Sinan 신안
—  County  —
Korean transcription(s)
- Hangul	신안군
- Hanja	新安郡
- Revised Romanization	Sinan-gun
- McCune-Reischauer	Sinan-gun
A town in Heuksando, one of the island in Sinan county.
Emblem of Sinan
Country	South Korea
Region	Honam
Administrative divisions	1 eup, 13 myeon
Area
- Total	653.13 km2 (252.2 sq mi)
Population (2001)
- Total	53,150
- Density	81/km2 (209.8/sq mi)
- Dialect	Jeolla

Sinan County (Sinan-gun) is a county in the province of Jeollanam-do, South Korea. The county consists of 111 inhabited islands and 719 uninhabited islands. The number of islands in this county accounts for 25% of all 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]

Contents 1 Islands 2 Sister cities 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Islands

• 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㎢)

[edit] Sister cities

• Gangnam-gu, South Korea
• Gyeongsan, South Korea

[edit] See also

• Geography of South Korea
• Jeolla

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• County government home page

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Coordinates: 34°34′00″N 126°37′00″E / 34.5666666767°N 126.616666677°E / 34.5666666767; 126.616666677

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