Gangjin County

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Gangjin 강진군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	강진군
• Hanja	康津郡
• Revised Romanization	Gangjin-gun
• McCune-Reischauer	Kangjin-gun
Flag Emblem of Gangjin
Location in South Korea
Country	South Korea
Region	Honam
Administrative divisions	1 eup, 10 myeon
Area
• Total	495.98 km2 (191.50 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	49,254
• Density	99.3/km2 (257/sq mi)
• Dialect	Jeolla

Gangjin County (Gangjin-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Gangjin county proper was established in 1895. The county office is located in Gangjin-eup.

The Gangjin Kiln Sites are a noted area for the production of traditional Goryeo celadon, and annually a big festival and symposium on celadon porcelain at the Goryeo Celadon Museum with participants from all over the world takes place in Gangjin city.

Additionally, it is the birthplace of Korean poet Yeongrang Kim Yun-sik, famous for his work in the 1930s and 1940s in the Jeolla dialect.

The county bird is the magpie. The county flower is the camellia, and the county tree is the ginkgo. There are also two mascots, Gang and Jin, who represent fire and water, respectively, and who appear throughout the county on signs and sidewalks.

A small portion of Wolchulsan National Park is located in Gangjin County.

There is a monument to 17th-century Dutch explorer Hendrick Hamel, the first westerner to experience and write about Korea's Joseon Dynasty era. Hamel and his men were shipwrecked on Jeju island, and they remained captives in Korea for 13 years.

Other Places of Interest[]

• Gangjinman Bay, in Maryang-myeon.
• Geumgok Temple (금곡사), in Gangjin-eup.
• Baekryeon Temple (백련사), in Doam-myeon.
• Mt. Su-in (수인산), 561 meters, in Byeongyeong-myeon.
• Boeunsan (보은산), 439 meters, in Gangjin-eup

External links[]

• County government home page

Coordinates: 34°38′26″N 126°46′12″E / 34.6405555656°N 126.77000001°E / 34.6405555656; 126.77000001