Sinan County, Jeollanam-do
- Sinan County, Jeollanam-do
Infobox Korean settlement
imgwidth = 230
imgcaption = A town in Heuksando, one of the island in Sinan county
hangul=신안군
hanja=linktext|新|安|郡
rr=Sinan-gun
mr=Sinan kun
area_km2=653.13
pop=53,150
popyear=2001
popden_km2=81
divs=1 "eup", 13 "myeon"
Sinan County ("Sinan-gun") is a county in the province of Jeollanam-do, South Korea. The county consists of 111 inhabited islands and uninhabited 719 island. The number of the islands takes 25 percentage of the entire 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. [cite web |url=http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=101987&contentno=101987 |title=신안군 (Sinan-gun 新安郡)|publisher=Doosan Encyclopedia |accessdate=2008-05-11 |language=Korean|] ] 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㎢)
Sister cities
*flagicon|South Korea Gangnam-gu, South Korea
*flagicon|South Korea Gyeongsan, South Korea
See also
* Geography of South Korea
* Jeolla
References
External links
* [http://www.sinan.go.kr/ County government home page]
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