Editing Daebudo

{{Short description|Island in South Korea}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Daebu Island
| native_name             = 대부도<br>大阜島
| native_name_lang        = Korean
| settlement_type         = [[Administrative divisions of South Korea|Dong]]
| translit_lang1          = Korean 
| translit_lang1_type1    = Hangul
| translit_lang1_info1    = 대부도
| translit_lang1_type2    = Hanja
| translit_lang1_info2    = {{linktext|大|阜|島}}
| translit_lang1_type3    = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}}
| translit_lang1_info3    = Daebudo
| translit_lang1_type4    = {{nowrap|McCune–Reischauer}}
| translit_lang1_info4    = Taebudo
| image_skyline           = 2010-09-23 - View from Malbuheung, Daebu Island.jpg
| imagesize               = 250px
| image_caption           = View from Malbuheung
| image_map               = Daebudo NASA-WW.jpg
| mapsize                 = 250px
| pushpin_map             = South Korea
| pushpin_label_position  = above
| pushpin_mapsize         = 250
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in South Korea
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = South Korea
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of Korea|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Seoul National Capital Area|Sudogwon]]
| population_blank1_title = Dialect
| population_blank1       = [[Seoul dialect|Seoul]]
| area_total_km2          = 41.98 
| population_as_of        = December 31, 2009
| population_total        = 7114
| population_density_km2  = 169.46
| parts_type              = [[Administrative divisions of South Korea|Administrative divisions]]
| parts                   = 5 dong
| coordinates             = {{coord|37|16|N|126|35|E|region:KR|display=inline}}
| image_blank_emblem      = 
| blank_emblem_type       = 
}}
{{Designation list
| designation1 = Ramsar
| designation1_offname = Daebudo Tidal Flat
| designation1_date = 25 October 2018
| designation1_number = 2359<ref>{{Cite web|title=Daebudo Tidal Flat|website=[[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2359|accessdate=11 November 2018}}</ref>}}

'''Daebu Island''' ({{Korean|대부도|rr=Daebudo}}) is an island in the [[Yellow Sea]], within the municipal borders of the city of [[Ansan]], [[Gyeonggi Province]], South Korea.

==Geography==
The island has a population of roughly 7,114 people and an area of 41.98&nbsp;km².<ref name="Statistics">{{cite web|url=http://www.iansan.net/dongoffice/25_dong/index.jsp|script-title=ko:안산시 동주민센터에 오신것을 환영합니다 (''Ansansi Dongjuminsenteo Osingeoseul Hwanyeonghamnida'')|work=Ansan City Council - Daebu-dong Citizens' Centre|accessdate=2010-10-01|archive-date=2013-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102113119/http://www.iansan.net/dongoffice/25_dong/index.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Administratively, the island today is divided into five ''dong'': Daebubuk-dong ({{Korean|hangul=대부북동|labels=no}}), Daebunam-dong ({{Korean|hangul=대부남동|labels=no}}), Daebudong-dong ({{Korean|hangul=대부동동|labels=no}}), Seongam-dong ({{Korean|hangul=선감동|labels=no}}) and Pungdo-dong ({{Korean|hangul=풍도동|labels=no}}). The predominant industries are tourism and fishing.

The island is connected (via Seongam-do and Tan-do) to the mainland in the south-east by road bridges, to Hyeong-do ({{Korean|hangul=형도|labels=no}}) (and thence the mainland) in the north-east by several routes due to land reclamation efforts, and to Seonjae-do ({{Korean|hangul=선재도|labels=no}}) (and thence [[Yeongheung Island]] ({{Korean|hangul=영흥도|labels=no}}) and others) to the west by a further road bridge.

===Environment===
Due to rising mudflats, the island has merged with neighbouring Seongam-do ({{Korean|hangul=선감도|labels=no}}) and Tan-do ({{Korean|hangul=탄도|labels=no}}). It is a [[Ramsar site]] and has also been designated an [[Important Bird Area]] (IBA) by [[BirdLife International]] because its intertidal [[mudflat]]s support significant populations of breeding [[Chinese egret]]s, as well as of [[dunlin]]s and [[common greenshank]]s on passage.<ref name=bli>{{cite web |url= https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/daebu-do-island-iba-south-korea|title=Daebu-do island|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024|website= BirdLife Data Zone|publisher= BirdLife International|access-date= 2024-10-17}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:09-09-ansan-en.svg|thumb|250px|Larger map of the [[Ansan]] districts. Danwon District district covers the west mainland part and stretches to the sea to cover Daebudo and [[Pungdo]] islands.]]
During the [[Goryeo]] and [[Joseon Dynasty|Joseon]] Dynasties, Daebu Island was included in the old jurisdiction of [[Hwaseong, Gyeonggi|Namyang]]. On March 1, 1914, it was transferred to [[Bucheon]], and on July 1, 1973 responsibility was transferred to [[Ongjin County, Incheon|Ongjin County]] (which later became part of [[Incheon]]). On December 26, 1994 the island was moved into the jurisdiction of Ansan, where it remains today.<ref name="Statistics"/>

==Education==
Daebu Island has three kindergartens, three elementary schools, one middle school and a high school.<ref name="Statistics"/> The island (specifically Seongam-do) is also home to the Gyeonggi [[English village|English Village's]] Ansan Camp, an immersion village for students from [[Gyeonggi-do|Gyeonggi Province]].<ref name="English Village">{{cite web|url=http://evcyber.gg.go.kr:8088/ansan/english/intro/greetings.php|title=Welcome to Ansan Camp|work=Gyeonggi English Village - Ansan Camp|accessdate=2010-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106000504/http://evcyber.gg.go.kr:8088/ansan/english/intro/greetings.php|archive-date=2010-01-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Daebu Island 2017 42.JPG|thumb|left|Daebu Island]]

==See also==
*[[Islands of South Korea]]
*[[Geography of South Korea]]

==References==
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== External links ==
{{wikivoyage|Daebudo}}
{{commons category|Daebu Island}}
* [http://www.iansan.net/dongoffice/25_dong/index.jsp Daebu-dong Citizens' Centre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102113119/http://www.iansan.net/dongoffice/25_dong/index.jsp |date=2013-11-02 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110808194824/http://ansan.iansan.net/english/index.asp Ansan City Council]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100106000504/http://evcyber.gg.go.kr:8088/ansan/english/intro/greetings.php Gyeonggi English Village - Ansan Camp]

{{Coord|37|16|N|126|35|E|region:KR_type:isle|display=title}}

[[Category:Islands of Gyeonggi Province]]
[[Category:Geography of Ansan]]
[[Category:Danwon District]]
[[Category:Islands of the Yellow Sea]]
[[Category:Important Bird Areas of South Korea]]
[[Category:Ramsar sites in South Korea]]