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Jinhae
Jinhae; 진해
	— Municipal City —
Korean transcription(s)
- Hangul	진해시
- Hanja	鎭海市
- Revised Romanization	Jinhae-si
- McCune-Reischauer	Chinhae-si
	Port in Jinhae
	; Emblem of Jinhae
	; Emblem of Jinhae
Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Administrative divisions	15 dong
	Area
- Total	112.27 km2 (43.3 sq mi)
	Population (2004)
- Total	151,394
- Density	1,348.5/km2 (3,492.6/sq mi)
- Dialect	Gyeongsang

Jinhae (formerly known as Chinhae) is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The city is on the south coast and is separated from the neighboring city of Changwon by a line of high hills that are aligned from east to west. The city is served by the Korean National Railroad, and is famous for its annual cherry blossom festival every spring.

The city fronts on a sheltered, island-studded bay, and is almost completely surrounded by mountains covered with pine trees.

[edit] History

Jinhae was developed as a naval base (Chinkai Naval Station) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Japanese occupation period in the early 20th century.

[edit] Economy

The city is primarily supported by the Korean Naval personnel and their families or people working for the Republic of Korea Navy shipyard and base facilities. Today, Jinhae hosts major naval facilities of the South Korean Navy including Commander-in-Chief Republic of Korea Fleet (CINCROKFLT) and the Naval Academy.

Jinhae is part of a large urban corridor that links the adjacent cities of Masan and Changwon. These three cities will merge as one in the near future.

Moreover, the city is also host to the only US Naval base in Korea, US Naval Fleet Activities, Chinhae.