Jeju-do (transliterated Korean for Jeju Province, short form of Jeju Special Self-governing Province or Cheju Island) is the special autonomous province of South Korea, situated on and coterminous with the nation's largest island. Jeju-do lies in the Korea Strait, southwest of Jeollanam-do Province, of which it was a part before it became a separate province in 1946. Its capital is the city of Jeju.
The island contains the natural World Heritage Site Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes.
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