What is Ganghwado?
'''Ganghwa Island''' is an island in the beginning of the [[Han River (Korea)|Han River]]. It is on the west coast of [[South Korea]]. Ganghwa Island is separated from [[Gimpo City|Gimpo]] on the mainland by a narrow [[wikt:channel|channel]]. The channel is connected by two bridges. The main channel of the [[Han River (Korea)|Han River]] separates the island from [[Kaesong|Gaeseong]] in [[North Korea]]. About 65,500 people live on the island. With an area of {{Convert|302.4|km²|abbr=on}}. It covers most of [[Ganghwa County]], a division of [[Incheon]] Municipality. About half of the island's population lives in Ganghwa-eup, Ganghwa Town, in the northeastern part of the island. The island's highest point is Mani-san, {{Convert|469|m|abbr=on}} above [[sea level]]. The island measures {{convert|28|km|mi}} long and {{convert|22|km|mi}} wide, and is the 4th largest island in South Korea. Historically, it is significant as being the location of separate and brief attacks. One was the [[French campaign against Korea (1866)|French in 1866]]. Another was the [[United States expedition to Korea|United States in 1871]] and the [[Ganghwa Island incident|Japanese in 1875]] when Korea was emerging from isolation. ==Climate== {{Weather box |location = Ganghwa (1981−2010) |metric first = Y |single line = Y |Jan high C = 1.2 |Feb high C = 4.1 |Mar high C = 9.4 |Apr high C = 16.3 |May high C = 21.3 |Jun high C = 25.4 |Jul high C = 27.5 |Aug high C = 29.0 |Sep high C = 25.3 |Oct high C = 19.3 |Nov high C = 11.2 |Dec high C = 4.1 |year high C = 16.2 |Jan mean C = −3.8 |Feb mean C = −1.0 |Mar mean C = 4.3 |Apr mean C = 10.7 |May mean C = 15.9 |Jun mean C = 20.3 |Jul mean C = 23.5 |Aug mean C = 24.5 |Sep mean C = 19.8 |Oct mean C = 13.4 |Nov mean C = 6.0 |Dec mean C = −0.8 |year mean C = 11.1 |Jan low C = −8.7 |Feb low C = −6.1 |Mar low C = −0.9 |Apr low C = 5.1 |May low C = 10.8 |Jun low C = 15.8 |Jul low C = 20.4 |Aug low C = 20.8 |Sep low C = 15.1 |Oct low C = 7.8 |Nov low C = 0.8 |Dec low C = −5.6 |year low C = 6.3 |Jan precipi