Sinan County (Sinan-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The county consists of 111 inhabited islands and 719 uninhabited islands. The number of islands in this county accounts for 25% of all islands in South Korea. Big islands among them are Anjwado (45.2㎢), Aphaedo (44.3㎢), Bigeumdo (43.1㎢), Dochodo (40.3㎢), Imjado (43.2㎢), Amtaedo (38.7㎢), Jeungdo (37.2㎢), Jangsando (24.3㎢), Haui-do (16.1㎢), and Heuksando (19.7㎢). The sea area is a continental shelf with less than 15 meter in depth. Sinan County is known for its specialities - Skate (fish) and Cheonilyeom(천일염). Cheonilyeom is a kind of salt. However, some salt farm workers had beaten, exploited and not paid their labours. In 2014, enslaveries on Sinan County's salt farms were discovered.Islands
Anjwado (안좌도 安佐島:45.2㎢)
Aphaedo (압해도 押海島:44.3㎢)
Bigeumdo (비금도 飛禽島:43.1㎢)
Dochodo (도초도 都草島:40.3㎢)
Imjado (임자도 荏子島:43.2㎢)
Amtaedo (암태도 岩泰島:38.7㎢)
Jeungdo (증도 曾島:37.2㎢)
Jangsando (장산도 長山島:24.3㎢)
Haeuido (하의도 荷衣島:16.1㎢)
Heuksando (흑산도 黑山島:19.7㎢)
Hongdo (홍도 紅島 6.47㎢)
South Jeolla Province or Jeollanam-do is a province in the southwest of South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Jeolla province, remained a province of Korea until the country's division in 1945, then became part of South Korea. Gwangju was the capital of the province, until the provincial office moved to the southern village of Namak, Muan County in 2005. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (Hangul: 대한민국; hanja: 大韓民國; RR: Daehanminguk, About this sound listen), is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.
