page_title: South Jeolla Province
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: South Jeolla Province / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Rice fields in rural Goheung, Jeollanam-do, South Korea.
context_page_description: South Jeolla Province, or Jeollanam-do, is a province in the southwest of South Korea.
  The province keeps partnerships with many cities and provinces around the world.
context_section_description: The province is part of the Honam region, and is bounded on the west by the Yellow Sea, on the north by Jeollabukdo province, on the south by Jeju Strait, and on the east by Gyeongsangnam-do province
  The province has an area of 12,256.9 km² (4,732 sq mi) with a population, as for 2010, of 1,9404,55 and a density of 158.3 inhabitants per km².
  There are almost 2,000 islands along the coastline, about three quarters of which are uninhabited. The coastline is about 6,400 kilometres (4,000 mi) long. Some of the marine products, in particular oyster and seaweed cultivation, are leading in South Korea.
  The rivers Somjin, Tamjin and Yeongsam form plains that are very good for growing rice. The largest river is the Yeongsan, 115 kilometres (71 mi) long; it flows to the southwest and forms a estuary in the Yellow Sea at Mokpo.
caption: Rice fields in Goheung
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