Ansan Reed Marshy Park

Ansan Reed Marshy Park

Ansan Reed Marshy Park (安山芦苇濕地公園, Korean: 안산갈대습지공원) is a wetland park located in Sadong, Sangnok-gu, Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

As the first man-made wetland in Korea, the park which began construction in 1997 and was completed in December 2005, was originally called Sihwa Lake Wetland Park, but in April 2014, the jurisdiction of the park was divided between Ansan City and Hwaseong City from the Korea Water Resources Corporation, the part of Ansan City is called Ansan Reed Marshy Park, and the part of Hwaseong City is called Bibong Marshy Park. Since 2014, the Ansan Reed Marshy Park has been pursuing Ramsar wetland status, and the park has served as a measure of the recovery of the Sihwa Lake ecosystem.

Background

Under the Sihwa District Reclamation Project Plan, which aims to expand Ansan Smart Hubwas and agricultural land, the area, formerly called Gunja Bay, was constructed as the Sihwa Sea Wall from 1987 to 1994.