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Encyclopedia > Haenam County
Haenam County
Hangul: 해남군
Hanja: 海南郡
Revised Romanization: Haenam-gun
McCune-Reischauer: Haenam-gun
Statistics
Area: 992.87 km²
Population: 99,358 (2001)
Pop. density: 115 people/km²
Administrative divisions: 1 eup, 13 myeon
Image:Map Haenam-gun.png

Haenam County (Haenam-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The capital of Haenam-gun is Haenam-up (Haenam town). Image File history File links Official logo of Haenam County, South Korea. ... Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja, or hanmun, sometimes translated as Sino-Korean characters, are what Chinese characters (hanzi) are called in Korean. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Image File history File links Made from Maps of Korea. ... Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is divided into 1 Special City (Teukbyeolsi), 6 Metropolitan Cities (Gwangyeoksi), and 9 Provinces (Do). ... South Jeolla is a province in the southwest of South Korea. ...


The economy of the county is based mainly on agriculture, with rice and daikon radish being the two most common crops. Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa. ... Binomial name Raphanus sativus L. Daikon (Japanese: 大根; literally large root; Chinese: 白蘿蔔; literally white radish), is a mild-flavored East Asian giant white radish. ...


Haenam recently made the news with the announcement plans for the construction of a 108 hole golf course.


See also

  • List of Korea-related topics

This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ...

External links

  • County government home page


Administrative divisions of South Jeolla province, South Korea Map showing the position of South Jeolla province in South Korea
Capital
Muan
Cities
Gwangyang | Mokpo | Naju | Suncheon | Yeosu
Counties
Boseong | Damyang | Gangjin | Goheung | Gokseong | Gurye | Haenam | Hampyeong | Hwasun | Jangheung | Jangseong | Jindo | Sinan | Wando | Yeongam | Yeonggwang


 

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