Heuksando
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Heuksando () is an island in the Yellow Sea located off 97.2 km from the southwest coast of Mokpo, Jeollanam-do, South Korea. It covers an area of 19.7 km2 and consists of several peaks: Munamsan (문암산/ 400m), Gitdaebong (깃대봉/ 378m), Seonyubong (선유봉/ 300m), Sangnasan (상라산/ 227m). It is within the administrative boundaries of Sinan County, Jeollanam-do, South Korea since 1969. The island's 19.7 km2 are home to about 3,133 people.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Heuksando is referenced by 28 other articles, and connects out to South Jeolla, South Korea and island.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Islands of South Jeolla Province, Islands of the Yellow Sea and Sinan County, South Jeolla.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Heuksando
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Korean
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Hangul
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- 흑산도
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Hanja
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info2
- Heuksando
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info3
- Hŭksando
- Settlement.translit_lang2_type
- Hangul
- Settlement.translit_lang2_type1
- Hanja
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Korea-Heuksando Island-01.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 240
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Korea
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 19.7
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Sinan County
- Population
- 3133
- Area
- 19.7
- Body of water
- Yellow Sea
- Image
- Korea-Heuksando Island-10.jpg
- Length
- 9
Show 3 more facts
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Huksando
- Commons category
- Heuksan Island
- Revised Romanization
- Heuksando
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Climate
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- References
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Heuksando () is an island in the Yellow Sea located off 97.2 km from the southwest coast of Mokpo, Jeollanam-do, South Korea. It covers an area of 19.7 km2 and consists of several peaks: Munamsan (문암산/ 400m), Gitdaebong (깃대봉/ 378m), Seonyubong (선유봉/ 300m), Sangnasan (상라산/ 227m). It is within the administrative boundaries of Sinan County, Jeollanam-do, South Korea since 1969. The island's 19.7 km2 are home to about 3,133 people.
==Climate==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heuksando” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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