Muan
Muan county (무안군) is in South Jeolla in South Korea. It is located on the Muan Peninsula in the western center of Jeollanam-do. It has an area of 450.37㎢, accounting for 3.6% of the total area of Jeollanam-do. As of 2020, the population was 87,630, accounting for 4.7% of the total population of Jeollanam-do.
Understand
This formerly quiet area was designated the new provincial capital, and a new city called Namak is being built here.
Get in
Map of Muan
By train
- 1 Muan Train Station, Around 6km south of town.
By plane
- 2 Muan International Airport (MWX IATA). Mostly domestic flights to Jeju Island (with Asiana Airlines), as well as scheduled flights to Chinese cities such as Sanya, Shanghai and Zhangjiajie (with Jeju Air, China Eastern, and Sichuan Airlines respectively). There are a decent number of flights to the Philippines, Cebu, Clark, and Kalibo with Jeju Air and Pan Pacific Airlines. Jeju Air also operated to Bangkok, Da Nang, Guam, Kota Kinabalu, Osaka and Taipei.
Get around
See
- 1 Hodam Air and Space Center (호담항공우주전시장), Umyeong-gil, Sachang-ri, ☏ +82 61 452 3055. Tu-Su 10:00-17:00. Good collection of military aircraft.
Do
- 1 White Lotus Festival (무안연꽃축제).