Jodo-myeon

Jodo-myeon is a myeon (township) in Jindo County of South Jeolla Province, South Korea. 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 largest cluster of islands in Korea. Jodogundo or Jodo archipelagoes, the six archipelagoes 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 (Geocha archipelago, 거차군도): Donggeochado, Mangdo, Bukdo, Sangsongdo, Hasongdo, Songdo, Seogeochado, Sangjukdo, Hajukdo, Hangdo
• Maenggolgundo (Maenggol archipelago, 맹골군도): Maenggoldo, Gwakdo, Myeongdo, Mongdeokdo, Sojukdo, Jukdo

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