전남, 호랑이 관련 지명 74개
Jeonnam with 74 towns with names relevant to 'tigers'
Jeonnam Province revealed on the 3rd
that there were a total of 74 regions within the province with names relevant
to 'tigers.'
This is according to a survey of
regional names to greet the new year of 'Imin-nyeon(임인년)' or the Year of Imin(임인), the tiger.
Therefore, the Jeonnam region
recorded the most in the country with 74 relevant town names, followed by
GyeongBuk(경북)'s 71 and Jeonbuk(전북)'s 52.
As for the cities and counties,
YeongAm(영암) County recorded the most
with 8 including Hodeung(호등) Mt. which means the
tiger-shaped mountain.
Also, Yeosu(여수) recorded 7, followed by Suncheon(순천),
Naju(나주), Goheung(고흥), Boseong(보성), and ShinAn(신안) with 6 each.