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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.

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Sinan 신안군 新安郡
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 islands in Sinan county.
Flag Emblem of Sinan
Location in South Korea
Country	South Korea
Region	Honam
Administrative divisions	2 eup, 12 myeon
Area
• Total	655.68 km2 (253.16 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	53,150
• Density	81/km2 (210/sq mi)
• Dialect	Jeolla
Area code	+82-61-2xx

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 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.

Administrative Divisions

Sinan County has two eup (읍) and twelve myeon (면).

Name	Hangul	Hanja	Area (km2)	Population (2021)[2]
Jido-eup	지도읍	智島邑	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
Bigeun-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
Palgeun-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

Notable people from Sinan County

• 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)

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
• Gunpo, South Korea
• Dawa, China

See also

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

References

External links

• County government home page

На других языках

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- [en] Sinan County, South Jeolla

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[ru] Синан (уезд)

Сина́н (кор. 신안군?, 新安郡?, Sinan-gun) — уезд в провинции Чолла-Намдо, Южная Корея.

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