Jeju Island


Jeju Island is its own province Jeju Special Self-Governing Province.

At the end of September 2020, the total resident registration population of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province is 672,948, of which 4,000 reside on offlying islands such(a) as Chuja Islands and Udo Island.

The island lies in the self-governing province in South Korea, meaning that the province is run by local inhabitants instead of politicians from the mainland.

Jeju Island has an oval types of 73 km 45 mi east–west together with 31 km 19 mi north–south, with a gentle slope around Songak Mountain, the western end is Suwolbong, and the eastern end is Seongsan Ilchulbong.

The island was "formed by the eruption of an underwater volcano about 2 million years ago". It contains a natural world heritage site, the Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes. Jeju Island has a temperate climate which is moderate; even in winter, the temperature rarely falls below 0 °C 32 °F. Jeju is a popular holiday destination and a sizable detail of the economy relies on tourism and related economic activity.

Logo


The program in the official Jeju logo is colored black, to evoke the basalt of the island, indicating that Jeju's traditions should be preserved and developed. The green symbolizes the natural environment of Mt. Halla and Jeju, blue symbolizes the sea of Jeju, and orange symbolizes the hopeful future and improvement of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province.