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Haenam county located at southwesternmost land tip of Korean peninsula is the largest county in Chunnam province and comprises a peninsula surrounded by sea at 3 sides while only its northeastern side is a land connected with Gangjin and Youngam.
Since long time ago, this place received unusual attention for its diversified cultural nature in terms of the fact that it was a background through which cultural elements of Youngsangang basin was propagated or formed or a blind crossroad through which central power of peninsula was propagated and more broadly speaking, a sea route passing through southwestern area was a cultural movement route connecting China-Korean peninsula-Japan.
In particular, Haenam having a long rias-type coastal line based on Hwawon peninsula raises a lot of profits by various fisheries culture including salt pond or laver culture farm by using clear and clean ocean of southwestern coast and this area is widely open to expansion of farm land by comprehensive development project of Youngsangang that connects Hwawon peninsula with Youngam-gun.
Haenam protruded to southwestern tip of Chunnam is surrounded by Gangjin Bay from the east, Youngam-gun, Gangjin-gun from the northeastern side, Wando-gun from southeastern side and Jindo-gun and Mokpo City from the northwesterrn side as it comprises Hwawon, Sanee peninsula extended to northwestern direction, Haenam peninsula extended to the south and inland area.
Its latitude is in the range of 34o18' - 34o45' and its longitude in the range of 126o15' and total extension of coastal line is 302km. Among this, coastal line of island is 38.1km and number of island is 65 (inhabited island: 7, uninhabited island:58) and those islands exert significant influence on fisheries as those islands form an archipelago. Eastern tip of Haenam is Naedong-ri , Bukil-myeon (longitude: 126o44', north latitude: 34o27'), western tip is Hwabong-ri, Hwawon-myeon (longitude: 126o 18', north latitude: 34o45'), southern tip is Galdoo-ri- Songji-myeon (longitude: 126o 32', north latitude: 34o 18') and northern tip is Maewol-ri, Hwawon-myeon (longitude: 126o15', north latitude: 34o 42'), respectively.
Climate condition of Haenam is mild as it is located at the southernmost tip of the national land. Annual average temperature is 13-14oC and wintertime is mild as average temperature of January, the coldest month of the year, is over 0oC and this area is characterized by climatic features of limited number of days of snowdrifts. Annual average relative humidity is 75%, evaporation amount 1,200mm, precipitation around 1,300mm but precipitation during June-September accounts for 63% of the total precipitation. Climate in summertime represents high temperature and humidity due to an influence of southeastern monsoon and climate in wintertime represents climate features of relatively high temperature and humidity by an influence of northwestern monsoon but area around coastal line represents more mild climate than that of inland by an influence of oceanic climate. Haenam that is surrounded by coastal line at its 3 sides represents climate features of relative high temperature and humidity by an influence of oceanic warm current and climate and as an area of heavy rainfall (annual average precipitation :1685mm), this area provides a favorable condition for cultivation and growth of agricultural products.
Haenam forms a gentle hilly terrain as branch of Sobaek range is extended to the end of Haenam peninsula but in the northeastern area, it forms a mountain terrain due to Dooryoonsan and Heukseoksan and in central and southwestern part of Haenam as a plain area, reclaimed land, culture farm and salt pond are created.
Area of Haenam accounts for 859.79km2 that corresponds to 7.3% of the total Chunnam area and this area is the largest in Chunam province. When looking at area by each eub, myeon in its order, area of Hyeonsan-myeon is 90.30km2, Hwangsan-myeon 81.44, Hwawon-mteon 80.83 and Songji-myeon 80.52 and the smallest myeon is Bukil-myeon (area: 37.01).
Among the total area, forest is 467.94km2 (19.8%), field 122.28 (14.2%) and others 99.78 (11.5%), respectively.
Haenam-Eub being surrounded by Geumgangsan in the rear, Deokeumsan on the left and Samgaksan on the right is a type of Oknyeotangeum (A Taoist fairy is plucking a loquat) that could be seen in divination theory on topography and its western side is faced with Haechang Bay and connected to the Yellow Sea.
Geological features mainly consists of granite and metagranite being used as material of architecture and civil work that are usually called as pumice stone. In addition to this, it consists of complicated geological structure including volcanic tuff and porphyrite, a hardened volcanic ash, that are used for civil material as it is easy to be processed. And there is Okcheon plain being formed by weathering action of these rocks and oceanic sedimentation.
