Kurobe, Toyama
Kurobe is a city in Toyama Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. As of 1 February 2018, the city had an estimated population of 41,564 in 15,387 households and a population density of 95.8 persons per km². Its total area was 426.31 square kilometres. Kurobe is located in northeastern of Toyama Prefecture, with a topography ranging from sea level at Toyama Bay to the 3000 meter mountains of the Northern Alps on the border with Nagano Prefecture; the Kurobe River flows through the city. Kurobe has a humid continental climate characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall; the average annual temperature in Kurobe is 13.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2277 mm with September as the wettest month; the temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.2 °C, lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C. Toyama Prefecture Asahi Nyūzen Kamiichi Nagano Prefecture Omachi Hakuba Per Japanese census data, the population of Kurobe has declined over the past 40 years; the area of present-day Kurobe was part of ancient Etchū Province.
The towns of Ikuji and Mikkaichi were created on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the municipalities system. On April 1, 1954, the town of Ikuji merged with the town of Sakurai to form the city of Kurobe. On March 31, 2006 the town of Unazuki was merged into Kurobe. Kurobe has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 18 members. Kurobe is the world headquarters of YKK. Kurobe has four public junior high schools; the city has one public high school operated by the Toyama Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture operates one special education school. West Japan Railway Company – Hokuriku Shinkansen Kurobe-Unazukionsen Ainokaze Toyama Railway Kurobe - Ikuji Toyama Chihō Railway Dentetsu-Ishida - Dentetsu Kurobe - Higashi-Mikkaichi - Ogyū - Nagaya - Shin-Kurobe - Shitayama - Wakaguri - Tochiya - Urayama - Oritateguchi - Oritate - Aimoto - Uchiyama - Otozawa - Unazuki Onsen Kurobe Gorge Railway National Route 8 - Sneek, Netherlands, since September 10, 1970 - Macon-bibb, United States, since May 10, 1977 – Samcheok, friendship city Kurobe Gorge Unazuki Onsen Susumu Kurobe, actor Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi, politician Kurobe travel guide from Wikivoyage Official website Kurobe Unazuki-onsen Tourist Board
Seongnam
Seongnam is the second largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is one million. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul, it is a residential city located southeast of Seoul and belongs to the Seoul National Capital Area. Seongnam, the first planned city in Korea's history, was conceived during the era of President Park Chung-Hee for the purpose of industrializing the nation by concentrating electronic and petrochemical facilities there during the 1970s and 1980s; the city featured a network of roads, from the early 1970s on. Today, Seongnam has merged with the metropolitan network of Seoul. Bundang, one of the districts in Seongnam, was developed in the 1990s. To accelerate the dispersion of Seoul's population to its suburbs and relieve the congested Seoul metropolitan area, the Korean government has provided stimulus packages to large public corporations and private companies to be headquartered in the Bundang district.
Bundang-gu is now home to prominent companies such as KT. In recent years, a movement to have Seongnam designated a metropolitan city capable of governing itself has arisen. In August 2009, the city of Seongnam decided to merge with the city of Hanam in Gyeonggi-do; the city is home to K League football club Seongnam FC. Miscellaneous: Seongnam is divided into 3 "gu": Bundang-gu Jungwon-gu Sujeong-gu Nowcom has its headquarters in Bundang, Seongnam. Pangyo Techno Valley is the premier industrial complex in Seongnam. Seongnam FC is a professional football club that plays in the K League 1; the city's only international school is Korea International School - Pangyo. Seongnam is the home to Gachon University's primary campus. Sujeong Public Library Seongnam Jungwon Library Seongnam Gumi Library Seongnam Bundang Library Unjoong Library Central Library Pangyo Library Jungwon Children's Library Haeoreum Library Seongnam Arts CenterThe Seongnam Arts Center includes three theaters: the opera house, concert hall, ensemble theater.
