Saengildo

Saengildo
Hangul	생일도
Hanja	生日島
Revised Romanization	Saeng(-)ildo
McCune–Reischauer	Saengilto

Location of Saengildo in the Jeju Strait (slightly left from map centre)

Saengildo (literally translates to “birthday island”) is a South Korean island of 15 km² in the East China Sea on which the island's economy is based. The highest point is Baegunsan (Korean: 백운산; 483 m above sea level).

Saengildo, measures 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) long and 5.7 kilometres (3.5 mi) wide.

Administration

• Republic of Korea
  • Jeollanam-do
    • Wando-gun
      • Saengil-myeon (생일면/生日面; formed in 1989; 1,082 inhabitants as of 2006-09-01)
        • Deogu-ri (덕우리/德牛里)
        • Geumgok-ri (금곡리/金谷里)
        • Guljeon-ri (굴전리/窟前里)
        • Seoseong-ri 서성리/西城里; Saengil-myeon's administrative centre)
        • Yongchul-ri (용출리/龍出里)
        • Yuchon-ri (유촌리/柳村里)

References

• Official website of Saengil-myeon (Korean)
  • 생일면소개: 일반현황 – general information
  • 생일면소개: 마을유래 – includes etymologies of the island and its villages
• http://www.wando.tv/saengil/town/town.html (Korean)