Yeongam County

County in Honam, South Korea

Yeongam Flag Emblem of Yeongam
Location in South Korea
Country	South Korea
Region	Honam
Administrative divisions	2 eups, 9 myeons
Area
• Total	544.48 km² (210.22 sq mi)
Population (December 31, 2016)
• Total	57,045
• Density	104.77/km² (271.4/sq mi)
• Dialect	Jeolla

Yeongam ([jʌŋam]) is a city and county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Bordered with Mokpo and Naju to the north, Jangheung County to the east, and Haenam and Gangjin to the south, Yeongam County comprises two eups and nine myeons, populated with about 57,000 people, and its county hall is seated in Yeongam-eup.

The Korean Grand Prix was held along the harbor side, at the Korea International Circuit from 2010 to 2013. The track has been designed by the famous race track designer Hermann Tilke. The circuit is part permanent, part temporary. Construction began in 2007, and was completed in September/October 2010. The circuit had a contract to host the Grand Prix until 2016.^[1] After that, a 5-year option would have to be picked up to keep the race until at least 2021. However the race was cancelled after 2013.

Climate

Climate data for Yeongam (1994–2020 normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	5.7 (42.3)	8.3 (46.9)	13.3 (55.9)	19.2 (66.6)	24.1 (75.4)	27.2 (81.0)	29.8 (85.6)	30.9 (87.6)	27.4 (81.3)	22.1 (71.8)	15.1 (59.2)	8.0 (46.4)	19.3 (66.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	0.7 (33.3)	2.5 (36.5)	6.9 (44.4)	12.5 (54.5)	17.9 (64.2)	22.3 (72.1)	25.7 (78.3)	26.5 (79.7)	21.8 (71.2)	15.4 (59.7)	9.1 (48.4)	2.7 (36.9)	13.7 (56.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−3.6 (25.5)	−2.3 (27.9)	1.1 (34.0)	6.5 (43.7)	12.4 (54.3)	18.3 (64.9)	22.6 (72.7)	22.9 (73.2)	17.5 (63.5)	9.7 (49.5)	3.7 (38.7)	−1.8 (28.8)	8.9 (48.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	26.1 (1.03)	34.0 (1.34)	62.9 (2.48)	87.7 (3.45)	97.7 (3.85)	138.0 (5.43)	230.8 (9.09)	241.9 (9.52)	156.2 (6.15)	61.6 (2.43)	49.3 (1.94)	32.2 (1.27)	1,218.4 (47.97)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	6.6	6.0	7.1	7.6	8.3	8.1	12.1	11.4	8.1	5.2	6.8	7.1	94.4
Source: Korea Meteorological Administration^[2]

Industry

Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI), world's 5th largest ship builder and the largest company in South Jeolla Province, is located in Samho Eup. Not only the company itself but also numerous cooperative firms of HSHI are headquartered in Daebul Industrial District in Samho Eup.

Twin towns – sister cities

Yeongam is twinned with:

References

^ "IOL Motoring".
^ "Climatological Normals of Korea (1991 ~ 2020)" (PDF) (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2023.