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Haenam 해남
—  County  —
Korean transcription(s)
- Hangul	해남군
- Hanja	海南郡
- Revised Romanization	Haenam-gun
- McCune-Reischauer	Haenam-gun
Haenam County
Emblem of Haenam
Country	South Korea
Region	Honam
Administrative divisions	1 eup, 13 myeon, 513 ri, 909 ban
Area
- Total	887.47 km2 (342.7 sq mi)
Population (2004)
- Total	87,956
- Density	99/km2 (256.4/sq mi)
- Dialect	Jeolla

Haenam (Haenam-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The capital of Haenam-gun is Haenam-up (Haenam town).

The economy of the county is based mainly on agriculture, with rice and daikon radish being the two most common crops.

History

The first culture in Haenam County was the Neolithic. Relics of the Bronze Age, such as dolmens and shell mounds, were discovered here.^[1] The term Haenam appeared during Goryeo dynasty but definite record does not exist. After 1985(32nd year of King Gojong in Joseon dynasty) it came to be called as Haenam-gun, and became the biggest county in Jeonnam.

Geography

Haenam faces Gangjin to east, Yeongam to north, Jindo and Wando to west and south across the sea.

Additionally, Haenam is located below Taebaek Mountains and goes through oceanic climate. It is quite warm area even among southern region of South Korea. There is rias coast around Hwawon peninsula.

Famous people

• Yoon seon do : one of the most famous Korean painter and writer during mid-Joseon dynasty.
• Kim Nam Ju : Korean poet (1946.10.16. ~ 1994.2. 13.)
• Goh Jung Hee : Goh, Jung-Hee (1948~1991) was born in Haenam. In 1975 she made her debut in Korean literary world on the recommendation of poet Park, Nam-Su. She contributed “Resurrection, Hereafter”, “A Love Song” and others to a magazine “Modern Poetics”. Until she died from her debut, during her short period of writing for about 15 years, she wrote 12 copies of poetry actively, which included her collection of poems and posthumous manuscripts. Also she attracted attention in the world of poetry as showing various and strong experimental attitude through each poems.
• Hwang Ji Wu : Korean poet and artistic critic.

Products

Thanks to its large scale, Haenam has been main place of producing lots of farming products from sweetpotatoes to cabbages. The cabbage is specially produced in winter area and Haenam occupies 70% of production.^[2]

Special orange, hallabong is also producing in Haenam county. Before, Jeju is the only one place to grow hallabong but lots of counties of Jeonnam started to cultivate this breeding, which is largely owing to greenhouse effect.^[3]

Enterprise city

Haenam is the enterprise city in Jeonnam with Muan and Yeongam county. Three counties are going to take important status as moving point for growth.^[4]

Next term president, Lee Myeong bak appointed 3 areas as huge triangle region of Honam.^[5]

Sister cities

• Seocho-gu, South Korea

Gallery

	Mihwangsa	Daeheungsa

References

External links

• County government home page

South Jeolla Capital Muan Cities Gwangyang · Mokpo · Naju · Suncheon · Yeosu Counties Muan · Boseong · Damyang · Gangjin · Goheung · Gokseong · Gurye · Haenam · Hampyeong · Hwasun · Jangheung · Jangseong · Jindo · Sinan · Wando · Yeongam · Yeonggwang

Coordinates: 34°34′27″N 126°35′51″E / 34.5741666767°N 126.59750001°E / 34.5741666767; 126.59750001