Haenam County

Haenam (Haenam-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The capital of Haenam-gun is Haenam-up (Haenam town). The economy of the county is based mainly on agriculture, with rice and daikon radish being the two most common crops. The first culture in Haenam County was the Neolithic. Relics of the Bronze Age, such as dolmens and shell mounds, were discovered here. The term Haenam appeared during Goryeo dynasty but definite record does not exist. After 1985(32nd year of King Gojong in Joseon dynasty) it came to be called as Haenam-gun, and became the biggest county in Jeonnam. Thanks to its large scale, Haenam has been main place of producing lots of farming products from sweetpotatoes to cabbages. The cabbage is specially...