Gyeonggi Province-do has been a politically important area since 18 BCE, when Korea was divided into three nations during the Three Kingdoms period.
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Gyeonggi Province-do has been a politically important area since 18 BCE, when Korea was divided into three nations during the Three Kingdoms period.
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Since the period of King Taejong and Sejong the Great, the Gyeonggi Province region has been very similar to the current administrative area of Gyeonggi Province-do.
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The Gyeonggi Province region was divided into Hanseong, Incheon, Chungju, Gongju, and Kaesong .
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Gyeonggi Province is in the western central region of the Korean Peninsula, which is vertically situated in Northeast Asia and is between east longitude of 126 and 127, and north latitude of 36 and 38.
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Climate of Gyeonggi Province-do is the continental climate, which has a severe differentiation of temperature between summer and winter, and has distinctions of four seasons.
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Topography of Gyeonggi Province-do is divided into southern and northern areas by the Han River, which flows from east to west.
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Configuration of Gyeonggi Province-do is represented by Dong-go-seo-jeo, where the Gwangju Mountain Range and the Charyeong Mountain Range spreads from the east and drops in elevation in the west.
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Gyeonggi Province-do natural environment includes its rivers, lakes, mountains, and seas.
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The Charyeong Mountain Range forms the boundary between Gyeonggi Province-do and Chungcheongbuk-do, but is a relatively low-altitude hilly area.
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Gyeonggi Province-do has shown a rapid increase in population due to the modernization and urbanization of the Republic of Korea.
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Gyeonggi Province-do is making efforts in many ways to improve and modernize the conventional industry structure, resulting in quick growth of innovative small and medium-sized enterprises such as U-JIN Tech Corp.
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Gyeonggi Province-do is unsparingly investing in the promotion of service industries related to soft competitive power such as state-of-the-art IT industry, designing, conventions and tourism, along with its great leap as a commercial hub in Northeast Asia using the Pyeongtaek Harbor.
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Gyeonggi Province-do is served by Korail commuter, standard and high-speed services.
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Gyeonggi Province has stations on the Suin, Bundang, Gyeongchun, and Shinbundang commuter rail services and the Gyeongbu and Honam High Speed Railways.
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Line 1 extends to Cheonan past Gyeonggi Province-do to the southwest, and to Dongducheon to the north.
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Gyeonggi Province-do is actively investing in education to foster a talented population suitable for the globalized economy.
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Gyeonggi Province-do has long been a capital area, leaving many historic relics and ruins.
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Gyeonggi Province-do is investing a lot of money at a provincial level so that people do not have to go to Seoul to enjoy a high-class cultural life.
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Gyeonggi Province-do's location on the bank of the river Han makes it an ideal venue for the sport which is host to the prestigious Korea Match Cup event which is a part of the World Match Racing Tour.
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Gyeonggi Province-do has long been famous for its Icheon rice, Yangpyeong Korean beef, Suwon cow ribs and Korean court cuisine, and marine delicacies made of fresh marine products from the west coast.
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