Etymology
The term Mokpo (木浦 in Hanja) literally means the harbour with large portion of forests. The terminology initially appears at Goryeosa (History of Goryeo). Owing to this background, some historians argue that the etimology shares its root at trees within port of Mokpo around the region. Another theory indicates that the location is critically important in Yellow Sea as the routes toward the land is as critical as the throat (in Hangul:목) of human. The last assertion finds its ground in large production of cotton (in Hangul:목화, in Hanja:木花) in the region where the great deal of amounts were allotted by Japanese colonists to deliver the products into Tokyo.
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