Sangju City (상주시/ Sangju-si)

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Sangju City (상주시/ Sangju-si)


Sangju şehri Kuzey Gyeongsang Eyaletinde bulunur. Kırsal bir şehirdir. Sangju’nun diğer bir ismi “Sam Baek” dir. Bu da 3 beyaz şey anlamına gelmektedir. Bu şehirde genellikle 3 tane ürün yetişir. Birincisi pirinç, ikincisi ipekböceği kozası, beyaz hurma adı verilen bitkidir.

Nakdong Nehri, Sobaek Dağları ve Namsan Dağları bulunur. Sangju’nun en yüksek yeri denizden 1058 metre yükseklikte olan Songnisan tepesidir.
Bu şehrin Kore tarihinde de büyük bir önemi vardır. Silla ve Gaya imparatorluklarına ev sahipliği yapmıştır.

1895 yılında Sangju-gun olarak ilçe unvanını aldı.
1924’de açılan Sangju National University ile Sangju gelişmeye başladı.
1986 yılında ise şehir oldu.

Yüzölçümü:1,254.82 km2 (484.44 sq mi)

Nüfus: (2007) 120,000

Websitesi: http://www.sangju.go.kr/eng/index.jsp

Belediye Başkanı:Baek-Young SEONG




Şehrin ekonomisi daha çok ziraata dayalıdır. Yukarıda sayılan 3 ürün dışında üzüm, elma, armut ve salatalık da yetişir. Geniş alanlarda bu ürünler yetiştirilmektedir.






Area
- Total 1,254.69 km2 (484.4 sq mi)

Population
- Total 120,000
- Density 95.6/km2 (247.6/sq mi)
- Dialect Gyeongsang

Homepage
-http://www.sangju.go.kr/english/index.jsp

Mayor
- Baek-Young SEONG

Sangju is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Although Sangju is rather rural, it is very old and was once a key city. Along with Gyeongju, it gives rise to half of the name of the Gyeongsang provinces. Sangju's nickname is "Sam Baek" ("Three White Things"), representing three agricultural products in which it abounds: rice, silkworm cocoons, and dried persimmons.

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Geography

Sangju lies on the northwestern border of North Gyeongsang province, touching on North Chungcheong province. Thus, to its west and north it adjoins the North Chungcheong counties of Boeun, Goesan, Okcheon, and Yeongdong. Within North Gyeongsang province, it touches Mungyeong on the north, Yecheon, Uiseong, and Gumi on the east, and Gimcheon to the south.

The north and west extremes of the city are found in Hwabuk-myeon, at 127°47′55″E and 36°14′6″N, respectively. The southern limit lies in Gongseong-myeon at 36°14′06″N , on the border with Gimcheon city. The eastern edge of Sangju is found in Jungdong-myeon at 128°20′28″E. The city thus spans a total distance of about 49 km from north to south, and about 43.3 km from east to west.

All of Sangju lies in the valley of the Nakdong River. Various tributaries flow into the Nakdong in Sangju, including the Yeong (which rises in Mungyeong). The land slopes down from the Sobaek Mountains in the east to the river basin. The highest elevation in Sangju is found at the top of Songnisan, 1,058 m above sea level. Like most of South Korea, the terrain is generally hilly, with only a few flat areas along the rivers. Because of this rugged terrain, 67% of the land in Sangju is classified as "vacant," unused for agricultural or other purposes.[citation needed]

Namsan mountain is located in the city.

History

Sangju has played an important role in much of Korean history. It first emerges after the Silla conquest of the area, in which minor states such as Goryeong Gaya (in Hamchang-eup) and Sabeol-guk (in Sabeol-myeon) were subjugated. The dates at which these conquests occurred are open to dispute, but it is apparent that the area was under firm Silla control by 505, and probably for some time before then.

