Ulleung County

Ulleung County

Infobox Korean settlement
logo=Ulleung logo.gif
hangul=울릉군
hanja=鬱陵郡
rr=Ulleung-gun
mr=Ullŭng-gun
area_km2=72.518
pop=10426
popden_km2=143.8
divs=1 "eup", 2 "myeon"

Ulleung County ("Ulleung-gun") is a county in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.It consists mainly of the island of Ulleungdo, but is held to cover a total of 44 islands, including Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo), which is contested by Japan. All of these islands lie within the Sea of Japan (East Sea).

Administratively, the county is divided into one eup and two myeon: Ulleung-eup (including Liancourt Rocks), Buk-myeon, and Seo-myeon. These in turn are divided into 10 legal ri, those into 25 administrative ri, and at the most basic level the county is held to contain 56 "natural villages." [Ulleung County Government [http://ulleung.go.kr/Ullung_English/sub1_05_04.html] ]

History

At the year of 512, Jijeung of Silla conquered Usan-guk which was the original nation in Ulleung-do. After a downfall of Silla, Goryeo naturally took the title of Ulleung. In 930, 13th year of Taejo of Goryeo, he granted local people bringing a tribute.

Hyeonjong of Goryeo sent his ambassador to islands for recovering ruined farming land in 1012.

ymbols

* Tree : Silver Magnolia
* Flower : Camelliar Flower
* Bird : Wood Pigeons

Location

It is located in the middle of the Sea of Japan between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. There are two main ports that provide ferries to Ulleung and Dokdo: Pohang Port and Mukho Port. These two ports offer regular shipping service. [http://www.ulleung.go.kr/Ullung_English/sub1_05.html]

nowflower Festival

Ulleung County, which has one of the highest snowfalls in all of Korea, hosts the Snowflower Festival. In 2007, Ulleung had lot of snow, up to 42cm (16.5in) around coastlines and 105cm (around 3ft 5in) in the Nari Basin. [Nice to see you, Snow! "눈꽃축제 울릉 반갑다! 폭설" http://www.imaeil.com/sub_news/sub_news_view.php?news_id=2674&yy=2008] But the county did not host its festival before 2006 as there was not enough snow. [Ulleung county worries 2 year long lack of snowfall <설국(雪國) 울릉도 2년째 눈 부족 '속타네'>연합뉴스 2008-01-14 http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=103&oid=001&aid=0001892877]

References

External links

* [http://www.ulleung.go.kr/Ullung_English/index.html Official county government website]


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