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Jeju Special Autonomous Province, or Jeju Province (Jeju-do) for short, is the only special autonomous province of South Korea, situated on, and coterminous with, the country's largest island. Jeju-do lies in the Korea Strait, southwest of Jeollanam-do Province, of which it was a part before it became a separate province in 1946. Its capital is Jeju City.
Names
In Korean, do is the phonetic trancription of two distinct Chinese characters meaning, respectively, "island" (島) and "province" (道). Thus, Jejudo or Jeju-do can refer to either the island or the government administrative unit. The table below also includes the name of Jeju City, the provincial capital.
| English Name | Korean Name | Hangul |
|---|---|---|
| Jeju Island | Jeju-do | 제주도 |
| Jeju Province | Jeju-do | 제주도 |
| Jeju City | Jeju-si | 제주시 |
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