Saengildo

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Saengildo

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

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: 백운간; 483 m above sea level).

[edit] 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)