Ulleung County

Ulleung 울릉군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	울릉군
• Hanja	鬱陵郡
• Revised Romanization	Ulleung-gun
• McCune-Reischauer	Ullŭng-gun
Flag Emblem of Ulleung
Location in South Korea
Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Province	North Gyeongsang Province
Administrative divisions	1 eup, 2 myeon
Area
• Total	72.518 km2 (27.999 sq mi)
Population
• Total	10,426
• Density	143.8/km2 (372/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang
Area code	+82-54-790~799

Ulleung County (Korean: 울릉군, Ulleung-gun; Hanja: 鬱陵郡) is a county in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.

Ulleung County has a population of 10,426 making it the least populated county in South Korea. Ulleung County consists mainly of the island of Ulleungdo and 44 smaller islands located in the Sea of Japan, including the Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo) in effective governance by South Korea (but claimed by Japan). Ulleung County is administratively divided into one eup and two myeon: Ulleung-eup, Buk-myeon, and Seo-myeon, which 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."^[1]