Gangjin County
title: "Gangjin County" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["gangjin-county", "counties-of-south-jeolla-province"] topic_path: "general/gangjin-county" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangjin_County" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | |
| native_name | 강진군 |
| native_name_lang | ko |
| settlement_type | County |
| translit_lang1 | Korean |
| translit_lang1_type1 | Hangul |
| translit_lang1_info1 | 강진군 |
| translit_lang1_type2 | Hanja |
| translit_lang1_info2 | 康 |
| translit_lang1_type3 | Revised Romanization |
| translit_lang1_info3 | Gangjin-gun |
| translit_lang1_type4 | McCune-Reischauer |
| translit_lang1_info4 | Kangjin-gun |
| image_map | South Jeolla-Gangjin.svg |
| map_caption | Location in South Korea |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | South Korea |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Honam |
| population_blank1_title | Dialect |
| population_blank1 | Jeolla |
| area_total_km2 | 495.98 |
| population_as_of | September 2024 |
| population_total | 32,306 |
| population_density_km2 | 99.3 |
| parts_type | Administrative divisions |
| parts | 1 eup, 10 myeon |
| image_blank_emblem | Gangjin logo.png |
| blank_emblem_type | Emblem of Gangjin |
| image_flag | Flag of Gangjin.svg |
| :: |
| name = Gangjin | native_name = 강진군 | native_name_lang = ko | settlement_type = County | translit_lang1 = Korean | translit_lang1_type1 = Hangul | translit_lang1_info1 = 강진군 | translit_lang1_type2 = Hanja | translit_lang1_info2 = 康 | translit_lang1_type3 = Revised Romanization | translit_lang1_info3 = Gangjin-gun | translit_lang1_type4 = McCune-Reischauer | translit_lang1_info4 = Kangjin-gun | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_map = South Jeolla-Gangjin.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = Location in South Korea | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Korea | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Honam | population_blank1_title = Dialect | population_blank1 = Jeolla | area_total_km2 = 495.98 | population_as_of = September 2024 | population_total = 32,306 | population_density_km2 = 99.3 | parts_type = Administrative divisions | parts = 1 eup, 10 myeon | image_blank_emblem = Gangjin logo.png | blank_emblem_type = Emblem of Gangjin | image_flag = Flag of Gangjin.svg Gangjin County () is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Gangjin county proper was established in 1895. The county office is located in Gangjin-eup.
The Gangjin Kiln Sites are a noted area for the production of traditional Goryeo celadon, and annually a big festival and symposium on celadon porcelain at the Goryeo Celadon Museum with participants from all over the world takes place in Gangjin city.
Additionally, it is the birthplace of Korean poet Yeongrang Kim Yun-sik, famous for his work in the 1930s and 1940s in the Jeolla dialect.
The county bird is the magpie. The county flower is the camellia, and the county tree is the ginkgo. There are also two mascots, Gang and Jin, who represent fire and water, respectively, and who appear throughout the county on signs and sidewalks.
A small portion of Wolchulsan National Park is located in Gangjin County.
There is a monument to 17th-century Dutch explorer Hendrick Hamel, the first westerner to experience and write about Korea's Joseon Dynasty era. Hamel and his men were shipwrecked on Jeju island, and they remained captives in Korea for 13 years.
Other places of interest
- Gangjinman Bay, in Maryang-myeon.
- Geumgok Temple (금곡사), in Gangjin-eup.
- Baekryeon Temple (백련사), in Doam-myeon.
- Mt. Su-in (수인산), 561 meters, in Byeongyeong-myeon.
