River View - Kokei

Japanese: 江景 - こうけい

A town in Nonsan County, South Chungcheong Province, Korea. Population 21,787 (1980). Located on the middle bank of the Geum River, it developed as a key location for river transport. Surrounded by rice-growing areas in the northern part of the Honam Plain, known as Korea's granary, the town was one of Korea's three largest markets, serving as a base for exporting rice and bringing in seafood, until the Honam Line (Daejeon to Mokpo) was opened in 1914. There was also a thriving cottage industry processing seafood. With the opening of the railway, river transport fell into disuse, and as commerce declined the population has declined year by year, and now there is no trace of its former self. [Taniura Takao]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

韓国，忠清南道論山郡内の町。人口2万1787(1980)。錦江の中流河岸に位置し，河川交通の要地として発達した。周囲は韓国の穀倉とされる湖南平野の北部にあたる稲作地帯で，米の搬出，海産物の搬入拠点として，湖南線(大田～木浦)が1914年開通するまで朝鮮三大市場の一つとされた。海産物を加工する家内工業も盛んだった。鉄道の開通で河川交通が廃れ，商業の衰退につれて人口が年々減少し，今や過去の面影はない。【谷浦孝雄】

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