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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.

Jindo 진도군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	진도군
• Hanja	珍島郡
• Revised Romanization	Jindo-gun
• McCune-Reischauer	Chindo-gun
Flag Emblem of Jindo
Location in South Korea
Country	South Korea
Region	Honam
Administrative divisions	1 eup, 6 myeon
Area
• Total	420.32 km2 (162.29 sq mi)
Population  (2015[1])
• Total	29,538
• Density	70/km2 (200/sq mi)
• Dialect	Jeolla

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.[1] Most of the land is covered by forests (60%) and cultivated fields (30%).[2][3] The county tree is Malchilus thunbergii, the flower camellia and the bird the swan.[4] The local food specialties are wolfberry, which is used for liquor, tea and paste; cheongju red-colored rice wine, brown seaweed and black rice.[5]

References

External links

• County government home page
• WikiCommons – Jindo Dogs

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