It includes the main arts hall and the cube arts hall, an academy, musical fountains, outdoor recreation facilities, leisure facilities. Namhansanseong Pangyo Eco CenterPangyo Museum Bundang Central Park Subway/TrainBundang Line Gyeonggang Line Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 8 Shinbundang LineBus 90OO, 93OO, 94OO to Gangnam-gu or Jung-gu, Seoul - Gyeonggi Bus Green bus to Seoul, Yongin, western Gyeonggi, National Road National Road number 3-Gwangju-Yatap-Sangdaewon-Seongnam IC-Gachon University Station-SeoulExpresswaySeoul Ring Expressway Gyeongbu Expressway Yongin-Seoul Expressway Bundang-Suseo City Road Bundang-Naegok City Road Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil Aurora, United States Shenyang, China Namangan, Uzbekistan KAONMEDIA manufacture and sale of digital set top boxes List of cities in South Korea Geography of South Korea Seoul National Capital Area Seongnam Central Library The Official Website of the Seongnam City The Official Website of the Seongnam City Council
Icheon
Icheon is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It should not be confused with the much larger Incheon Metropolitan City. Neighboring districts include Yeoju City, Gwangju City, Yongin City, Anseong City within Gyeonggi Province, as well as Eumseong County in North Chungcheong Province. Together with Yeoju, Icheon is known as a center of South Korean ceramic manufacturing and is a UNESCO City of Crafts and Folk Art. Other famous local products include peaches and rice. Local institutions of higher learning include Korea Tourism College and Chungkang College of Cultural Industries; the Yeongdong Expressway and Jungbu Naeryuk Expressway pass through Icheon. In 2016, the city will connect into the Seoul Metropolitan Subway via Yeoju Line's Icheon Station. Icheon is home to the world's second largest memory chip maker. Dongnam-gu is divided into 2 towns, 8 townships, 4 neighbourhoods. City bird: Magpie City flower: Azaleas City tree: Pine The Icheon Ceramics Village features 300-plus ceramics-making firms in the area of Sugwang-ri, Sindun-myeon, Saeum-dong, a popular visitor attraction.
They produce porcelains in some 40 traditional firewood kilns. This pottery is recognized both abroad for its quality; the Saeum-dong and Sindun-myeon areas include a ceramics village with many ceramics stores. Potters have researched traditional methods and revived the manufacture of ceramics in the style of Goryeo celadon and Joseon white porcelain here; the village is the center of the effort to preserve these traditions. Jingdezhen, People's Republic of China Seto, Japan Gangdong, Seoul Gangnam, Seoul Limoges, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Taipei, Taiwan Seo Hui: The historic figure of Goryeo dynasty who made a huge decision with Khitan people, forcefully occupying northern areas of Korean peninsula. Korean pottery Geography of South Korea List of cities in South Korea Official website Icheon: Official Seoul City Tourism City Council website
Shire of Mareeba
The Shire of Mareeba is a local government area at the base of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, inland from Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mareeba, covered an area of 53,610.8 square kilometres, existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several councils in the Atherton Tableland area to become the Tablelands Region. On 20 March 2013, Mareeba residents voted in favour of a proposal to reverse the amalgamation and to re-establish Mareeba Shire; the new Mareeba Shire was re-established on 1 January 2014. The Woothakata Division, based in the mining town of Thornborough on the Hodgkinson goldfield, was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1836. Woothakata is a Wakaman and Kuku Djungan Aboriginal word which describes the way they travelled to Ngarrabullgan/Mount Mulligan, an important meeting place; the name Woothakata lives on as the name of a property at Chillagoe.
On 3 September 1881, the Tinaroo Division was created under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 out of parts of the Cairns and Woothakata Divisions. On 18 May 1889, the tin-mining area at Stannary Hills and Irvinebank and its hinterland in and around the Walsh River were severed from Woothakata Division to create Walsh Division. On 20 December 1890, part of the Tinaroo Division was excised to create the new Barron Division, closer to Cairns. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, the Divisions of Woothakata and Barron became Shires of Woothaka and Barron on 31 March 1903. On 16 December 1908, a small part of Shire of Woothakata was transferred to the Shire of Walsh, split with one part being proclaimed the new Shire of Chillagoe, based at Chillagoe. In 1919, Woothakata's seat of administration moved to Mareeba. Thornborough had declined in importance, having a population of 58 in 1921 and 29 in 1933; the same year, on 20 December, the Shire of Barron was abolished, with its area being split between the Shire of Mulgrave and Shire of Woothakata.
