Sooth Jeolla Province

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Jeollanam-do, is a province in the soothwast o the Republic o Korea. The province wis formit in 1896 frae the soothren hauf o the umwhile Jeolla province, remained a province o Korea till the kintra's diveesion in 1945, then became pairt o the Republic o Korea. Gwangju wis the caipital o the province, till the provincial office muivit tae the soothren veelage o Namak, Muan County in 2005.

 Geography 
The province is pairt o the Honam region, an is bundit on the wast bi the Yellae Sea, on the north bi Jeollabuk-do Province, on the sooth bi Jeju Strait, an on the east bi Gyeongsangnam-do.

There are amaist 2,000 islands alang the coastline, aboot three quairters o which are uninhabitit. The coastline is aboot  lang. Some o the marine products, in pairticular oyster an seaweed cultivation, are leadin in Sooth Korea.

The province is anerlie pairtially muntainous. The plains alang the rivers Seomjin, Yeongsan and Tamjin create a lairge granary. There is abundant rainfaw in the aurie, which helps agricultur. The province is an aw hame tae the wairmest weather on the peninsulae. This helps tae produce lairge amoonts o agricultural produce, mainly rice, wheat, baurley, pulses an potatoes. Vegetables, cotton an fruits are an aw grown in the province.

A small amoont o gowd an coal is mined in the province, but industries hae been developit in the aurie an aw.

 Admeenistrative diveesions 

Jeollanam-do is dividit intae 5 ceeties (si) an 17 coonties (gun). Leetit belaw is the name o each entity in Inglils, hangul, an hanja.

 Ceeties 
 Mokpo (목포시, 木浦市)
 Yeosu (여수시, 麗水市)
 Suncheon (순천시, 順天市)
 Gwangyang (광양시, 光陽市)
 Naju (나주시, 羅州市)

 Coonties 
 Boseong (보성군, 寶城郡)
 Damyang (담양군, 潭陽郡)
 Gangjin (강진군, 康津郡)
 Goheung (고흥군, 高興郡)
 Gokseong (곡성군, 谷城郡)
 Gurye (구례군, 求禮郡) Haenam (해남군, 海南郡)
 Hampyeong (함평군, 咸平郡)
 Hwasun (화순군, 和順郡)
 Jangheung (장흥군, 長興郡)
 Jangseong (장성군, 長城郡)
 Jindo Island (진도군, 珍島郡) Muan (무안군, 務安郡)
 Sinan (신안군, 新安郡)
 Wando (완도군, 莞島郡)
 Yeongam (영암군, 靈巖郡)
 Yeonggwang (영광군, 靈光郡)

 Sister ceeties an provinces 
 Gyeongsan, Republic o Korea
 Sichuan, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
 Ipswich, Australie
 Oregon, Unitit States

 References 

 Freemit airtins 

 Jeollanam-do provincial govrenment Inglis-leid hame page 

Category:Provinces o Sooth Korea