History of Iksan
fertile plain spreads with hills and big river. Iksan borders on Nonsan-gun
Chungnam divided by Geum River in the north, Okgu Plain in the west,
and Gimje Plain in the south divided by Mangyeong River. Iksan embraces
Yellow Sea, Okgu Plain and Geumman Plain like mother.
Honam Line, Jeolla Line and Gunsan Line go through the
center of city. Honam expressway starts at the entrance of
Geumma. Iksan boats sound traffic network with more
than 10 national roads including No.1 national road,
No.23 national road and country roads that lead to
all part of Korea. Iksan is also a hub of transportation
and logistics of Korea and boasts heavy floating population.
Number of tourists visiting the largest jewelry complex
in Korea is increasing annually.
Origin of Iksan
| Age | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Mahan | . | · King Jun, the 41st descendant of Gija, fled from the uprising of Wiman and established Mahan in Han.(Gunma, one of the 54 countries of Mahan) |
| Baeje | . | · King Onjo of Baeje annexed the countries of Mahan and called Geummajeo that had Soryeokji-hyeon, Jiryangcho-hyeon and Ganmula-hyeon. |
| Shilla | . | · In the 16th year of King Gyeongdeok of Shilla, Okya-hyeon became Yeong-hyeon of Geumajeo according to the changes of districts and names. |
| Goryeo | 995 | · In the 5th year of King Chung-ui(1345), Iksan was elevated to Ju from Gun to be Ik-ju that had been belonged to Jeon-ju in the early Goryeo Age. |
| · In the 14th year of reign, King Seongjong revised administrative districts and divided provinces into 10 Dos. With founding Ju, Bu, Gun and Hyeon under the do, this area that had been called Gangnam-do was named Geumma-gun. | ||
| Joseon | 1413 | · In the 13th year of reign, King Taejong reorganized administrative districts into 8 dos. Jeolla-do had 1 bu(Jeonju), 4 moks, 7 dohobues, 12 guns and 31 hyeons and one of the guns was Iksan. |
| Japanese Occupation | Aug. 1911 | · Iksan-gun Office was relocated to Namil-myeon from Geumma. |
| Mar. 1.1914 | · According to the Ministerial Ordinance No.111(promulgated Dec. 29. 1913), Hamyeol-hyeon, Yongan-hyeon and Yeosan-gun were incorporated into Iksan-gun.(1 eup, 17 myeon) | |
| Oct. 1. 1914 | · With reorganization of government offices by the Japanese Government-General of Joseon, Namil-myeon and Dongil-myeon were incorporated into Iksan-myeon. | |
| Apr. 1.1931 | · According to the Ministerial Ordinance No. 103(promulgated Dec. 29. 1930), Iksan-myeon was elevated to Iksan-eup. | |
| Nov. 1.1931 | · Iksan-eup was renamed as Iri-eup. | |
| Dec. 1.1933 | · Iri-eup was divided into 12 Jeongs and renamed as dong with national independence. | |
| National Independence ~ Present | Apr. 1. 1947 | · According to the Law Item 3(promulgated May 27. 1947), the Local Government Act, Iri-eup was elevated to Bu and separated from Iksan-gun. |
| Nov. 8. 1947 | · According to the Military Government Law No. 152(promulgated Oct. 29. 1947), Bukil-myeon Iksan-gun, Mokcheon-ri Osan-myeon and part of Songhak-ri were incorporated. | |
| Aug. 15. 1949 | · According to the Law Item 32(promulgated July 4. 1949), Iri-bu was renamed as Iri-si[city]. | |
| Jul. 1. 1951 | · 17 dongs were redivided into 25 dongs. | |
| Jul. 1. 1961 | · Iri-si was reorganized its Dong into 12 dongs. | |
| Jan. 1. 1963 | · According to the Law Item 1172(promulgated Nov. 21. 1962), Hwanghwa-myeon was incorporated into Nonsan-gun Chungnam. | |
| Jul. 1. 1970 | · Namjung-dong Iri-si was divided into Namjung 1-ga dong and Namjung 2-ga dong. (13 administrative dongs) | |
| Jul. 15. 1970 | · According to the Iksan-gun Ordinance No. 206(promulgated July 1. 1970), Yongdong local office was established in Yongan-myeon.(1 local office per 16 myeons) | |