On 25 June 1932, the Shires of Walsh and Chillagoe merged into the Shire of Woothakata, organised into six divisions, of which the former Shires of Chillagoe and Walsh formed the greater part of the sixth division. Division 3 had 2 representatives and all the other divisions had only one representative. On 20 December 1947, the Shire of Woothakata was renamed the Shire of Mareeba. A new Mareeba Shire Hall was built in Mareeba in 1961. On 22 March 1995, parts of the Shires of Mareeba and Douglas and the whole of the abolished Shire of Mulgrave were added to the City of Cairns. On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Mareeba merged with the Shires of Atherton and Herberton to form the Tablelands Region. In 2012, a proposal was made to de-amalgamate the Shire of Mareeba from the Tablelands Region. On 9 March 2013, the citizens of the former Mareeba shire voted in a referendum to de-amalgamate; the shire was re-established on 1 January 2014.
The Shire of Mareeba includes the following settlements: Note: Prior to 1996, the Shire of Mareeba included the localities of Barron Gorge, Lamb Range and Redlynch to the west of Cairns. These were incorporated into the City of Cairns. Mareeba Shire Council operate public libraries at Chillagoe, Dimbulah and Mareeba. In early years the elected councillors chose one among them to the chairman on an annual basis; the following are the chairmen of the Woothakata Division and Shire of Woothakata: 1890—1907: George Jonathan Evenden 1920: James HarrisFrom 1921, chairmen of shires were elected by the voters for a period of 3 years. August 1921—: Ernest Albert Atherton 1927, 1929, 1931: George Henry O'DonnellThe following are the chairmen in the first incarnation of Shire of Mareeba: 1933—1935, —December 1939: William Gardner December 1939—: J. M. Brown 1950: J. M. Brown: 1950 1973—1976: Martin Tenni, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Barron RiverThe following are the mayors in the current incarnation of Shire of Mareeba: Tom Gilmore: 2014— "Woothakata Shire".
Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. "Mareeba Shire". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland
Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, has been used to write the Korean language since its creation in the 15th century by King Sejong the Great. It may be written as Hangeul following the standard Romanization, it is the official writing system of Korea, both North. It is a co-official writing system in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County in Jilin Province, China, it is sometimes used to write the Cia-Cia language spoken near the town of Indonesia. The Hangul alphabet consisted of 28 letters with 17 consonant letters and 11 vowel letters when it was created; as four became obsolete, the modern Hangul consists of total 24 letters with 14 consonant letters and 10 vowel letters. In North Korea the total is counted 40, it consists of 19 consonant letters and 21 vowel letters as it additionally includes 5 tense consonants and 20. The Korean letters are written in syllabic blocks with each alphabetic letter placed vertically and horizontally into a square dimension.
For example, the Korean word for "honeybee" is written 꿀벌, not ㄲㅜㄹㅂㅓㄹ. As it combines the features of alphabetic and syllabic writing systems, it has been described as an "alphabetic syllabary" by some linguists; as in traditional Chinese writing, Korean texts were traditionally written top to bottom, right to left, are still written this way for stylistic purposes. Today, it is written from left to right with spaces between words and western-style punctuation; some linguists consider it among the most phonologically faithful writing systems in use today. One interesting feature of Hangul is that the shapes of its consonants mimic the shapes of the speaker's mouth when pronouncing each consonant; the Korean alphabet was called Hunminjeong'eum, after the document that introduced the script to the Korean people in 1446. The Korean alphabet is called hangeul, a name coined by Korean linguist Ju Si-gyeong in 1912; the name combines the ancient Korean word han, meaning "great", geul, meaning "script".
The word han is used to refer to Korea in general, so the name means "Korean script". It has been romanized in multiple ways: Hangeul or han-geul in the Revised Romanization of Korean, which the South Korean government uses in English publications and encourages for all purposes. Han'gŭl in the McCune–Reischauer system, is capitalized and rendered without the diacritics when used as an English word, Hangul, as it appears in many English dictionaries. Hānkul in the Yale romanization, a system recommended for technical linguistic studies. In North Korea it is called Chosŏn'gŭl after Chosŏn, the North Korean name for Korea after the old name of Korea; the McCune–Reischauer system is used there. Until the mid-20th century, the Korean elite preferred to write using Chinese characters called Hanja, they referred to Hanja as jinseo or "true letters". Some accounts say the elite referred to the Korean alphabet derisively as'amkeul meaning "women's script", and'ahaetgeul meaning "children's script", though there is no written evidence of this.
