Sinan County, South Jeolla

Sinan County (sometimes spelled Shinan) 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 km²), Aphaedo (44.3 km²), Bigeumdo (43.1 km²), Dochodo (40.3 km²), Imjado (43.2 km²), Amtaedo (38.7 km²), Jeungdo (37.2 km²), Jangsando (24.3 km²), Haui-do (16.1 km²), and Heuksando (19.7 km²). The sea area is a continental shelf with less than 15 meters in depth.<ref name="encyber">Template:Cite web</ref> Sinan County is known for its specialities of skate and cheonilyeom (천일염, a Korean type of sea salt).

History

In 1975, the shipwreck of a 14-th century ship between China and Japan was discovered in Sinan, known as Shinan ship.

Crime

Crime flourish in the more remote parts of Sinan islands. The more notable cases included the slavery on salt farms in Sinan County in 2014 and the Template:Ill in 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Administrative divisions

Sinan County has two eup (Template:Lang) and twelve myeon (Template:Lang).

Name	Hangul	Hanja	Area (km2)	Population (2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Jido-eup	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	79.85	4,226
Aphae-eup	압해읍	押海邑	67.55	5,795
Jeungdo-myeon	증도면	曾島面	33.68	1,463
Imja-myeon	임자면	荏子面	47.25	3,182
Jaeun-myeon	자은면	慈恩面	52.79	2,265
Bigeum-myeon	비금면	飛禽面	51.72	3,555
Docho-myeon	도초면	都草面	55.45	2,513
Heuksan-myeon	흑산면	黑山面	48.66	2,300
Haui-myeon	하의면	荷衣面	34.64	1,764
Sinui-myeon	신의면	新衣面	33.26	1,551
Jangsan-myeon	장산면	長山面	29.19	1,561
Anjwa-myeon	안좌면	安佐面	59.97	2,700
Palgeum-myeon	팔금면	八禽面	18.44	974
Amtae-myeon	암태면	岩泰面	43.23	2,043

Islands

• Anjwado (안좌도, 安佐島): 45.2 km²
• Aphaedo (압해도, 押海島): 44.3 km²
• Bigeumdo (비금도, 飛禽島): 43.1 km²
• Dochodo (도초도, 都草島): 40.3 km²
• Imjado (임자도, 荏子島): 43.2 km²
• Amtaedo (암태도, 岩泰島): 38.7 km²
• Jeungdo (증도, 曾島): 37.2 km²
• Jangsando (장산도, 長山島): 24.3 km²
• Heuksando (흑산도, 黑山島): 19.7 km²
• Hauido (하의도, 荷衣島): 16.1 km²
• Gageodo (가거도, 可居島): 9.2 km²
• Hongdo (홍도, 紅島): 6.47 km²
• Uido (Template:Korean): 10.7 km²<ref name=":02">Template:Citation</ref>

Notable people from Sinan County

• Kim Dae-jung (Hangul: 김대중), Former president of South Korea (born in Hauido)
• Lee Sedol (Hangul: 이세돌), South Korean former professional Go player of 9 dan rank (born in Bigeumdo)
• Whanki Kim (Hangul: 김환기), South Korean pioneering abstract artist (born in Anjwado)
• Jinwoo (Real Name: Kim Jin-woo, Hangul: 김진우), singer, dancer, model, actor and K-pop idol, member of K-pop boygroup WINNER (born in Imjado)
• Cha Ryong (Hangul: 차룡), South Korean actor (born in Bigeumdo)

Twin towns – sister cities

Sinan is twinned with:

• Template:Flagicon Gangnam-gu, South Korea
• Template:Flagicon Mapo-gu, South Korea
• Template:Flagicon Nowon-gu, South Korea
• Template:Flagicon Ongjin, South Korea
• Template:Flagicon Gyeongsan, South Korea
• Template:Flagicon Gunpo, South Korea
• Template:Flagicon Dawa, China

See also

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

External links

• County government home page