Gangjin, South Jeolla Province, Honam, South Korea

Places of interest

🇰🇷 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. There are 4 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and several high schools.

Gangjin county is known as a centre for the production of Goryeo 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 • Boeunsan, 439 metres (1,440 ft) • Geumgoksa.

Asia/Seoul/Jeollanam-do 

Gangjin has a population of over 15,936 people. Gangjin also forms the centre of the wider Gangjin county which has a population of over 49,254 people. It is also a part of the larger South Jeolla Province.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Gangjin has links with:

🇰🇷 Namyangju, South Korea

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North of: 34.617

🇺🇸 Lawton 34.617

🇨🇳 Luoyang 34.62

🇯🇵 Nabari 34.623

🇯🇵 Higashiōsaka 34.645

🇺🇸 Lompoc 34.647

🇯🇵 Akashi 34.65

🇯🇵 Okayama 34.651

🇮🇷 Qom 34.655

🇨🇾 Limassol 34.667

🇯🇵 Sōja 34.667

South of: 34.617

🇺🇸 Lumberton 34.617

🇯🇵 Ikaruga 34.617

🇯🇵 Kurashiki 34.605

🇺🇸 Senatobia 34.6

🇨🇳 Lianyungang 34.6

🇨🇳 Xinxu 34.595

🇦🇷 Hurlingham 34.588

🇦🇫 Paghman 34.583

🇯🇵 Kashiwara 34.583

🇯🇵 Tenri 34.583

East of: 126.75

🇰🇷 Bucheon-si 126.783

🇰🇷 Bucheon 126.793

🇰🇷 Siheung 126.803

🇰🇷 Paju 126.811

🇰🇷 Hwaseong-si 126.817

🇰🇷 Ansan 126.829

🇰🇷 Gangseo-gu 126.831

🇰🇷 Goyang 126.832

🇰🇷 Goyang-si 126.832

🇰🇷 Ansan-si 126.833

West of: 126.75

🇰🇷 Buan 126.732

🇰🇷 Gunsan 126.718

🇰🇷 Naju 126.718

🇰🇷 Gimpo 126.702

🇰🇷 Yeongam 126.7

🇰🇷 Seocheon 126.691

🇨🇳 Xiangfang 126.68

🇰🇷 Yeonsu 126.663

🇰🇷 Hongseong 126.663

🇨🇳 Harbin 126.641

Antipodal to Gangjin is: -53.25,-34.617

Locations Near: Gangjin 126.75,34.6167

🇰🇷 Haenam 126.598,34.574 d: 14.7  

🇰🇷 Jangheung 126.908,34.684 d: 16.3  

🇰🇷 Yeongam 126.7,34.798 d: 20.7  

🇰🇷 Boseong 127.083,34.767 d: 34.7  

🇰🇷 Mokpo 126.38,34.759 d: 37.3  

🇰🇷 Naju 126.718,35.03 d: 46  

🇰🇷 Muan County 126.482,34.991 d: 48.2  

🇰🇷 Muan 126.467,34.983 d: 48.3  

🇰🇷 Gwangju 126.853,35.16 d: 61.1  

🇰🇷 Sinan 126.101,34.827 d: 63.8  

Antipodal to: Gangjin -53.25,-34.617

🇺🇾 Maldonado -54.95,-34.9 d: 19856.6  

🇧🇷 Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 19709.4  

🇺🇾 Montevideo -56.198,-34.907 d: 19743.8  

🇧🇷 Pelotas -52.341,-31.763 d: 19686.7  

🇺🇾 Florida -56.215,-34.099 d: 19736.9  

🇺🇾 Canelones -56.284,-34.538 d: 19737.2  

🇧🇷 Bagé -54.107,-31.328 d: 19640.8  

🇺🇾 Durazno -56.517,-33.367 d: 19683.4  

🇺🇾 Tacuarembó -55.983,-31.733 d: 19605.8  

🇺🇾 Colonia del Sacramento -57.833,-34.467 d: 19595  

Flood Risk: Climate Central 34.6167 126.75

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