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{{Short description|City in North Jeolla, South Korea}}
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| name                            = Gimje
| native_name                     = {{lang|ko|김제시}}
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| translit_lang1_type1            = [[Hangul]]
| translit_lang1_info1            = {{lang|ko|김제시}}
| translit_lang1_type2            = [[Hanja]]
| translit_lang1_info2            = {{lang|ko|金堤市}}
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| translit_lang1_type4            = {{nowrap|McCune–Reischauer}}
| translit_lang1_info3            = Gimje-si
| translit_lang1_info4            = Kimje-si
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| image_caption      = From the left: [[Geumsansa]], cityscape
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| map_caption                     = Location in South Korea
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = South Korea
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of South Korea|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{Flagcountry|Jeonbuk State}}
| parts_type                      = [[Administrative divisions of South Korea|Administrative divisions]]
| parts                           = 1 ''eup'', 14 ''myeon'', 4 ''dong''
| area_total_km2                  = 545.19
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| population_total        = 80,691
| population_as_of        = 2014
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'''Gimje''' ({{Korean|hangul=김제}}; {{IPA|ko|kim.dʑe}}) is a [[Administrative divisions of South Korea|city]] in North Jeolla Province, South Korea.

==History==
The Gimje area is located on the "great plains" of Korea and has been cultivated since ancient times.
Nations of early date ascended in the year 200. The [[Baekje]] Kingdom invaded and incorporated several small mahan states in the 13th year of King Onjo's reign.
The [[Baekje]] Kingdom changed its name to Byeogol, but when is not clear.

In the [[Joseon]] period, Gimje first appeared in the year 1466 when [[Sejo of Joseon]] ruled. He promoted Gimje to an independent county. In 1628, [[Gwanghaegun of Joseon]] combined the nearby district of Mangyeong District into Gimje County.<ref>History of Gimje county was originally from city English page. http://www.gimje.go.kr/foreign/english/sub1/sub1.jsp{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[Baekje]] was ruined by the [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] and [[Silla]], and [[Unified Silla]] changed the city's name to Gimje.

[[Goryeo]] promoted Gimje to Gimje District in the 21st year of [[Injong of Goryeo|King Injong]]'s reign.

The city government has always highly regarded and promoted the cultivation of rice and other crop species. From the [[Baekje]] Kingdom through the 21st century, Gimje has been one of the best areas for growing rice.

==Horizon Festival==
Gimje is known as the region where the sky meets the ground, hence the festival of horizon or 'jipyeongseon.' It is held at Byeokgolje area, and more than one million tourists visit it each year. Gimje Horizon Festival hosts a wide range of programs including Samullori (traditional percussion quartet) contest, rural landscape drawing contest, celebratory performances, street parade, Ssireum (wrestling), and traditional weddings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_2_1.jsp?cid=293155|script-title=ko:Gimje Horizon Festival (김제 지평선축제)|website=[[VisitKorea.or.kr]]|access-date=2013-08-12|archive-date=2013-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912041222/http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_2_1.jsp?cid=293155|url-status=dead}}</ref> Gimje is the only region where Koreans can see the horizon from a landlocked area. The festival was appointed an ''Excellent Festival'' for 4 years between 2004 and 2008. It also provides city residents a chance to experience traditional farming methods.<ref>{{cite web |author=김제 |script-title=ko:'지평선축제' 4년 연속 최우수축제 |trans-title=The best festival in 4 years |agency=[[Yeonhap News]] |date=2007-12-23 |url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=101&oid=001&aid=0001869744}}</ref>

==Twin towns – sister cities==
Gimje is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* {{flagdeco|JPN}} [[Kikuchi, Kumamoto|Kikuchi]], [[Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto]], Japan (1985)
* {{flagdeco|PRC}} [[Nantong]], Jiangsu, China (1997)
* {{flagdeco|ROK}} [[Gumi, North Gyeongsang]], South Korea (1998)
* {{flagdeco|ROK}} [[Donghae, Gangwon]], South Korea (1999)

==People from Gimje==
*[[Masutatsu Oyama]], [[Zainichi Korean]] [[Karate master]], founder of [[Kyokushin Karate]] (Real Name: Choi Yeong-eui, {{Korean|hangul=최영의|labels=no}}, ''Choe Yeong-ui'')
*[[Sin Chang-won]] ({{Korean|hangul=신창원|labels=no}}), notorious South Korean criminal 
*[[Casanova Wong]], South Korean [[martial artist]] ([[Taekwondo]]), [[martial arts actor]] and film producer (Real Name: Kim Yong-ho, {{Korean|hangul=김용호|labels=no}}, ''Gim Yong-ho'')
*[[Lee Jung-hyun]] ({{Korean|hangul=이정현|labels=no}}), [[South Korean actress]], singer and [[K-pop idol]]
*[[Kim Se-jeong (singer)|Kim Se-jeong]] ({{Korean|hangul=김세정|labels=no}}), [[South Korean actress]], singer, dancer and [[K-pop idol]], former member of [[K-pop]] [[girlgroup]]s [[I.O.I]], [[gugudan]] (in which she was the leader of the group), and the second gugudan's subgroup, [[gugudan SeMiNa]].

==See also==
* [[Geumsansa]]
* [[List of cities in South Korea]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage}}
*[http://27.101.156.33:7000/etgi/ City government home page (in English)]
*[http://www.gimje.go.kr/ City government home page (in Korean)]

{{North Jeolla}}
{{Metropolitan cities of South Korea}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Cities in North Jeolla Province]]