Gangjin-eup

Infobox Settlement
name =Gangjin-eup
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translit_lang1=Korean name
translit_lang1_type=Hangul
translit_lang1_info=강진읍
translit_lang1_type1=Hanja
translit_lang1_info1=康津邑
translit_lang1_type2=Revised Romanization
translit_lang1_info2=Gangjin-eup
translit_lang1_type3=McCune-Reischauer
translit_lang1_info3=Kangjin ŭp

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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Gangjin-eup in South Korea
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = South Korea
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = South Jeolla
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Gangjin

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parts =15 "ri"
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area_total_km2 =50.91
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elevation_ft =16

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population_footnotes = [cite web|url=http://www.gangjin.go.kr/gangjin/eup/content01.htm|title=강진읍 (Gangjin-eup)|work=Gangjin County website|accessdate=2006-10-04 ko icon]
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population_total =15936
population_density_km2 =313.0

timezone =Korea Standard Time
utc_offset =+9
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latd=34 |latm=37 |lats=28 |latNS=N
longd=126 |longm=45 |longs=55 |longEW=E

Gangjin-eup is an administrative division of Gangjin county, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. As with much of Gangjin county, Gangjin-eup is largely agricultural and known for its rice, tomato, and persimmon harvests.

It is the county seat, with a population of roughly 16,600 people, comprising roughly 6,000 families. There are 4 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and several high schools.

Gangjin county is known as a center for the production of celadon, traditional Korean pottery. Gangjin county is also home to several temples, and Gangjin-eup itself holds the birthplace of Yeongrang Kim Yun-sik, a well-known Korean poet of the 1930s and 1940s.

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.

Places of interest

*Boeunsan, convert|439|m|ft
*Geumgoksa

References

External links

* [http://www.gangjin.go.kr/english/index.htm Gangjin County website, in English]
* [http://www.gangjin.go.kr/english/celadon/intro/content01.htm List of celadon National Properties in Gangjin]