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Incheon (Seoul)
Incheon is a metropolitan city and a major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul. It will be the host city of the 2014 Asian Games.
Human settlement at the location goes back to the Neolithic. In modern times Incheon became important because its location on an estuary made it a good harbor; when the port was founded in 1883, the city, called Chemulpo at the time, had a population of only 4,700. Incheon is now home to over 2.5 million people, is South Korea's third largest metropolis, and is also under the control of one of the two free economic zone authorities in Korea, aimed at attracting foreign investment; the city aims to turn itself into a financial and corporate hub along with the Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority.