| Jul. 1. 1973 | · According to the Presidential Decree No. 6542(promulgated March 12. 1973), parts of Samjeong-ri Baekgu-meyon Gimje-hun was incorporated into Mokcheon-dong and dongsan-dong. | |
| · Part of Onsu-ri Wanggung-myeon Iksan-gun was incorporated into Wanju-gun. Mokcheon-ri Osan-myeon, Namjeon-ri and southern Sinji-ri of Mangyeong river were incorporated into Kimje-jun. | ||
| Jul. 1. 1974 | · According to the Presidential Decree No.7161(promulgated May 25. 1974), Bukil-myeon Iksan-gun was incorporated into Iri-si.(16 administrative dongs, 20 legal dongs) | |
| May 1. 1979 | · According to the Presidential Decree No.6409(promulgated April 7. 1979), Hamyeol-myeon was elevated to Eup.(1 eup, 14 myeons, 1 local office) | |
| Jul. 10.1979 | · According to the Iksan-gun Ordinance No.442(promulgated April 4. 1978), Gun's office was relocated to San 62 Wa-ri Hamyeol-eup Iksan-gun from Iri-si. | |
| Feb. 15. 1983 | · According to the Presidential Decree No.11027(promulgated Jan. 10. 1983), Palbong-myeon Iksan-gun and Seoktan-ri Chunpo-myeon were incorporated into Iri-si. | |
| Apr. 1.1986 | · According to the Presidential Decree No.11874(promulgated March 27. 1986), Yongdong local office in Yongan-myeon Iksan-gun was elevated to Yongdong-myeon.(1 eup, 14 myeons, 551 ris) | |
| Jan. 1. 1990 | · According to the Iris-i Ordinance No. 1238(promulgated Dec. 22. 1989), Bukil-dong was devided into Bukil-dong and Sin-dong. (19 administrative dongs) | |
| Nov. 8.1993 | · According to the Iri-si Ordinance No.1441(promulgated Nov. 8. 1993), parts of Songhak-dong and Mokcheon-dong were incorporated into Pyeonghwa-dong. | |
| Dec. 1.1994 | · According to the Iri-si Ordinance No.1488(promulgated Dec. 1. 1994), some administrative districts including Inhwa-dong, Dongsan-dong, Changin-dong, Songhak-dong, Eoyang-dong and Busong-dong were rearranged. | |
| May 10.1995 | · According to the Law Item 4948, "Law on establishment of 5 urban-rural composite cities including Pyeongtaek-si Gyeonggi-do"(promulgated May 10. 1995), Iri-si and Iksan-gun were integrated into Ikan-si. | |
| · According to the Iksan-si Ordinance No.155(promulgated May 15, 1995), Iksan-si Hamyeol local office was established.(jurisdiction over 1 eup and 7 myeons) | ||
| Jan. 1. 1996 | · According to the Iksan-si Ordinance No.165(promulgated Dec. 26. 1995), Daejangchon-ri Chunpo-myeon was renamed as Chunpo-ri Chunpo-myeon. | |
| Jul. 10. 1996 | · According to the Iksan-si Ordinance No.204(promulgated June 29. 1996), Bukil-dong was divided into Yeongdeung-dong and Eoyang-dong. | |
| Feb. 2. 1998 | · According to the Iksan-si Ordinance No.251(promulgated Oct. 20. 1997), Changin-dong, Jungang-dong, Galsan-dong were integrated into Jungang-dong and Pyeonghwa-dong, Mokcheon-dong into Pyeonghwa-dong and Juhyeon-dong, Inhwa-dong into Inhwa-dong and Namjung 1-ga dong, Namjung 2-ga dong into Numjung-dong. Yeongdeung-dong and Eoyang-dong were rearranged; northern part of Industry Road became Eoyang-dong and southern part became Yeongdeung-dong. | |
| Oct. 9. 1998 | · According to the Iksan-si Ordinance No.437(promulgated Oct. 9. 1998), Sin-dong, Gyemun-dong integrated into Sin-dong, Eoyang-dong, Yeongdeung-dong into Yeongdeung-dong. Geumgang-dong became Dondsan-dong and Sinheung-dong became Palbong-dong. | |
| · According to the Iksan-si Ordinance No.422(promulgated Oct. 9. 1998), Iksan-si Hamyeol local office was closed. | ||
| Feb. 4. 2003 | · According to the Iksan-si Ordinance No.622(promulgated Feb. 4. 2003), Yeongdeung-dong was divided. Northern part of Industry Road became Yeongdung 1-dong and southern part became Yeongdeung 2-dong. |
