Namhae County () is a county in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
Demographics
As of 2005, Namhae had a population of 54,392. However, Namhae has witnessed an aging and decreasing population, having had a population of 137,914 in 1964.
Administrative divisions Namhae-gun is divided into 1 eup and 9 myeon. Namhae-eup Changseon-myeon Gohyeon-myeon Idong-myeon Mijo-myeon Nam-myeon Samdong-myeon Sangju-myeon Seo-myeon Seolcheon-myeon
Namhae in popular culture The fictional character Jin-Soo Kwon (portrayed by Daniel Dae Kim) on the ABC television show Lost is from Namhae. Korean Drama "Couple or Trouble" aka "Fantasy Couple" was set in Namhae. Namhae German Village and Hilton Namhae Golf Spa were featured. The 2009 documentary “Home from Home” (Endstation der Sehnsüchte), directed by Cho Sung-hyung, was filmed in the Namhae German Village. In the 2017 Korean drama "Because This Is My First Life", female lead Yoon Ji-ho (portrayed by Jung So-min) is from Namhae. The cast reportedly shot some scenes there. The fictional character Prosecutor Hwang Si-Mok is transferred to Namhae county at the end of the first season of the drama series Stranger (2017) Season 2 of Stranger (2020) kicks off with the fictional character Prosecutor Hwang Si-Mok in the Namhae office. In episode 14 of True Beauty, the protagonists come to Namhae-gun without imagining that they would be the last time together. In Cities: Skylines, appears in "Land of the Isles" (섬 평지) maps.
Notable people Choi San from the K-pop boy group ATEEZ. He was selected as Namhae's Public Relations Ambassador in 2021.
Yun Sungbin, a skeleton racer and 2018 Winter Olympics gold medallist.
Geography
Namhae county covers an area of 357 km2, covering the main islands of Namhae and Changseon, the smaller islands of Jodo, Hodo and Nodo, and 65 other uninhabited islets.
Namhae county also features several peaks; Mangun (786m), Geum (681m), and Won (627m), all of which are located on Namhae island.
Climate
Sister cities Namhae is twinned with:
Ganghwa, South Korea Geumcheon-gu, South Korea Dongdaemun-gu, South Korea Gimhae, South Korea Busanjin-gu, South Korea Hampyeong, South Korea Isa, Japan Dunhuang, China Yiyang, China Jinggangshan, China Nordfriesland, Germany
See also Namhae Waesong Memorial Hall for the U.S. Airmen Killed In Action During World War II
References
External links County government website http://www.namhae.go.kr/