Jeju Ceety

Jeju (Jeju-si) is the caipital o Jeju-do in Sooth Korea an the lairgest ceety on the island o Jeju. The ceety is servit bi Jeju Internaitional Airport (IATA code CJU).

Locatit in a soothren island whare the wather is mild even in winter, the ceety is a famous resort wi public casino facilities. Jeju walcomes ower 4 million visitors frae mainlaund Korea, Japan, an Cheenae ivery year.

 Geografie 
In its umwhile bundaries, Jeju Ceety wis 19.3 kilometers frae east tae wast, an 10.2 kilometers frae north tae sooth.  Tae the north, it looks athort the Korea Strait at the soothren coast o Jeollanam-do Province. Tae the sooth, it meets Seogwipo Ceety at the tap o Hallasan, the island's sole muntain.

 Climate 

 History 
The aurie o the ceety haes played a central role in Jeju syne afore recordit history.  The Samseonghyeol, holes frae which the three ancestors o the Jeju fowk are said tae hae come, are locatit in dountoun Jeju Ceety.

The ceety haes grown quite rapidly syne the 1970s. Shin Jeju (신제주), or "new Jeju", wis creatit some decades ago, up the hill frae the airport an hooses mony govrenment biggins. The thatched ruif biggins that wur common throughoot the ceety till the 1970s are gradually disappearin.

The ceety wis separatit frae Bukjeju Coonty in 1955. In 2005, housomeivver Jeju Province voters appruivit a proposal tae merge the ceety wi Bukjeju Coonty, mergin Seogwipo wi Namjeju Coonty an aw tae creaut twa lairge ceeties directly admeenistered bi the province. That chynge wis put intae effect in Julie 2006.

 Admeenistrative diveesions 
Jeju is dividit intae 19 neebourheids (dong), 4 touns (eup), an 3 tounships (myeon):

 Diveesion  (Korean)  population (2009) Aeweol-eup  애월읍  27003 Gujwa-eup  구좌읍  14999 Hanrim-eup  한림읍  19790 Jocheon-eup  조천읍  20723 Chuja-myeon  추자면  2832 Hangyeong-myeon  한경면  8214 Udo-myeon  우도면  1593 Ara-dong  아라동  14084 Bonggae-dong  봉개동  3080 Dodu-dong  도두동  2617 Geonip-dong  건입동  10850 Hwabuk-dong  화북동  19931 Ido-1-dong  이도1동  7658 Ido-2-dong  이도2동  41984 Iho-dong  이호동  4158 Ildo-1-dong  일도1동  3730 Ildo-2-dong  일도2동  38308 Nohyeong-dong  노형동  50223 Oedo-dong  외도동  14743 Ora-dong  오라동  6304 Samdo-1-dong  삼도1동  14120 Samdo-2-dong  삼도2동  9610 Samyang-dong  삼양동  10989 Yeon-dong  연동  40535 Yongdam-1-dong  용담1동  8764 Yongdam-2-dong  용담2동  17274

 Transportation 
Jeju Ceety is the principal transportation centre for Jeju Province. It is hame tae the island's sole airport, Jeju International Airport. In addition, its port is the lairgest on the island, servin the great majority o passenger an cargo vessels that veesit the island. It staunds at the centre o the island's road netwirk an aw.  Tae traivel throughoot the ceety an island, various buses are available an affordably pricit, teepically runnin approximately 1,000 won (0.90 USD) for ane ride.  A bus ride frae Jeju City tae Seogwipo (the seicont lairgest ceety on the island) is teepically an oor.

 Economy 
Jeju Air haes its heidquarters in Jeju Ceety.
The ceety sells lots o oranges an aw for which Jeju is famous. Jeju eeity is surroondit bi orange an mandarin ferms."Contact Us ." Jeju Air. Retrieved on March 5, 2010."print_jeju.html ." Jeju Air. Retrieved on March 5, 2010.

 Tourism 
Due tae its central poseetion in transportation, Jeju Ceety gets the lion's share o tourist traffeck tae the island. Mony tourists arrive at the ceety throu the port terminal or airport, stay in the tourist hotels o the Sinjeju neebourheid, an stay athin the ceety tae veesit various Jeju tourist attractions. Thir include Dragon's Heid Rock alang the coast, the Samseonghyeol holes in the dountoun aurie, Hallasan Naitional Pairk in the interior, the kintra's tawest muntain Halla-san, an warld's lairgest botanical gairden Bunjae Artpia.

 Sister ceeties 

 Adelaide, Australie
 Brisbane, Australie
 Wakayama, Wakayama Prefectur, Japan
 Beppu, Ōita Prefectur, Japan
 Rouen, Fraunce
 Shanghai, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
 Guilin, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
 Yangzhou, Jiangsu, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
 Kunshan, Suzhou, Jiangsu, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
 Santa Rosa, Californie, Unitit States

 References 

 Freemit airtins 
Ceety govrenment wabsteid

Category:Ceeties in Jeju-do