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Pocheon

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Pocheon is a inland city in the far northeastern region of Gyeonggi province in South Korea. [1]

61 relations: Administrative divisions of South Korea, Cha University, Cheorwon County, Coal, Daejin University, Dongducheon, Doosan Encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, Feldspar, Galbi, Gangwon Province, South Korea, Gapyeong County, Ginseng, Goguryeo, Goryeo, Graphite, Gyeonggi dialect, Gyeonggi Province, Hantan River, Hanwoo, Hokuto, Yamanashi, Hwacheon County, Iron ore, Japan, Korea National Arboretum, Landlocked country, Limestone, List of cities in South Korea, List of cities of South Korea, Livestock, Makgeolli, Mo Tae-bum, Namyangju, Nate (web portal), Nowon District, Pine nut, Pleurotus, Poultry farming, Pyrus pyrifolia, Regions of Korea, Samhan, Seoul, Seoul Capital Area, Silicon dioxide, Silla, Sister city, South Korea, Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres, Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres, ..., Summit, Tertiary education, Uijeongbu, White-bellied woodpecker, Yakgwa, Yamanashi Prefecture, Yangju, Yeoncheon County, Yeot, Yonhap, 2010 Winter Olympics. Expand index (11 more) »

Administrative divisions of South Korea

South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (gwangyeoksi 광역시/廣域市), 1 special city (teukbyeolsi 특별시/特別市), 1 special self-governing city (teukbyeol-jachisi 특별자치시/特別自治市), and 9 provinces (do 도/道), including one special self-governing province (teukbyeol jachido 특별자치도/特別自治道).

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Cha University

Cha University is a private university in Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

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Cheorwon County

Cheorwon County (Cheorwon-gun), also spelled Chorwon, is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.

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Daejin University

Daejin University is a private university in Pocheon City, Gyeonggi province of South Korea.

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Dongducheon

Dongducheon is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

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Doosan Encyclopedia

Doosan Encyclopedia is a Korean language encyclopedia published by Doosan Donga (두산동아).

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Encyclopedia of Korean Culture

The Encyclopedia of Korean Culture is a Korean language encyclopedia published by the Academy of Korean Studies and DongBang Media Co.

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Feldspar

Feldspars (KAlSi3O8 – NaAlSi3O8 – CaAl2Si2O8) are a group of rock-forming tectosilicate minerals that make up about 41% of the Earth's continental crust by weight.

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Galbi

Galbi, galbi-gui, or grilled ribs is a type of gui (grilled dish) in Korean cuisine.

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Gangwon Province, South Korea

Gangwon-do is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon.

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Gapyeong County

Gapyeong County is a county in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

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Ginseng

Ginseng is the root of plants in the genus Panax, such as Korean ginseng (P. ginseng), South China ginseng (P. notoginseng), and American ginseng (P. quinquefolius), typically characterized by the presence of ginsenosides and gintonin.

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Goguryeo

Goguryeo (37 BCE–668 CE), also called Goryeo was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of Manchuria.

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Goryeo

Goryeo (918–1392), also spelled as Koryŏ, was a Korean kingdom established in 918 by King Taejo.

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Graphite

Graphite, archaically referred to as plumbago, is a crystalline allotrope of carbon, a semimetal, a native element mineral, and a form of coal.

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Gyeonggi dialect

The Gyeonggi dialect (경기 방언) or Seoul dialect (서울 사투리/서울말) of the Korean language is the prestige dialect of the language and the basis of the standardized form used in South Korea.

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Gyeonggi Province

Gyeonggi-do (Hangul: 경기도) is the most populous province in South Korea.

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Hantan River

The Hantan River is a river in South Korea, flowing through Gangwon and Gyeonggi Provinces.

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Hanwoo

The Hanwoo (한우), also Hanu or Korean Native, is a breed of small cattle native to Korea.

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Hokuto, Yamanashi

is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

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Hwacheon County

Hwacheon County (Hwacheon-gun) is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea.

