Jirisan National Park ( ko, 지리산국립공원, 智異山國立公園) is a national park in
South Korea
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, located on the boundaries of
Jeollanam-do
South Jeolla Province (; ''Jeollanam-do''; ), also known as Jeonnam, is a province of South Korea. South Jeolla has a population of 1,902,324 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Honam region at the southwestern tip of the Korean ...
,
Jeollabuk-do
North Jeolla Province (; ''Jeollabuk-do''), also known as Jeonbuk, is a province of South Korea. North Jeolla has a population of 1,869,711 (2015) and has a geographic area of 8,067 km2 (3,115 sq mi) located in the Honam region in the southwest ...
, and
Gyeongsangnam-do
South Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상남도, translit=Gyeongsangnam-do, ) is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. The UNESCO World H ...
. It is also located bordering the towns of
Namwon
Namwon (; ''Namwon-si'') is a city in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. Namwon is about 50 minutes from the provincial capital of Jeonju, which is almost three hours away from Seoul. The official city flower is Royal Azalea () while the city tr ...
,
Gurye
Gurye (''Gurye-gun'') is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, county in the province of Jeollanam-do, South Korea. Gurye is a small, picturesque farming town situated between Jirisan and the Seomjin River. In the northeastern part of unwaveri ...
, and
Hamyang
Hamyang County (''Hamyang-gun'') is a county in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
It is home to the Wooden Seated Statue of Buddha in Beopinsa (법인사), the Standing Statue of Buddha in Deokjeonri (덕전리), the Three-Level Stone Pagod ...
. Jirisan was the first park to be designated as a national park in South Korea, in 1967.
It is also the largest terrestrial national park in the country with an emphasis on biodiversity conservation, a well-known conservation programme on the
Asiatic black bear
The Asian black bear (''Ursus thibetanus''), also known as the Asiatic black bear, moon bear and white-chested bear, is a medium-sized bear species native to Asia that is largely adapted to an arboreal lifestyle. It lives in the Himalayas, sou ...
and a pioneering restoration programme on damaged areas by overuse.
File:Biking through Namwon - September 2010 (53).jpg, Namwon Countryside - Jirisan National Park (2010)
File:Biking through Namwon - September 2010 (55).jpg, Namwon Countryside - Jirisan National Park (2010)
File:Biking through Namwon - September 2010 (56).jpg, Namwon Countryside - Jirisan National Park (2010)
File:Namwon Countryside - Jucheon Myeon - 2010(1).jpg, Namwon Countryside - (주천면) Jucheon Myeon (2010)
File:Namwon Countryside - Jucheon Myeon - 2010(2).jpg, Namwon Countryside - (주천면) Jucheon Myeon (2010)
File:Namwon Countryside - Jucheon Myeon - 2010(3).jpg, Namwon Countryside - (주천면) Jucheon Myeon (2010)
References
External links
The park's page on Korea National Park Service's websiteHadong-gun's Jirisan pageTour2Korea
Parks in North Jeolla Province
Parks in South Jeolla Province
Parks in South Gyeongsang Province
National parks of South Korea
Protected areas established in 1967
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