Goheung County is a county

Administrative divisions of South Korea

||South Korea is divided into 8 provinces , 1 special autonomous province , 6 metropolitan cities , and 1 special city...

 in Jeollanam-do

Jeollanam-do

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...

 Province, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

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Naro Space Center

The Naro Space Center was completed during 2008 in southern Goheung 34.431867°N 127.535069°W and is operated by the state-run Korea Aerospace Research Institute

Korea Aerospace Research Institute

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute is the aeronautics and space agency of South Korea. Its main laboratories are located in Daejeon, in the Daedeok Science Town. Current projects include the KSLV launcher. Past projects include the 1999 Arirang-1 satellite. The agency was founded in 1989...

. The space center includes a launch pad

Launch pad

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, a control tower

Control tower

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, rocket

Rocket

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 assembly and test facilities, facilities for satellite

Satellite

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 control testing and assembly, a media center, an electric power station, a space experience hall (visitor center) and a landing field.

Modern history

On New Year's Day in 1963, some of the townships were classed from Bongrae myun (Korean town) to other myuns such as Dohwa myun, Podu myun and so on.

In 1973 and 1979, two of the townships were promoted to eups(towns)

Location

Goheung is located in one of the southernmost areas of the Korean peninsula. It is surrounded by ocean on three sides with 19 inhabited islands and 152 uninhabited islands. The depth is not that low and its land spreads along the coast so many shellfish and seaweed industries have developed.

Climate

Sister cities

Goheung is twinned

Town twinning

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 with:
Geumcheon-gu

Geumcheon-gu

Geumcheon-gu is one of the 25 gu of Seoul, South Korea. It was created from neighboring Guro-gu and small sections from Gwangmyeong in 1995. Its district office is located in from of Siheung Station, now Geumcheon-gu Office Station, in Siheung-dong.Geumcheon-gu is located in the southwest corner...

, South Korea

South Korea

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 Changwon

Changwon

Changwon is a city in and the capital of Gyeongsangnam-do in South Korea. Changwon city is 8th most populous city in South Korea, with a 2010 established population of 1,089,039. It encompasses a land area of on southeastern of South Korea. The population of Southeastern part of Korea, that...

, South Korea

South Korea

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See also

• Geography of South Korea
  Geography of South Korea
  South Korea is located in East Asia, on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula jutting out from the far east of the Asian land mass. The only country with a land border to South Korea is North Korea, lying to the north with of border running along the DMZ. South Korea is mostly surrounded by...
  
  
• Ssangchungsa
  Ssangchungsa
  Ssangchungsa is a shrine in Doyang on the southwestern most point of the peninsula that comprises Goheung County South Korea...
  
  
• Goheung Hyanggyo