Yeongam

Yeongam 영암
—  County  —
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	영암군
• Hanja	靈巖郡
• Revised Romanization	Yeongam-gun
• McCune-Reischauer	Yŏng'am-gun
Emblem of Yeongam
Country	South Korea
Region	Honam
Administrative divisions	2 eups, 9 myeons
Area
• Total	544.48 km2 (210.22 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	65,268
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
• Dialect	Jeolla

Yeongam ([ˈjʌŋam]) is a 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 60,000 people, and its county hall is seated in Yeongam-eup.

In 2010, the first ever Korean Grand Prix was held along the harbor side, at the Korean International Circuit. 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 will host the Grand Prix until 2016. After that, a 5 year option would have to be picked up to keep the race until at least 2021.

Sister cities

Yeongam is twinned with:

• Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
• Sancheong, South Korea
• Huzhou, China
• Hirakata, Japan

External links

• Official website of the County Government