Muan

Muan lies on the southwestern coast of Korea, where inlets and islands fringe the mouth of the Yŏngsan River. In the early Joseon period, a naval command at Taegulp'o was assigned twenty-four warships and nearly nineteen hundred sailors. Other garrisons guarded Mokp'o and Takyŏngp'o. The principal naval headquarters later moved to Haenam, while Muan's walled town remained a local administrative centre.