- Boeunsan (보은산), 439 meters, in Gangjin-eup
Climate
| location = Gangjin (2010–2020 normals, extremes 2009–present) | metric first = Y | single line = Y
| Jan record high C = 18.6 | Feb record high C = 22.4 | Mar record high C = 23.2 | Apr record high C = 27.7 | May record high C = 32.8 | Jun record high C = 33.0 | Jul record high C = 37.4 | Aug record high C = 37.0 | Sep record high C = 35.0 | Oct record high C = 30.4 | Nov record high C = 25.5 | Dec record high C = 18.9 | year record high C = 37.4
| Jan high C = 6.1 | Feb high C = 8.3 | Mar high C = 13.3 | Apr high C = 18.4 | May high C = 23.9 | Jun high C = 26.6 | Jul high C = 29.1 | Aug high C = 30.6 | Sep high C = 26.9 | Oct high C = 22.0 | Nov high C = 15.6 | Dec high C = 8.2 | year high C = 19.1
| Jan mean C = 1.1 | Feb mean C = 2.9 | Mar mean C = 7.1 | Apr mean C = 12.3 | May mean C = 18.0 | Jun mean C = 22.0 | Jul mean C = 25.2 | Aug mean C = 26.4 | Sep mean C = 21.6 | Oct mean C = 15.7 | Nov mean C = 9.6 | Dec mean C = 3.1 | year mean C = 13.8
| Jan low C = -3.2 | Feb low C = -1.8 | Mar low C = 1.4 | Apr low C = 6.4 | May low C = 12.4 | Jun low C = 18.3 | Jul low C = 22.4 | Aug low C = 23.0 | Sep low C = 17.4 | Oct low C = 10.4 | Nov low C = 4.5 | Dec low C = -1.5 | year low C = 9.1
| Jan record low C = -14.3 | Feb record low C = -9.8 | Mar record low C = -5.5 | Apr record low C = -1.8 | May record low C = 2.7 | Jun record low C = 11.5 | Jul record low C = 15.2 | Aug record low C = 15.5 | Sep record low C = 9.3 | Oct record low C = -0.2 | Nov record low C = -3.5 | Dec record low C = -9.8 | year record low C = -14.3
| precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 29.7 | Feb precipitation mm = 44.7 | Mar precipitation mm = 80.4 | Apr precipitation mm = 124.9 | May precipitation mm = 122.9 | Jun precipitation mm = 156.6 | Jul precipitation mm = 233.7 | Aug precipitation mm = 277.2 | Sep precipitation mm = 164.3 | Oct precipitation mm = 106.3 | Nov precipitation mm = 64.9 | Dec precipitation mm = 36.5 | year precipitation mm = 1442.1
| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 8.6 | Feb precipitation days = 8.4 | Mar precipitation days = 8.9 | Apr precipitation days = 9.7 | May precipitation days = 9.3 | Jun precipitation days = 10.0 | Jul precipitation days = 15.2 | Aug precipitation days = 12.9 | Sep precipitation days = 11.0 | Oct precipitation days = 6.6 | Nov precipitation days = 9.3 | Dec precipitation days = 10.5 | year precipitation days =
| Jan humidity = 66.4 | Feb humidity = 64.6 | Mar humidity = 64.8 | Apr humidity = 66.4 | May humidity = 69.1 | Jun humidity = 76.6 | Jul humidity = 82.8 | Aug humidity = 81.7 | Sep humidity = 79.2 | Oct humidity = 71.8 | Nov humidity = 70.5 | Dec humidity = 68.0 | year humidity = 71.8
| Jan sun = 174.0 | Feb sun = 162.3 | Mar sun = 210.9 | Apr sun = 214.7 | May sun = 239.8 | Jun sun = 176.5 | Jul sun = 153.4 | Aug sun = 192.0 | Sep sun = 178.1 | Oct sun = 208.1 | Nov sun = 165.3 | Dec sun = 157.6 | year sun = 2232.7
| source = Korea Meteorological Administration | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220129211110/https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf | archive-date = 29 January 2022 | url = https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/korea_pdf_0106_v2.pdf | title = Climatological Normals of Korea (1991 ~ 2020) | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 7 June 2023 | language = ko}} | url = https://data.kma.go.kr/climate/extremum/selectExtremumList.do?pgmNo=103 | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 4 April 2022 | script-title = ko:순위값 - 구역별조회 | language = ko}}
References
References
- (2024). "Population statistics".
- "주민등록 인구통계 행정안전부".
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