Wando

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Wando
Hangul 완도군 Hanja 莞島郡 Revised Romanization Wando-gun McCune-Reischauer Wando-gun
Statistics
Area 391.81 km² (151.28 sq mi) Population (2001) 66,978 Population density 179 /km² (460 /sq mi) Administrative divisions 3 eup, 9 myeon
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Wando County (Wando-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. It takes its name from the island of Wando, which is the largest island within the county and serves as the county seat. Wando island is perhaps most famous for Cheonghaejin, the former headquarters of Jang Bogo, a 9th century Korean historical figure whose private fleet and army dominated the sea routes in the Yellow Sea.

Contents 1 Speciality 2 Sister Cities 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Speciality

Gim(Korean food)which is green laver) is the best goods produced in Wando area. The history of laver farming goes back to 200 years ago and the biggest area providing laver - 22% of whole production of laver in S.Korea. In 2006, Wando county exported about 2.3 milion tons of green laver to United States, Japan, and Taiwan.^[1]

[edit] Sister Cities

• Rongcheng, China

[edit] See also

• Sinjido
• Saengildo

[edit] References

1. ^ http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=003&aid=0000637124 '김의 고장' 완도서 햇김 본격 출하 from Newsis, 2007-11-08(Kor)

[edit] External links

• County government home page

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