Jindo County
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jindo
| native_name = {{nobold|진도군}}
| native_name_lang = ko
| settlement_type = County
| translit_lang1 = Korean
| translit_lang1_type1 = Hangul
| translit_lang1_info1 = 진도군
| translit_lang1_type2 = Hanja
| translit_lang1_info2 = {{linktext|珍|島|郡}}
| translit_lang1_type3 = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}}
| translit_lang1_info3 = Jindo-gun
| translit_lang1_type4 = {{nowrap|McCune-Reischauer}}
| translit_lang1_info4 = Chindo-gun
| image_skyline =
| imagesize =
| image_caption =
| image_map = South Jeolla-Jindo.svg
| mapsize =
| map_caption = Location in South Korea
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = South Korea
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Honam
| population_blank1_title = Dialect
| population_blank1 = Jeolla
| area_total_km2 = 420.32
| population_as_of = September 2024{{cite web |url=https://jumin.mois.go.kr/|title=Population statistics |date=2024|website=Korea Ministry of the Interior and Safety}}
| population_total = 28,623
| population_density_km2 = 70
| parts_type = Administrative divisions
| parts = 1 eup, 6 myeon
| image_blank_emblem =
| blank_emblem_type =
| image_flag = Flag of Jindo.svg
| flag_size = 159px
}}
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 County contains an archipelago of about 230 small islands, of which only 45 are inhabited by 4,855 people. Women made up 50.4% of the total county population of 29,538 in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://kosis.kr/eng/statisticsList/statisticsList_01List.jsp?vwcd=MT_ETITLE&parentId=A#SubCont|title=Population, Households and Housing Units|publisher=KOSIS|access-date=2017-01-10|year=2015}} Most of the land is covered by forests (60%) and cultivated fields (30%).[http://eng.jindo.go.kr/sub.php?pid=EN01020300 Present situation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312214016/http://eng.jindo.go.kr/sub.php?pid=EN01020300 |date=2012-03-12 }}, Jindo County[http://eng.jindo.go.kr/sub.php?pid=EN01010100 Greetings from Mayor], Jindo County The county tree is Malchilus thunbergii, the flower camellia and the bird the swan.[http://eng.jindo.go.kr/sub.php?pid=EN01020200 Symbols], Jindo County The local food specialties are wolfberry, which is used for liquor, tea and paste; cheongju red-colored rice wine, brown seaweed and black rice.[http://eng.jindo.go.kr/sub.php?pid=EN06010000 Chinese Matrimony Vines(Gugija)], Jindo County
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120423012820/http://eng.jindo.go.kr/ County government home page]
- [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Korea_Jindo_Dog WikiCommons – Jindo Dogs]
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Category:Counties of South Jeolla Province
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