Muan, South Jeolla Province, Honam, South Korea

Location | Enterprise city | Products | Education

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Muan County is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. In 2005, Muan County became the capital of Jeollanam-do following the transfer of the provincial office from its previous location, Gwangju to the village of Namak in Muan. Muan International Airport was opened here, and will eventually replace the airports in Gwangju and Mokpo.

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Location Muan County is located on the western tip of the South Western part of the Korean peninsula. It acts as the primary link between Sinan county with the rest of the Korean mainland. Numerous beaches are also found on Muan's coast.

Muan borders Yeongsan river with Naju and Hampyeong to the north, Yeongam to the east, Mokpo to the south. These surroundings have influenced the industrial and cultural structure of Muan County.

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Enterprise city Muan was designated an enterprise city by the South Korean government for the Honam region (Southwest). The South Korean government and China have agreed to develop an industrial complex in a joint venture. It was reported that the Chinese government officially promised to invest in and help establish the complex area, which includes the construction of a college and distribution warehouses among other things such as a Chinatown for expatriates.

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Products Muan is known for several famous products characteristic of the area. They are largely farming goods from onions to lotus products. Muan puts out 16% of the national onion production making its production volume the largest in Korea.

Muan county officially reported to host farming cluster of sweet potato, onion and lotus plants. The powder of lotus plants is used for making noodles.

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Education Muan County is the site of Mokpo National University, situated in Cheonggye township.

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Muan has a population of over 75,720 people. Muan also forms the centre of the wider South Jeolla Province which has a population of over 1,902,324 people. For the location of Muan see: Muan County.

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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Muan has links with:

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Uiryeong, South Korea
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Antipodal to Muan is: -53.533,-34.983

Locations Near: Muan 126.467,34.9833

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Muan County 126.482,34.991 d: 1.6  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Mokpo 126.38,34.759 d: 26.2  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Naju 126.718,35.03 d: 23.4  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Yeongam 126.7,34.798 d: 29.6  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Sinan 126.101,34.827 d: 37.6  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Gwangju 126.853,35.16 d: 40.2  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Haenam 126.598,34.574 d: 47  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Jangheung 126.908,34.684 d: 52.2  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Boseong 127.083,34.767 d: 61.1  

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Jeongeup 126.847,35.57 d: 73.8  

Antipodal to: Muan -53.533,-34.983

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Maldonado -54.95,-34.9 d: 19885.6  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Montevideo -56.198,-34.907 d: 19772  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Canelones -56.284,-34.538 d: 19758.9  

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 19662  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Durazno -56.517,-33.367 d: 19687  

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Pelotas -52.341,-31.763 d: 19640.3  

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Bagรฉ -54.107,-31.328 d: 19605.2  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Tacuarembรณ -55.983,-31.733 d: 19588.1  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Colonia del Sacramento -57.833,-34.467 d: 19617.9  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Berisso -57.886,-34.873 d: 19618.1  

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