Under Silla, the fortress of Sangju was one of the nine ju, or provincial administrative units, into which the portions of the kingdom near Gyeongju were divided. It played a critical role in regulating traffic along the east-west transit route which connected the Han River valley in the west (which Silla acquired in 553) with Gyeongju area. It would have been the first major city that Buddhist missionaries from Goguryeo would have reached when travelling down from Haneuljae Pass in the 6th century.

During the tumultuous decline of Unified Silla in the late 9th century, a number of rebellions occurred in Sangju, as they did throughout the country. Notable among them are the rebellions of Ajagae, who seized the fortress of Sangju and declared himself a general, and the Silla noble Bak Eon-chang, who re-established the kingdom of Sabeol-guk in the Sabeol-myeon area until he was overthrown by the Hubaekje leader Gyeon Hwon. Ajagae surrendered to Wanggeon in 918.

In 1895, as part of a general reorganization of local government, Sangju was designated Sangju-gun (Sangju County). In 1914, its boundaries were extended to cover Hamchang County, present-day Hamchang-eup. On January 1, 1986, separate administrative divisions were created for the city center (which was called Sangju City) and the outskirts (which continued to be called Sangju County). On January 1, 1995, the city and county were reunified to create the present-day entity of Sangju City.

Under Japanese occupation, the occupation government made various efforts to modernize local agriculture and resource extraction. The railroad through Sangju was completed in 1924, and around the same time the agricultural-training institution which would become Sangju National University was established.

Economy

The economy of Sangju is traditionally agricultural. Agriculture remains an important sector, as 40% of the city's residents are engaged in farming. Sangju has the largest number of farming households of any district in South Korea, and the most agricultural land of any district in North Gyeongsang.

The area has been famed for sericulture (silk production) since Silla times. Currently 243,000 m² of land are engaged in silk production, bringing in about 434 million won annually. In addition, numerous other cash crops are farmed in the area. The most important agricultural product is rice, in the production of which Sangju is 7th in the country, with 169.13 km² in production yielding 162.9 billion won. Other important products include grapes, apples, pears, and cucumbers.

Sangju today is an important regional center of industry and commerce as well, exerting a significant economic effect on neighboring areas. This is facilitated by its strong transit connections (see Transportation, below). Also, Sangju tries to keep up agaricultural section with some speciallized produces such as dried persimmon and fruits raised in high altitude.

Mayor's Message

Our city, Sangju, has always been a great place to live with beautiful landscape, rich harvest every year, and warm and kind people. Historically, Sangju was a root of Gyeongsang Province as one of the nine ju (a type of administrative district - Province) in Shilla Dynasty and one of the 8 mok (a type of administrative district) in Goryeo; and, in Joseon Dynasty, it was the capital city of Gyeongsangbukdo for which the chief of Sangju mok held an additional position as a provincial governor.

From the old days, Sangju has been famous for rice, cocoons, and dried persimmon and it was often called as a town of three whites. In the modern days, it has been known to be a city of bicycles. Exceptional tourist attractions such as Munjangdae in Mt. Sokri where the Great King Sejong recited a poem with both civil and military officers and Gyeongcheondae, one of the most beautiful places around 1,300-ri Nakdong River and numerous rich cultural heritages in which our ancestors’ spirits are embedded are harmonized well with the clean natural environment surrounding the city, Sangju is a marvelously beautiful cultural city.

Recently, along with the Jungbu Naeryuk Expressway, National Highways No. 3 and 25 were extended, establishing the three-dimensional traffic network, which pushed Sangju to rapidly emerge to a truly vital center of the nationwide traffic. Also, as the advanced industrial complex including the industrialization complex of the resources for Korean traditional medicine is created and the advanced scientific agriculture is promoted, Sangju is being reborn as the foundational central city of the national development.

Netizen visitors! Please watch our Sangju as it is reborn with a new slogan, "New Changes, Hopeful Sangju." We promise you that we will become closer to you with Sangju that transforms itself more and more.
I greatly appreciate for your visit to Sangju website and hope you make wonderful memories about beautiful Sangju.

Kaynak/Source:Wikipedia & Homepage

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