Yongin's Suwoncheon Stream to be Renamed to Sanghastream

The name of Yongin's "Suwoncheon" stream is expected to change to "Sanghastream."

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 2nd that it held a "Local River Management Committee" meeting at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government North Building conference room at 2 p.m. on the 1st, and approved in the original form the name change of Suwoncheon proposed by Yongin City.

The "Suwoncheon" on the agenda this day is a stream located in Sangha-dong, Yongin City.

Since there is also a Suwoncheon stream with the same geographic name in Suwon City, continuous opinions have been raised that it does not match the regional sentiment of Yongin City.

In particular, the two streams happen to be located not only in name but also in the same Jinwicheon watershed system. Suwon's Suwoncheon merges with Hwangguji Stream and flows into Jinwicheon, while Yongin's Suwoncheon merges with Osan Stream and flows into Jinwicheon.

The committee on this day determined to approve in the original form Yongin City's proposal to change the name (Suwoncheon→Sanghastream) since Yongin's Suwoncheon is limited within Yongin City jurisdiction, and is identical to the stream name of adjacent Suwon City, which could cause confusion.

The revised name is scheduled to be announced in August.