On behalf of the 120 thousand residents of Gimje-si, I want to welcome you to our neighborhood, a place with a rich historical and cultural past and a bright, dynamic future.
We call ourselves "The Rice Village." But as you can see from the map on page 7 of this site, we are a collection of small hamlets stretching over 500 square kilometers surrounding Gimje City in the heart of Jeollabukdo Province.

Jipyeongseon Festival, a local festival designated as the Tourist Cultural Festival by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2001, is organized every autumn by the Gimje municipal government to spread the message of the agricultural culture as well as to provide amusement and artistic impression by means of jipyeongseon (horizon).