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Saemangeum

Korea (South) / Chollabuk / Puan /
 lake, lagoon, estuary
Saemanguem was completed on April 27, 2010, officially becoming the longest seawall ever built with the length of 33.9 km, breaking the record of Zuiderzee Works from 1932. On August 2, 2010, Saemanguem was certified by Guinness World Records as the longest man-made sea barrier in the world.

In 1991, the South Korean government announced that a dyke would be constructed to link two headlands just south of the South Korean industrial port city of Gunsan, 270 kilometres southwest of Seoul, to create 400 square kilometres of farmland and a freshwater reservoir. Since then, the government has spent nearly 2 trillion won on construction of the dyke, with another 220 billion won budgeted on strengthening the dyke and a further 1.31 trillion won to transform the tidal flats into arable land and the reservoir.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saemangeum
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Coordinates:   35°49'14"N   126°36'26"E

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  • titanum1 (guest)
    South Korea's biggest land reclamation project site.
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