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Iron ore

Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Korea National Arboretum

Korea National Arboretum (국립수목원) is an arboretum located in Jikdong-ri, Soheul eup, Pocheon city of Gyeonggi Province of South Korea.

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Landlocked country

A landlocked state or landlocked country is a sovereign state entirely enclosed by land, or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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List of cities in South Korea

The largest cities of South Korea have an autonomous status equivalent to that of provinces.

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List of cities of South Korea

A city is a municipal administrative unit in South Korea.

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Livestock

Livestock are domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce labor and commodities such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.

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Makgeolli

Makgeolli (막걸리), sometimes anglicized to makkoli, is a Korean alcoholic beverage.

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Mo Tae-bum

Mo Tae-bum (Hangul: 모태범, Hanja: 牟太釩;; born 15 February 1989) is a South Korean speed skater.

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Namyangju

Namyangju is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

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Nate (web portal)

Nate is a South Korean web portal, developed by SK Communications.

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Nowon District

Nowon District (Nowon-gu) is a residential district of Seoul, South Korea, Located in the northeastern part of the metropolitan city.

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Pine nut

Pine nuts (also called piñon or pignoli /pinˈyōlē/) are the edible seeds of pines (family Pinaceae, genus Pinus).

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Pleurotus

Pleurotus is a genus of gilled mushrooms which includes one of the most widely eaten mushrooms, P. ostreatus.

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Poultry farming

Poultry farming is the process of raising domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese for the purpose of farming meat or eggs for food.

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Pyrus pyrifolia

Pyrus pyrifolia is a species of pear tree native to East Asia.

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Regions of Korea

Korea has traditionally been divided into a number of unofficial regions that reflect historical, geographical, and dialect boundaries within the peninsula.

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Samhan

The Samhan period of Korean history (also Proto-Three Kingdoms of Korea) comprises the confederacies of Mahan, Jinhan, and Byeonhan in the central and southern Korean peninsula, during the final century BCE and the early centuries CE.

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Seoul

Seoul (like soul; 서울), officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the capital, Constitutional Court of Korea and largest metropolis of South Korea.

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Seoul Capital Area

The Seoul Capital Area (SCA), Sudogwon or Gyeonggi region is the metropolitan area of Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi-do located in north-west South Korea.

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Silicon dioxide

Silicon dioxide, also known as silica (from the Latin silex), is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula, most commonly found in nature as quartz and in various living organisms.

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Silla

Silla (57 BC57 BC according to the Samguk Sagi; however Seth 2010 notes that "these dates are dutifully given in many textbooks and published materials in Korea today, but their basis is in myth; only Goguryeo may be traced back to a time period that is anywhere near its legendary founding." – 935 AD) was a kingdom located in southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.

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Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

The men's 1000 metres speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval on February 17, 2010.

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Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Richmond Olympic Oval on 15 February 2010.

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Summit

A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it.

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Tertiary education

Tertiary education, also referred to as third stage, third level, and postsecondary education, is the educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education.

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Uijeongbu

Uijeongbu is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

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White-bellied woodpecker

The white-bellied woodpecker or great black woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis) is found in evergreen forests of tropical Asia, including the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

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Yakgwa

Yakgwa, also called gwajul, is a type of yumil-gwa, which is deep-fried, wheat-based hangwa (Korean confections).

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Yamanashi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the main island of Honshu.

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Yangju

Yangju is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

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Yeoncheon County

Yeoncheon County (Yeoncheon-gun) is a county in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

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Yeot

Yeot is a variety of hangwa, or Korean traditional confectionery.

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Yonhap

Yonhap News Agency (주식회사 연합뉴스) is a South Korean news agency.

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2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (Les XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Vancouver 2010, informally the 21st Winter Olympics, was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 12 to 28 February 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands, and in the nearby resort town of Whistler.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocheon

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