Chemulpo

E150720
historical place name port city

Chemulpo is the historical name for the Korean port city now known as Incheon, which played a key role in late 19th- and early 20th-century trade and foreign contact.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chemulpo canonical 3
Chemulpo Bay 2
Chemulpo harbor 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical place name ⓘ
port city ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of Chemulpo Bay ⓘ
associatedWithWar Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
battleDate 1904-02-09 ⓘ
connectedBy Gyeongin Railway ⓘ
connectedTo Seoul ⓘ
country Korea ⓘ
economicRole export of beans ⓘ
export of rice ⓘ
import of manufactured goods ⓘ
function center of foreign residence in Korea ⓘ
node in international shipping routes ⓘ
governedBy Joseon ⓘ
surface form: Joseon government

Korean Empire ⓘ
surface form: Korean Empire government
harborType natural harbor ⓘ
hasFeature customs house ⓘ
foreign concessions ⓘ
harbor facilities ⓘ
railway connections to Seoul ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
historicalStatus one of the first Korean ports opened to foreign trade ⓘ
languageOfName Korean ⓘ
locatedIn Gyeonggi Province ⓘ
Incheon ⓘ
Korean Peninsula ⓘ
Yellow Sea ⓘ
surface form: Yellow Sea coast
nameUsedUntil early 20th century ⓘ
nowKnownAs Incheon ⓘ
openedAsTreatyPort 1883 ⓘ
partOf Joseon ⓘ
surface form: Joseon Dynasty

Korean Empire ⓘ
railwayOpened 1899 ⓘ
region northwest Korea ⓘ
relatedTo Incheon Port ⓘ
romanizationVariant Jemulpo ⓘ
significance gateway for Western influence in Korea ⓘ
important hub for Japanese trade in Korea ⓘ
key center of foreign trade in Korea ⓘ
major treaty port of Korea ⓘ
underInfluenceOf Japanese colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Empire

Western powers in East Asia ⓘ
usedBy Chinese traders ⓘ
Japanese traders ⓘ
Western powers ⓘ
foreign merchants ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Incheon → formerName → Chemulpo ⓘ
Battle of Chemulpo Bay → location → Chemulpo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chemulpo Bay
Battle of Chemulpo Bay → location → Chemulpo ⓘ
Battle of Chemulpo Bay → tookPlaceInHarbor → Chemulpo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chemulpo harbor
Varyag → scuttledAt → Chemulpo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chemulpo Bay
Inchon, South Korea → historicalName → Chemulpo ⓘ
subject surface form: Incheon