Sinan County, Jeollanam-do

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Sinan County, Jeollanam-do
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A town in Heuksando, one of the island in Sinan county
Korean name
Hangul 신안군
Hanja
Revised Romanization Sinan-gun
McCune-Reischauer Sinan kun
Statistics
Area 653.13 km² (252.17 sq mi)
Population (2001) 53,150
Population density 81 /km² (210 /sq mi)
Administrative divisions 1 eup, 13 myeon
Location map
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Sinan County (Sinan-gun) is a county in the province of Jeollanam-do, South Korea. The county consists of 111 inhabited islands and uninhabited 719 island. The number of the islands takes 25 percentage of the entire islands in South Korea. Big islands among them are Anjwado (45.2㎢), Aphaedo (44.3㎢), Bigeumdo (43.1㎢), Dochodo (40.3㎢), Imjado (43.2㎢), Amtaedo (38.7㎢), Jeungdo (37.2㎢), Jangsando (24.3㎢), Haeuido (16.1㎢), and Heuksando (19.7㎢). The sea area is a continental shelf with less than 15 meter in depth. [1]

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  • Anjwado (안좌도 安佐島:45.2㎢)
  • Aphaedo (압해도 押海島:44.3㎢)
  • Bigeumdo (비금도 飛禽島:43.1㎢)
  • Dochodo (도초도 都草島:40.3㎢)
  • Imjado (임자도 荏子島:43.2㎢)
  • Amtaedo (암태도 岩泰島:38.7㎢)
  • Jeungdo (증도 曾島:37.2㎢)
  • Jangsando (장산도 長山島:24.3㎢)
  • Haeuido (하의도 荷衣島:16.1㎢)
  • Heuksando (흑산도 黑山島:19.7㎢)
  • Hongdo (홍도 紅島 6.47㎢)

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