Iksan
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Iksan is a ceety an major railway junction in North Jeolla Province, (commonly transliteratit as Jeollabuk-do) Sooth Korea.
The ceety centre an railway junction wis ance cried "Iri" (Hangul: 이리시; Hanja: 裡里市; RR: Iri-si), but merged wi Iksan Coonty (Iksan-gun) in 1995.
The railway junction is located at the point whaur Jeolla, Janghang Line an Gunsan Lines meet the Honam Line, an is served bi frequent train service tae/frae Seoul, Daejeon, Gwangju, Mokpo, Jeonju, Suncheon, an Yeosu.
Iksan Naitional College, Won Buddhism Graduate Schuil, Wonkwang Health Science College, an Wonkwang University are aw locatit in Iksan.
Iksan is cried “The ceety o Jewelry” an haes a Jewelry museum which opened in Mey 2002.
In late November 2006, Korean authorities quarantined a ferm in Iksan an began cullin poultry an livestock athin 3 kilometers radius, tae contain an ootbreak o the H5N1 bird flu virus.[1]
Iksan that haes been haundit doun the story o Seodong an Seonhwa will be the 'Paradise in Autumn Festival'
Festivals wi various themes are held in Iksan. Each o these festivals is themed wi a pairticular product an relatit tae the local history.
The names are as follaes:
Seodong Festival 10,000,000 Chrysanthemums festival Iksan Jewelry Expo Stane Cultur festival