# Namhae County

Namhae County (Namhae-gun) 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. The German village Dogil Maeul 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 German Village Dogil Maeul (독일 마을).
* 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.
* Choi San, one of the members of the k-pop boygroup ATEEZ, is from Namhae.

## Notable people

* Choi San from the kpop boy group ATEEZ is from Namhae. He was selected as Namhae's Public Relations Ambassador in 2021.

## Geography

Namhae county covers an area of 357 km$^2$, 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

Climate data for Namhae (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1972–present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) | 22.1 (71.8) | 24.4 (75.9) | 28.7 (83.7) | 34.1 (93.4) | 34.1 (93.4) | 37.8 (100.0) | 37.7 (99.9) | 34.6 (94.3) | 29.0 (84.2) | 25.1 (77.2) | 20.5 (68.9) | 37.8 (100.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 9.2 (48.6) | 13.7 (56.7) | 19.3 (66.7) | 23.9 (75.0) | 26.5 (79.7) | 29.2 (84.6) | 30.4 (86.7) | 26.6 (79.9) | 21.9 (71.4) | 15.4 (59.7) | 9.1 (48.4) | 19.3 (66.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) | 4.0 (39.2) | 8.2 (46.8) | 13.5 (56.3) | 18.2 (64.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.0 (78.8) | 21.9 (71.4) | 16.6 (61.9) | 10.4 (50.7) | 4.3 (39.7) | 14.3 (57.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) | −0.8 (30.6) | 3.2 (37.8) | 8.2 (46.8) | 13.2 (55.8) | 17.8 (64.0) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.9 (73.2) | 18.4 (65.1) | 12.3 (54.1) | 5.9 (42.6) | −0.1 (31.8) | 10.1 (50.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.8 (9.0) | −11.6 (11.1) | −7.7 (18.1) | −2.3 (27.9) | 3.4 (38.1) | 10.6 (51.1) | 15.0 (59.0) | 12.5 (54.5) | 8.4 (47.1) | 1.2 (34.2) | −4.6 (23.7) | −11.6 (11.1) | −12.8 (9.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 33.6 (1.32) | 65.2 (2.57) | 113.1 (4.45) | 179.7 (7.07) | 196.3 (7.73) | 243.8 (9.60) | 353.9 (13.93) | 319.7 (12.59) | 221.9 (8.74) | 95.9 (3.78) | 62.9 (2.48) | 35.2 (1.39) | 1,921.2 (75.64) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.8 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 13.6 | 12.2 | 8.9 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 95.9 |
| Average snowy days | 2.4 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 6.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 56.3 | 55.2 | 57.4 | 59.5 | 64.3 | 72.7 | 79.4 | 77.7 | 74.3 | 65.9 | 63.4 | 58.5 | 65.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 189.0 | 188.2 | 211.9 | 221.0 | 234.3 | 182.9 | 167.8 | 184.2 | 172.7 | 206.9 | 182.8 | 186.7 | 2,328.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 62.4 | 62.0 | 57.5 | 57.7 | 54.4 | 44.7 | 40.1 | 47.3 | 49.0 | 63.4 | 61.5 | 64.3 | 54.4 |
| Source: Korea Meteorological Administration (snow and percent sunshine 1981–2010) ||||||||||||||

## 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