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]