Sacheon

Sister cities

• Jeongeup
• Miyoshi

History

During prehistoric times, the local area was very important for trade between the interior and coastal area. A large central settlement called the Igeum-dong site developed in the neighbourhood of the same name in Samcheonpo. This complex site was a major settlement, megalithic cemetery, and ceremonial area during the latter part of the Middle Mumun pottery period (c. 700-550 B.C.). Several islands that lie just off the coast of Samcheonpo, including Neuk-do Island and Ma-do Islet, were also important during the same period and into the Korean Protohistoric period when this part of Korea increased its trade contacts with the chiefdoms in the Liaoning Province region of China, Taedong-gang River area of North Korea, and Yayoi chiefdoms of Western Japan (c. 300 B.C.- A.D. 300/400).

Most-observed species

• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  61
• Oriental Turtle-Dove

  Streptopelia orientalis (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  60
• Great Egret

  Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  57
• Brown-eared Bulbul

  Hypsipetes amaurotis (Temminck, 1830) · Aves
  54
• Oriental Magpie

  Pica serica Gould, 1845 · Aves
  53
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

  Anas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 · Aves
  44
• Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron

  Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  43
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  39