Jodo-myeon is a myeon (township) in

Jindo County Jindo County (''Jindo-gun'') is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. It consists of the island of Jindo and several smaller nearby islands. Jindo Bridge connects Jindo county with Haenam county. Together with Jindo Island, Jindo Count ...

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. The township office is in Changyu-ri on Hajodo (Hajo Island). There are 177 islands (36 inhabited and 141 uninhabited islands) on the sea off Jodo-myeon. It is the thickest cluster of islands in Korea. Jodogundo or Jodo archipelagoes, the six

archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...

es of Jodo, include Gasa archipelago, Seongnam archipelago, Sangjo archipelago, Geocha archipelago, Gwanmae archipelago, and Hajo archipelago.

Administrative divisions

Jodo-myeon is divided into 23 villages ('' ri'').

Jodo archipelagoes

*Gasagundo (Gasa archipelago, 가사군도): Gasado, Daesodongdo, Jujido, Yangdeokdo, Hyeoldo, Songdo, Gwangdaedo *Seongnamgundo (Seongnam archipelago, 성남군도): Seongnamdo, Soseongnamdo, Okdo, Baegyado, Yugeumdo, Naebyeongdo, Oebyeongdo *Sangjogundo (Upper Jodo archipelago, 상조군도): Sangjodo *Hajogundo (Lower Jodo archipelago, 하조군도): Hajodo *Dokgeogundo (Dokgeo archipelago, 독거군도): Dokgeodo, Seuldo, Gudo *Gwanmaegundo (Gwanmae archipelago, 관매군도): Gwanmaedo, Cheongdeungdo *

Geochagundo Geochagundo, also Geocha Gundo, are an archipelago in the Yellow Sea, located about 30 km (19 mi) south-west of Jindo, in the administrative divisions of Donggeochado-ri and Seogeochado-ri, Jodo-myeon, Jindo County, South Jeolla Provinc ...

(Geocha archipelago, 거차군도):

Donggeochado Donggeochado, Donggeocha Island, or East Geocha Island, is a island east of Seogeochado in the Geocha Archipelago in South Korea. It is part of the Dadohaehaesang National Park, and the waterway Maenggol Channel. Administratively it is located ...

, Mangdo, Bukdo, Sangsongdo, Hasongdo, Songdo,

Seogeochado Seogeochado, Seogeocha Island, or West Geocha Island, is a island west of Donggeochado in the Geocha Archipelago in South Korea. It is part of the Dadohaehaesang National Park, and constitutes the north-western point of the Maenggol Channel. Ad ...

, Sangjukdo, Hajukdo, Hangdo *

Maenggolgundo Maenggolgundo, also Maenggol Kundo, are an archipelago consisting of the three inhabited islands (from north to south) Jukdo (죽도), Maenggoldo (맹골도), and Gwakdo (곽도), and the uninhabited islets Myeongdo (명도), Mongdeokdo (몽덕도 ...

(Maenggol archipelago, 맹골군도):

Maenggoldo Maenggoldo, or Maenggol Island, is an island in South Korea's Dadohaehaesang National Park, with an area of . It is located at the western extremity of Jindo Gun (County), South Jeolla Province, in the administrative division of Maenggoldo-ri, J ...

, Gwakdo, Myeongdo, Mongdeokdo, Sojukdo, Jukdo

References

External links

* Jindo County Towns and townships in South Jeolla Province Archipelagoes of South Korea {{SouthKorea-geo-stub