Jodo-myeon

Jodo-myeon

Jodo-myeon

Township in South Jeolla, South Korea

Jodo-myeon is a myeon (township) in Jindo County of South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The township office is in Changyu-ri on Hajodo (Hajo Island).

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Administrative divisions of Jindo County

There are 177 islands (36 inhabited and 141 uninhabited islands) on the sea off Jodo-myeon. It is the thickest cluster of islands in Korea. Jodogundo or Jodo archipelagoes, the six archipelagoes of Jodo, include Gasa archipelago, Seongnam archipelago, Sangjo archipelago, Geocha archipelago, Gwanmae archipelago, and Hajo archipelago.[2]

Administrative divisions

Jodo in 1972

Jodo-myeon is divided into 23 villages (ri).

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Jodo archipelagoes

  • Gasagundo (Gasa archipelago, 가사군도): Gasado, Daesodongdo, Jujido, Yangdeokdo, Hyeoldo, Songdo, Gwangdaedo
  • Seongnamgundo (Seongnam archipelago, 성남군도): Seongnamdo, Soseongnamdo, Okdo, Baegyado, Yugeumdo, Naebyeongdo, Oebyeongdo
  • Sangjogundo (Upper Jodo archipelago, 상조군도): Sangjodo
  • Hajogundo (Lower Jodo archipelago, 하조군도): Hajodo
  • Dokgeogundo (Dokgeo archipelago, 독거군도): Dokgeodo, Seuldo, Gudo
  • Gwanmaegundo (Gwanmae archipelago, 관매군도): Gwanmaedo, Cheongdeungdo
  • Geochagundo (Geocha archipelago, 거차군도): Donggeochado, Mangdo, Bukdo, Sangsongdo, Hasongdo, Songdo, Seogeochado, Sangjukdo, Hajukdo, Hangdo
  • Maenggolgundo (Maenggol archipelago, 맹골군도): Maenggoldo, Gwakdo, Myeongdo, Mongdeokdo, Sojukdo, Jukdo

References

  1. [1]
    Administrative divisions and Population of Jodo-myeon
  2. [2]
    "Jodo Course". Korea National Park. Retrieved 2014-06-12.


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