Hanam-eup explained

Type:eup
Hanam-eup
Translit Lang1:Korean
Translit Lang1 Type:Hangul
Translit Lang1 Info:하남읍
Translit Lang1 Type1:Hanja
Translit Lang1 Info1:下南邑
Translit Lang1 Info2:Hanam-eup
Translit Lang1 Info3:Hanam-ŭp
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Korea
Subdivision Type1:Region
Seat Type:Capital
Parts Type:Administrative divisions
Parts Style:para
P1:33 administrative ri, 19 legal ri
Leader Title:Mayor
Area Total Km2:37.09
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:9762
Population As Of:2004
Population Density Km2:263.2
Blank Name Sec1:Dialect

Hanam-eup is an eup, or large village, in Miryang, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. It stands at the southern tip of Miryang, and looks across the Nakdong River at the northern tips of Gimhae and Changwon.

In the Silla period, Hanam-eup was a bugok, or stipend-village, known as "Susan-bugok" (穿山部曲). In the Goryeo period, it was raised to the status of a hyeon, and later incorporated into Milseong-bu (now Miryang).

Noted local landmarks include Bronze Age dolmens in Namjeon-ri, and a monument to late Goryeo scholar-official Yi Sin, also in Namjeon-ri. The Susan-je, a dike believed to date to the Samhan period, is also located in Hanam.

Although some manufacturing is carried out in Hanam, the local economy is dominated by agriculture. Local specialties include potatoes, strawberries, cabbage, and sweet persimmons.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 읍면동별 세대 및 인구. 2006-09-22. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070928004151/http://cal.miryang.go.kr/view.asp?t_idx=25. 2007-09-28.
  2. Web site: 특산물. 2006-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040810102905/http://www.miryang.go.kr/kor/area/hanam_a04.html . 2004-08-10.