Jeju-do
Frae Wikipedia
| Jeju Province | |
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| — Special Autonomous Province — | |
| Korean transcription(s) | |
| - Hangul | 제주특별자치도 |
| - Hanja | 濟州特別自治道 |
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| Kintra | |
| Region | Jeju |
| Caipital | Jeju Ceety |
| Subdiveesions | 2 ceeties; 0 coonties |
| Govrenment | |
| - Govrenor | Woo Keun-min |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 1,848 km2 (713.5 sq mi) |
| Aurie rank | 9t |
| Indwallers (2005) | |
| - Tot | 531,887 |
| - Rank | 9t |
| - Densitie | 287/km2 (743.3/sq mi) |
| Metropolitan Symbols | |
| - Flouer | Chamkkot |
| - Tree | Cinnamomum camphora |
| - Bird | Woodpecker |
| Dialect | Jeju |
| Wabsteid | jeju.go.kr (Inglis) |
| Native name: 제주도/濟州島 | |
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 Jeju Island |
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| Geografie | |
| Location | East Asie |
| Airchipelago | Jeju |
| Aurie | 1,848 km2 (713.5 sq mi) |
| Length | 73 km (45 mi) |
| Width | 64 km (40 mi) |
| Heichest elevation | 1,950 m (6,400 ft) |
| Heichest point | Hallasan |
| Country | |
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Republic o Korea
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| Special Autonomous Province | Jeju-do |
| Lairgest ceety | Jeju Ceety (pop. 408,364) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | approx. 565,000 |
| Ethnic groups | Korean |
Jeju-do[1] (transliterated Korean for Jeju Province, short form o Jeju Special Autonomous Province or Cheju Island) is the anerlie special autonomous province o the Republic o Korea, situatit on an coterminous wi the kintra's lairgest island. Jeju-do lees in the Korea Strait, soothwast o Jeollanam-do Province, o which it wis a pairt afore it became a separate province in 1946. Its caipital is the ceety o Jeju Ceety.
The island contains the natural Warld Heritage Steid Jeju Volcanic Island an Lava Tubes.[2]
Ceeties [edit]
| Map | # | Name | Hangul | Hanja | Admeenistrative Type |
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| 1 | Jeju Ceety | 제주시 | 濟州市 | Ceety | |
| 2 | Seogwipo Ceety | 서귀포시 | 西歸浦市 | Ceety |
Notes an references [edit]
- ↑ Transliterated Korean names are preferred tae Inglis equivalents; see Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Korean)#Place names.
- ↑ "Unesco names World Heritage sites", BBC News, June 28, 2007. Retrieved on 6 Mey 2010..
