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The Jeju language is considered critically endangered by UNESCO. It is also one of the regions of Korea where Shamanism is most intact. [4] Jeju Island has an oval shape of 73 km (45 mi) east–west and 31 km (19 mi) north–south, with a gentle slope around Hallasan Mountain in the center. The length of the main road is 181 km (112 mi) and the ...
Seongsan Ilchulbong. / 33.4585°N 126.9420°E / 33.4585; 126.9420. Seongsan Ilchulbong ( Korean : 성산일출봉 ), also called Sunrise Peak, is a volcano on eastern Jeju Island, in Seongsan-ri, Seogwipo, Jeju Province, South Korea. It is 182 meters high and has a volcanic crater at the top. Considered one of South Korea's most ...
Jeju (Jeju: 제줏말; Jeju RR: Jejun-mal, or Korean : 제주어; RR : Jeju-eo, or 제주말; Jeju-mal ), often called Jejueo or Jejuan in English-language scholarship, is a Koreanic language originally from Jeju Island, South Korea. [ 2] It is not mutually intelligible with mainland Korean dialects. While it was historically considered a ...
Hallasan. Hallasan is a massive shield volcano which forms the bulk of Jeju Island and is often taken as representing the island itself. There is a Korean traditional local saying that "Jeju Island is Hallasan, and Hallasan is Jeju." The mountain can indeed be seen from all places on the island, but its peak is often covered in clouds.
Ever since the 2000s, the majority of South Korean academic publications had switched to the term "Jeju language" rather than considering it as a dialect. The only English-language monograph on Jeju, published in 2019, consistently refers to it as a language as well. Among native speakers, the term Jeju-mal "Jeju speech" is most common. [18]
Jeju Province officially Jeju Special Self-Governing Province (Jeju-teukbyeol-jachi-do) is divided into 2 administrative cities (haengjeong-si) and further into 7 towns (eup), 5 townships (myeon), and 31 administrative neighborhoods (haengjeong-dong). Listed below is each entity's name in English, hangul and hanja.
Marado ( Korean : 마라도) or Mara Island is an island in Jeju Province, South Korea. It is South Korea's southernmost island, and is 8 km (5.0 mi) off the south coast of Jeju Island. [ 1][ 2] It has an area of 0.3 km 2 (0.12 sq mi) and is home to about 90 people. It has long been reputed for having strong women and docile men. [ 3]
Songaksan ( Korean : 송악산) is a volcano on Jeju Island, South Korea, which has double craters and a parasitic cone. Crater 1 is about 500 m in diameter, 1.7 km in circumference. Crater 2, the mouth of the volcano in Crater 1, is about 400 m in diameter, 69 m in depth and leans vertically. From Sanyisu-dong to the summit and ridge of ...