Jeju Province (officially the
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province) is one of the nine
provinces of South Korea. The province is situated on and with the nation's largest island of
Jeju (also
Jejudo), formerly transliterated as
Cheju,
Cheju Do, etc., or known as
Quelpart to Europeans. The island lies in the
Korea Strait, southwest of
South Jeolla Province, of which it was a part before it became a separate province in 1946. Its capital is
Jeju City.