Gangjin-eup

Gangjin-eup
Korean name transcription(s)
  Hangul 강진읍
  Hanja 康津邑
  Revised Romanization Gangjin-eup
  McCune-Reischauer Kangjin ŭp
Gangjin-eup

Location of Gangjin-eup in South Korea

Coordinates: 34°37′28″N 126°45′55″E / 34.62444°N 126.76528°E / 34.62444; 126.76528Coordinates: 34°37′28″N 126°45′55″E / 34.62444°N 126.76528°E / 34.62444; 126.76528
Country South Korea
Province South Jeolla
County Gangjin
Administrative divisions 15 ri
Area
  Total 50.91 km2 (19.66 sq mi)
Elevation 5 m (16 ft)
Population [1]
  Total 15,936
  Density 313.0/km2 (811/sq mi)
Time zone Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)

Gangjin-eup is an administrative division of Gangjin county, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. As with much of Gangjin county, Gangjin-eup is largely agricultural and known for its rice, tomato, and persimmon harvests.

It is the county seat, with a population of roughly 16,600 people, comprising roughly 6,000 families. There are 4 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and several high schools.

Gangjin county is known as a center for the production of celadon, traditional Korean pottery. Gangjin county is also home to several temples, and Gangjin-eup itself holds the birthplace of Yeongrang Kim Yun-sik, a well-known Korean poet of the 1930s and 1940s.

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. Now this city in Korea is sister cities with Snoqualmie, Washington, U.S.A.

Places of interest

References

  1. "강진읍 (Gangjin-eup)". Gangjin County website (in Korean). Retrieved 2006-10-04.

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