Supporters of the Korean alphabet referred to it as jeong'eum meaning "correct pronunciation", gukmun meaning "national script", eonmun meaning "vernacular script". Before the creation of the new Korean alphabet, Koreans wrote using Classical Chinese alongside native phonetic writing systems that predate the modern Korean alphabet by hundreds of years, including Idu script, Hyangchal and Gakpil. However, due to fundamental differences between the Korean and Chinese languages, the large number of characters, many lower class Koreans were illiterate. To promote literacy among the common people, the fourth king of the Joseon dynasty, Sejong the Great created and promulgated a new alphabet; the Korean alphabet was designed so that people with little education could learn to write. A popular saying about the alphabet is, "A wise man can acquaint himself with them before the morning is over; the project was completed in late December 1443 or January 1444, described in 1446 in a document titled Hunminjeong'eum, after which the alphabet itself was named.
The publication date of the Hunminjeongeum, October 9, became Hangul Day in South Korea. Its North Korean equivalent, Chosŏn'gŭl Day, is on January 15. Another document published in 1446 and titled Hunminjeong'eum Haerye was discovered in 1940; this document explains that the design of the consonant letters is based on articulatory phonetics and the design of the vowel letters are based on the principles of yin and yang and vowel harmony. The Korean alphabet faced opposition in the 1440s by the literary elite, including politician Choe Manri and other Korean Confucian scholars, they believed. They saw the circulation of the Korean alphabet as a threat to their status. However, the Korean alphabet entered popular culture as King Sejong had intended, used by women and writers of popular fiction. King Yeonsangun banned the study and publication of the Korean alphabet in 1504, after a document criticizing the king entered the public. King Jungjong abolished the Ministry of Eonmun, a governmental institution related to Hangul research, in 1506.
The late 16th century, saw a revival of the Korean alphabet as gasa and sijo poetry flourished. In the 17th century, the Korean alphabet novels became a major genre. However, the use of the Korea
Yeonsu District
Yeonsu District is a district in southern Incheon, South Korea. To the east is Namdong District, on its north border is Nam District, the Yellow Sea is on the west and south sides. Munhak Mountain rises in the north, Seunggi Stream flows south to the Yellow Sea. March 1, 1995: Yeonsu-gu annexes part of Nam-gu. January 1, 1996: Sub-division of Dongchun-2-dong into Dongchun-2-dong and Cheonyang-dong. March 1, 2003: Sub-division of Okyeon-dong into Okyeon-1-dong and Okyeon-2-dong. December 19, 2003: Cheongnyang-dong absorbed into Donchun-3-dong. March 6, 2006: Establishment of Songdo-dong administrative division, placed under jurisdiction of Dongchun-2-dong. January 1, 2007: Sub-division of Donchun-2-dong into Dongchun-2-dong and Songdo-dong. January 1, 2012: Sub-division of Songdo-dong into Songdo-1-dong and Songdo-2-dong; the Yeonsu District of Incheon is made up of 12 administrative divisions. The area of Yeonsu District is 42.74 km². As of 2010 the population of the 0-14 age group is 25%; the working class population of the 15-64 age group is 68.21%, less than the national average of 72.8%.
There are somewhat more males with 100.6 males to 100 females. Presently, Yeunsu District has one election district. However, the population surpassed 307,000 in July 2014, as it continues to increase, it may increase to 2 districts for the 2016 general election. Chadwick International School Songdo Incheon Catholic University Yeonsu Girls' High School Official Homepage Official Homepage
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Seongbuk-gu, Seoul since October 14, 1999
Akabira, Hokkaidō, Japan since July 18, 1997
Wangqing County, Jilin, China since September 4, 1997
Kungur, Perm Krai, Russia since May 30, 2003
Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia since November 9, 2004
