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There used to be many ports in the Nakan area near the sea. As distribution economy grew, the relative importance of port trading increased in local economy. The development of port trading naturally and inevitably had tremendous influences on the tips of the community. Entering the latter period, Nam-myeon and Goeup-myeon recorded the biggest population in Nakan. Nam-myeon was later divided into Namsang-myeon and Namha-myeon in Nakan as the one and only case of the sort. Even the resulting two myeons boasted as big population as the other myeons in the area. In Goeup-myeon, they built one of the nation's leading stone bridges spanning a distance of 27.6m to replace the old wooden bridge that would be washed away in every flood. The stone bridge made it easier to transport people and cargo. There were ports behind those changes: Nam-myeon had such ports as Jangjwapo, Jangampo, and Daepo, while Goeup-myeon had Beolgyopo. They built wharfs at the ports to promote the traffic of commercial and fishing boats, opened up markets to facilitate regular trade, and installed marine warehouses for Segok boats. Those ports contributed to the growth of transportation, commerce, and fisheries and created the elements to introduce population and products.