Country South Korea Administrative divisions 2 eup, 12 myeon Province South Jeolla Province Dialect Jeolla Province | Region Honam Area 655.7 km² Local time Wednesday 6:38 PM | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind N at 16 km/h, 68% Humidity Points of interest 태평염전 (Jeungdo, Heuksando, Hongdo | ||
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. 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.
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Map of Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Islands
Twin towns – Sister cities
Sinan is twinned with:
References
Sinan County, South Jeolla Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA