Sinan County, South Jeolla

Sinan 신안군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	신안군
• Hanja	新安郡
• Revised Romanization	Sinan-gun
• McCune-Reischauer	Sinan-gun
A town in Heuksando, one of the island in Sinan county.
Emblem of Sinan
Location in South Korea
Country	South Korea
Region	Honam
Administrative divisions	2 eup, 12 myeon
Area
• Total	655.68 km^2 (253.16 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	53,150
• Density	81/km^2 (210/sq mi)
• Dialect	Jeolla

Sinan County (Sinan-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The county consists of 111 inhabited islands and 719 uninhabited islands. The number of islands in this county accounts for 25% of all islands in South Korea. Big islands among them are Anjwado (45.2㎢), Aphaedo (44.3㎢), Bigeumdo (43.1㎢), Dochodo (40.3㎢), Imjado (43.2㎢), Amtaedo (38.7㎢), Jeungdo (37.2㎢), Jangsando (24.3㎢), Haui-do (16.1㎢), and Heuksando (19.7㎢). The sea area is a continental shelf with less than 15 meter in depth.^[1] Sinan County is known for its specialities - Skate (fish) and Cheonilyeom (천일염, a Korean type of sea salt). In 2014, enslaveries on Sinan County's salt farms were discovered.

Islands

• Anjwado (안좌도 安佐島:45.2㎢)
• Aphaedo (압해도 押海島:44.3㎢)
• Bigeumdo (비금도 飛禽島:43.1㎢)
• Dochodo (도초도 都草島:40.3㎢)
• Imjado (임자도 荏子島:43.2㎢)
• Amtaedo (암태도 岩泰島:38.7㎢)
• Jeungdo (증도 曾島:37.2㎢)
• Jangsando (장산도 長山島:24.3㎢)
• Haeuido (하의도 荷衣島:16.1㎢)
• Heuksando (흑산도 黑山島:19.7㎢)
• Hongdo (홍도 紅島 6.47㎢)

Twin towns – Sister cities

Sinan is twinned with:

• Gangnam-gu, South Korea
• Mapo-gu, South Korea
• Nowon-gu, South Korea
• Ongjin, South Korea
• Gyeongsan, South Korea
• Dawa, China

See also

• Geography of South Korea
• Jeolla
• Slavery on salt farms in Sinan County

References

1. "신안군 (Sinan-gun 新安郡)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-05-11.

External links

• County government home page

Coordinates: 34°49′39″N 126°06′04″E / 34.827403°N 126.101146°E