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Incheon's Chinatown is Korea's only official Chinatown. It is in Jung-gu ward and was formed in 1884. It used to be the largest such Chinatown in South Korea before the exodus of Chinese from the country. In 2002, to capitalize on the large number of Mainland Chinese visitors who visiting South Korea, the Incheon city council planned to revive its moribund Chinatown at a cost of US$6.2 million (6.5 billion South Korean won). It claims to be the largest Chinatown in South Korea, and features an 11-metre high Chinese-style gateway, or ''paifang''. As of 2007 few ethnic Chinese live in the Incheon Chinatown.〔Onishi, Norimitsu. "(South Korea's Main Chinatown Lacks Only the Chinese )." ''The New York Times''. March 2, 2007. Retrieved on March 8, 2015.〕 there are a Chinese middle school and An elementary school in Incheon Chinatown. ==History== Incheon positioned as China friendly place opening the modern city late 1800s. Korea started modern trade signing 商民水陸貿易章程 with China in 1882. After this, 'Incheon Chinese (華僑) society' appeared drawing up '淸國專管租界' in today's Incheon Chemulpo in 1885. Incheon residence of Overseas Chinese started from this time overwhelms other areas. Record from year 1883 indicated that 63 number of Chinese people lived there. and they were increased to 235 people in one year. Also, In 1892, They were increased to 637 people, they were increased to about 1000 people In early 1900. Chinese who currently living in Incheon in 2015 reaches to 50,000 people and All of which add up to the Chinese settlers lived from modern 開化時代 are estimated up to 60,000 people. Relationship of Incheon and China reached a climax to 'Incheon chinatown' which was Spontaneously made in the nearby Freedom Park and Incheon Station the front. The history of Chinatown is over 100 years Incheon Chinatown street name will change to China's well-known street or city names. Incheon city plans to create a theme street named after the Chinese city names in Chinatown. Incheon city has decided to use the major cities and famous street names in street names such as Chinese capital ‘Beijing’, Shanghai maximum bustling ‘Nanjing'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Incheon Chinatown」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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