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Encyclopedia > Jinhae
Jinhae
Hangul: 진해시
Hanja: 鎭海市
Revised Romanization: Jinhae-si
McCune-Reischauer: Chinhae-shi
Statistics
Area: 112.27 km²
Population: 151,394
2004 registration [1]
Pop. density: 1,348.5 people/km²
Administrative divisions: 15 dong
Image:Map Jinhae-si.png

Jinhae is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The city is on the south coast, is served by the Korean National Railroad, and is famous for its annual cherry blossom festival. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer 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. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Image File history File links Map_Jinhae-si. ... Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is divided into 1 Special City (Teukbyeolsi), 6 Metropolitan Cities (Gwangyeoksi), and 9 Provinces (Do). ... South Gyeongsang is a province in the southeast of South Korea. ... The Korean National Railroad or Gukcheol (국철; 國鐵) (now known as Korail) is the national railroad operator in South Korea. ...


Jinhae Port was an important naval base of the Japanese Navy during the colonial period. Even today, The U.S. Seventh Fleet as well as the South Korean Navy maintain naval base in the port. The Korean naval academy is established in the city. The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (大日本帝國海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun) was the navy of Japan before 1945. ... The United States 7th Fleet is a naval military unit based in Yokosuka, Japan. ...


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See also

This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ... Map of South Korea The largest cities in South Korea have self-governing status equivalent to that of provinces. ...

External links

  • City government website


Administrative divisions of South Gyeongsang province, South Korea Map showing the position of South Gyeongsang province in South Korea
Capital
Changwon
Cities
Changwon | Geoje | Gimhae | Jinhae | Jinju | Masan | Miryang | Sacheon | Tongyeong | Yangsan
Counties
Changnyeong | Geochang | Goseong | Hadong | Haman | Hamyang | Hapcheon | Namhae | Sancheong | Uiryeong

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Jinhae - Galbijim (403 words)
Jinhae or Jinhae-si (진해시, 鎭海市, literally "subdued sea city") is a city in Gyeongsangnam-do.
Jinhae Port was an important naval base of the Japanese Navy during the colonial period.
Jinhae is the last stop in the Jinhae Line of the highway from Changwon to Jinhae.
American Nukes in South Korea - Jinhae is the US nuclear weapons depot (2647 words)
All berths south of Suhmodo at Jinhae are reserved for nuclear subs.
South Korea vehemently denied this "baseless accusation" and refused to allow North Korea to inspect Jinhae, thus nullifying the mutual inspection clause of the 1992 agreement for nuclear-free Korea.
The US nuclear sub base at Jinhae proves that the United States has nuclear weapons in Korea in spite of President Roh Tae Woo's declaration that no nukes existed in South Korea and senior Bush's claim that the United States had removed all nuclear weapons from South Korea.
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