Gangjin County

Gangjin County (Gangjin-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Gangjin county proper was established in 1895. The county office is located in Gangjin-eup.

Gangjin
강진군
County
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul강진군
 • Hanja康津郡
 • Revised RomanizationGangjin-gun
 • McCune-ReischauerKangjin-gun
Flag of Gangjin
Flag
Official logo of Gangjin
Emblem of Gangjin
Location in South Korea
Location in South Korea
Country South Korea
RegionHonam
Administrative divisions1 eup, 10 myeon
Area
 • Total495.98 km2 (191.50 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total49,254
 • Density99.3/km2 (257/sq mi)
 • Dialect
Jeolla

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

Climate
Climate data for Gangjin (2010–2020 normals, extremes 2009–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 18.6
(65.5)		 22.4
(72.3)		 23.2
(73.8)		 27.7
(81.9)		 32.8
(91.0)		 33.0
(91.4)		 37.4
(99.3)		 37.0
(98.6)		 35.0
(95.0)		 30.4
(86.7)		 25.5
(77.9)		 18.9
(66.0)		 37.4
(99.3)
Average high °C (°F) 6.1
(43.0)		 8.3
(46.9)		 13.3
(55.9)		 18.4
(65.1)		 23.9
(75.0)		 26.6
(79.9)		 29.1
(84.4)		 30.6
(87.1)		 26.9
(80.4)		 22.0
(71.6)		 15.6
(60.1)		 8.2
(46.8)		 19.1
(66.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 1.1
(34.0)		 2.9
(37.2)		 7.1
(44.8)		 12.3
(54.1)		 18.0
(64.4)		 22.0
(71.6)		 25.2
(77.4)		 26.4
(79.5)		 21.6
(70.9)		 15.7
(60.3)		 9.6
(49.3)		 3.1
(37.6)		 13.8
(56.8)
Average low °C (°F) −3.2
(26.2)		 −1.8
(28.8)		 1.4
(34.5)		 6.4
(43.5)		 12.4
(54.3)		 18.3
(64.9)		 22.4
(72.3)		 23.0
(73.4)		 17.4
(63.3)		 10.4
(50.7)		 4.5
(40.1)		 −1.5
(29.3)		 9.1
(48.4)
Record low °C (°F) −14.3
(6.3)		 −9.8
(14.4)		 −5.5
(22.1)		 −1.8
(28.8)		 2.7
(36.9)		 11.5
(52.7)		 15.2
(59.4)		 15.5
(59.9)		 9.3
(48.7)		 −0.2
(31.6)		 −3.5
(25.7)		 −9.8
(14.4)		 −14.3
(6.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 29.7
(1.17)		 44.7
(1.76)		 80.4
(3.17)		 124.9
(4.92)		 122.9
(4.84)		 156.6
(6.17)		 233.7
(9.20)		 277.2
(10.91)		 164.3
(6.47)		 106.3
(4.19)		 64.9
(2.56)		 36.5
(1.44)		 1,442.1
(56.78)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 8.6 8.4 8.9 9.7 9.3 10.0 15.2 12.9 11.0 6.6 9.3 10.5 120.4
Average relative humidity (%) 66.4 64.6 64.8 66.4 69.1 76.6 82.8 81.7 79.2 71.8 70.5 68.0 71.8
Mean monthly sunshine hours 174.0 162.3 210.9 214.7 239.8 176.5 153.4 192.0 178.1 208.1 165.3 157.6 2,232.7
Source: Korea Meteorological Administration[1][2]

References
  1. "Climatological Normals of Korea (1991 ~ 2020)" (PDF) (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  2. 순위값 - 구역별조회 (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

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