| Goheung County | |
| Native Name Lang: | ko |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Translit Lang1: | Korean |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | Hangul |
| Translit Lang1 Info1: | 고흥군 |
| Translit Lang1 Type2: | Hanja |
| Translit Lang1 Info3: | Goheung-gun |
| Translit Lang1 Info4: | Kohŭng-gun |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Honam |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Dialect |
| Population Blank1: | Jeolla |
| Area Total Km2: | 775.5 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 70000 |
| Population Density Km2: | 90 |
| Parts Type: | Administrative divisions |
| Parts: | 2 eup, 14 myeon |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Goheung logo.png |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Emblem of Goheung |
| Coordinates: | 34.6167°N 144°W |
Goheung County is a county in Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea.
The Naro Space Center was completed during 2008 in southern Goheung 34.4319°N 127.5351°W[1] and is operated by the state-run Korea Aerospace Research Institute. The space center includes a launch pad, a control tower, rocket assembly and test facilities, facilities for satellite control testing and assembly, a media center, an electric power station, a space experience hall (visitor center) and a landing field.[2] [3]
On New Year's Day in 1963, some of the townships were classed from Bongrae-myeon to other myeons such as Dohwa-myeon, Podu-myeon and so on.[4] In 1973 and 1979, two of the townships were promoted to eups (towns)
Goheung is located in one of the southernmost areas of the Korean peninsula. It is surrounded by ocean on three sides with 19 inhabited islands and 152 uninhabited islands. The depth is not that low and its land spreads along the coast so many shellfish and seaweed industries have developed.[5]
Goheung is twinned with:
Geumcheon-gu, South Korea Changwon, South Korea