	44,233	15,278
Maehwa-dong	매화동	11.20	12,848	5,133
Mokgam-dong	목감동	17.57	40,586	15,795
Gunja-dong	군자동	16.69	23,735	9,738
Wolgot-dong	월곶동	8.53	15,358	6,859
Jeongwangbon-dong	정왕본동	8.83	21,720	14,016
Jeongwang 1-dong	정왕1동	6.55	23,869	13,085
Jeongwang 2-dong	정왕2동	5.55	32,536	12,516
Jeongwang 3-dong	정왕3동	6.18	23,894	10,881
Jeongwang 4-dong	정왕4동	5.80	22,289	7,438
Baegot-dong	배곧동	4.97	68,084	25,421
Gwarim-dong	과림동	7.65	2,069	1,247
Yeonseong-dong	연성동	10.05	23,368	8,283
Janggok-dong	장곡동	3.49	17,832	5.606
Neunggok-dong	능곡동	4.34	17,156	6,946
Total	시흥시	135.79	472,162	186,443

Transportation

Railroad

• Korail

• Seoul Subway Line 4

(Ansan) ← Jeongwang — Oido

• Suin Line

Oido - Darwol - Wolgot → (Namdong-gu)

• 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 (primary industry) is low at 41.4 billion won. Mining and manufacturing (secondary industry) accounted for 16.24 trillion won, accounting for 64.2%, while commercial and service industry (tertiary industry) accounted for 35.6%, amounting to 9.29 trillion won. In the tertiary industry, wholesale and retail trade (6.6 percent), construction (4.0 percent), real estate and leasing (3.3 percent) and business services (3.2 percent)[5]

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 (primary industry) is 17, which is low. Mining and manufacturing (secondary industry) accounted for 48.4%, with 89,554 employees. The commercial and service industry (tertiary industry) accounted for 95.6%, accounting for 51.6%. Secondary industry is higher than Gyeonggi province (27.1%) and tertiary industry is lower than Gyeonggi province (72.9%). In the tertiary industry, the proportion of housing and food and lodging (7.6 percent), education (5.2 percent), and health and social services (4.4 percent)[6]

Recreation & Tourism

• Siheung Lotus Theme Park

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.[7] 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.[8] The theme park can be reached by several city bus routes.[9]

• Siheung Gaetgol Ecology Park

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.

Sister cities

• Dezhou, Shandong, China.[10][11]
• Rochester, Minnesota, United States[12]

References

1. "KoreaPolytechnicUniversity". www.kpu.ac.kr.
2. Chung, Young-jin (2010-02-12). "Plans under way for new SNU branch in Siheung". joongangdaily.joins.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
3. Kim, Yea-rim (2011-03-16). "Siheung is on the Road to Becoming Korea's Investment Mecca". koreatimes.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
4. "Siheung Administrative districts". Retrieved 13 September 2013.
5. "KOSIS". kosis.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-16.
6. "KOSIS". kosis.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-16.
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-08-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Lotus Theme Park Info
8. http://www.siheung.go.kr/tour/content.do?method=contentView&topCmsCd=CM0139&cmsCd=CM1764&grp=2&clickParentNum=11&clickNum=12 Siheung Lotus Theme Park Page (Korean)
9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-08-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Lotus Theme Park Info and Directions
10. "韩国始兴市师生来我校游学访问交流-德州市实验小学". www.dzsyxx.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
11. "始兴市". Retrieved 2020-04-14.
12. "Regular Adjourned Meeting No. 28". Archived from the original on 2010-11-29.

External links

• City government website