Hamyang County

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Field	Value
name	Hamyang
native_name	함양군
native_name_lang	ko
settlement_type	County
translit_lang1	Korean
translit_lang1_type1	Hangul
translit_lang1_info1	함양군
translit_lang1_type2	Hanja
translit_lang1_info2	咸
translit_lang1_type3	Revised Romanization
translit_lang1_info3	Hamyang-gun
translit_lang1_type4	McCune-Reischauer
translit_lang1_info4	Hamyang-gun
image_map	South Gyeongsang-Hamyang.svg
map_caption	Location in South Korea
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	South Korea
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Yeongnam
population_blank1_title	Dialect
population_blank1	Gyeongsang
area_total_km2	725.03
population_as_of	September 2024
population_total	36,307
population_density_km2	56.1
parts_type	Administrative divisions
parts	1 eup, 10 myeon
image_blank_emblem	Hamyang logo.png
blank_emblem_type	Emblem of Hamyang
image_flag	Flag of Hamyang.svg
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It is home to the Wooden Seated Statue of Buddha in Beopinsa (법인사), the Standing Statue of Buddha in Deokjeonri (덕전리), the Three-Level Stone Pagoda, Stone Seated Statue of Buddha, Three Storied Stone Pagoda of Seungansa (승안사) Temple Site. There are also historical sites such as the Namgyeseowon (남계서원) Confucian School, Hwangseoksanseong (황석산성) Fortress, and Sageunsanseong (사근산성) Fortress.

History

Three Kingdoms Period

The Sageunsanseong Fortress, which encircles the peak of Yeonhwasan Mountain (443 m above sea level) is presumed to have been built during the Three Kingdoms of Korea (57 BCE-668 CE) and used until the Joseon period (1392-1910). The fortress was located at a strategic pass and was therefore a site of fierce conflicts between the Baekje Kingdom (18 BCE-660 CE) to the west and the Silla Kingdom (57 BCE-935 CE) to the east. The fortress also played a very important role in guarding against Japanese pirates who invaded from the southern coast in an attempt to reach the fertile lands of the Jeolla region.

According to historical sources, it is said that when the Japanese invaded this area in 1380, around 500 people died here in battle. The fortress was neglected for centuries until it was repaired in the late 15th century.

The fortress wall measures about 1.2 km in circumference and about 5 m in height. The walls are made of rectangular stones and were built using a technique typical of the 7th century. Inside the fortress, various remains were excavated, including building and gate sites and a stone pond, as well as artifacts from the Baekje and Silla Kingdoms.

The Unified Shilla period

Hamyang-gun was called Sokham-gun or Hamsung during the Unified Shilla era. In 757 AD in the 16th year of King Gyeongdeok of Silla, the name was changed to Cheonryung-gun. Under King Gyeongduk's reign, it was called Yeosun and placed under Geochang-gun.

Joseon Dynasty

In 1552, the Namgyeseowon Confucian Academy was built during the 7th year of the reign of Myeongjong of Joseon) in memory of Jeong Yeo-chang's academic accomplishments.

In mid-August 1597, in the early stage of the Jeongyujae crisis, there was an invasion of Japanese troops against the Hwangseoksan Fortress. The battle was fought between local citizens in Hamyang and Aneum Geochang of Joseon and Katō Kiyomasa of the Japanese military, with over 60,000 troops. The Hwangseoksanseong Fortress was guarded by Gwak Jun, the governor of Aneumhyeon, as the chief commander, Baek Sa-rim of Gimhae Busa as the supreme commander, and Jo Jo-do, the former governor of Hamyang. The battle started on August 16 and the Joseon army was completely annihilated on the 18th, but Baeksarim of Gimhae Bussa. 353 Koreans were killed inside the fortress.

Climate

| location = Hamyang (2011–2020 normals, extremes 2010–present) | metric first = Y | single line = Y

| 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}}

Symbol

Flower : Azalea
Tree : Zelkova tree
Bird : Cuckoo
Animal : Asian black bear
Major : Lee, cheolwoo (이철우)

Twin towns – sister cities

Hamyang is twinned with:

KOR Seo-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
KOR Sasang-gu, Busan, South Korea
KOR Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, South Korea
KOR Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, South Korea
KOR Yeonggwang, South Jeolla, South Korea
KOR Changwon, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
USA North Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States
USA Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania
PRC Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
PRC Huinan, Tonghua, Jilin, China

References

(2024). "Population statistics".
"Hamyang Cultural Assets". hygn.go.kr.
"Hamyang Sageunsanseong Fortress". dh.aks.ac.kr.
"Namgyeseowon Confucian Academy, Hamyang". [[Cultural Heritage Administration]].
Min Deok-gi (Cheongju University). "The Battle of Hwangseoksanseong Fortress and Baeksarim of Gimhae Busa". [[DBpia]].
(2017-03-17). "Sister City Campaign – Hamyang, South Korea – Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania". koreandogs.org.

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