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).

Jeju Ceety 제주시 濟州市
Municipal Ceety
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	제주시
• Hanja	濟州市
• Revised Romanization	Jeju-si
• McCune-Reischauer	Cheju-si
Owerview o Jeju Ceety
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Jeju
Admeenistrative diveesions	19 dong, 4 eup, 3 myeon
Area
• Total	977.8 km2 (377.5 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	408,364
• Density	418/km2 (1,080/sq mi)
• Dialect	Jeju

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

Climate data for Jeju City, South Korea (1981−2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average heich °C (°F)	8.3 (46.9)	9.4 (48.9)	12.8 (55.0)	17.5 (63.5)	21.6 (70.9)	24.8 (76.6)	29.0 (84.2)	29.8 (85.6)	25.8 (78.4)	21.3 (70.3)	16.0 (60.8)	11.0 (51.8)	18.9 (66.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.7 (42.3)	6.4 (43.5)	9.4 (48.9)	13.8 (56.8)	17.8 (64.0)	21.5 (70.7)	25.8 (78.4)	26.8 (80.2)	23.0 (73.4)	18.2 (64.8)	12.8 (55.0)	8.1 (46.6)	15.8 (60.4)
Average law °C (°F)	3.2 (37.8)	3.6 (38.5)	6.1 (43.0)	10.2 (50.4)	14.4 (57.9)	18.7 (65.7)	23.3 (73.9)	24.3 (75.7)	20.4 (68.7)	15.1 (59.2)	9.8 (49.6)	5.3 (41.5)	12.9 (55.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	65.2 (2.57)	62.6 (2.46)	88.6 (3.49)	89.6 (3.53)	96.4 (3.80)	181.4 (7.14)	239.9 (9.44)	262.5 (10.33)	221.6 (8.72)	80.3 (3.16)	61.9 (2.44)	47.7 (1.88)	1,497.6 (58.96)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	12.6	10.3	11.2	10.0	10.4	11.8	12.5	13.5	10.8	7.0	9.3	10.8	130.2
Average relative humidity (%)	65.3	64.9	64.9	66.5	70.4	76.8	78.3	76.5	73.7	66.9	65.1	65.1	69.6
Mean monthly sunshine oors	70.4	105.4	158.9	194.4	211.9	170.9	195.6	195.6	161.7	178.5	126.0	84.8	1,854.1
Source: Korea Meteorological Administration [1]

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):^[2]

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.^[3][4]

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