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Ganghwa

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Ganghwa, Kanghwa, or Kanghoa (all: gäng`hwä`), administrative district (1995 pop. 64,746), 163 sq mi (422 sq km), of Incheon (Inchon) city, consisting of 29 islands in the Yellow Sea off NW South Korea. Farming, especially ginseng and rice, and fishing are important occupations. The largest island, also called Ganghwa, was briefly the site of the Korean capital in the 13th cent. It was early fortified as an outer defense for Seoul and was stormed by the French in 1866 and by the Americans in 1871.


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At Ganghwa island, just south of the inter-Korean border, some 20 North Korean defectors floated 10 huge balloons carrying 100,000 leaflets across the frontier.
At Ganghwa island, just south of the inter-Korean border, some 20 North Korean defectors floated 10 huge balloons carrying 100,000 leaflets across the frontier.
It stretches from the tidal flats of Ganghwa Island on the western coast through abandoned farmland and meadows, crossing and encompassing streams and reservoirs, and traversing mountain after mountain until it reaches the eastern coast near Goseong, where the most beautiful beach in all of Korea has not seen a civilian footprint in more than 50 years.
 
 
 
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