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<h2 id="etymology">Etymology</h2> <p>The name comes from <a href="/facts/Korean_language/dmNnRxAA">Korean</a> <i> Geoje</i> 'Great Crossing Island'; from <i> 巨 </i> 'great, large' <i> 濟 </i> 'crossing, ferry' and <i> 島 </i> 'island'. </p> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>During the <a href="/facts/Three_Kingdoms_of_Korea/s2gt3ydj">Three Kingdoms period</a>, Geojedo corresponded to one of the twelve states of <a href="/facts/Byeonhan_confederacy/9x00f5Mn">Byeonhan</a> (변한) state called Dokno (독로국; 瀆盧國). During the <a href="/facts/Silla/mCPc58jC">Silla</a> period (신라시대), <a href="/facts/Gyeongdeok_of_Silla/fPGpx1HY">King Gyeongdeok</a> in 757 A.D. first started to use the name Geoje County (거제군) to refer to the island.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>In the Korea and <a href="/facts/Joseon/Vv7SVEfL">Joseon dynasty</a> period, after the area called Giseong (기성현) was divided from Geoje 거제현 in 1914, the Geoje area was mistakenly called <a href="/facts/Tongyeong/X8apgXr2">Tongyeong</a> (통영군).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> During this period, the island was a strategic location between <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a> and the <a href="/facts/Korean_Peninsula/cj2kDBzc">Korean Peninsula</a>, and therefore suffered invasion by the <a href="/facts/Japanese_Empire/gMpNKg2W">Japanese</a>. </p><p>When the Japanese invaded <a href="/facts/Tongyeong/X8apgXr2">Tongyeong</a> in 1592, the Navy Headquarters of Three Provinces was established in <a href="/facts/Geoje/aFhES1nd">Geoje</a> which served as a command for many naval battles in the area. Included in these were the battle of May 1592; <a href="/facts/Yi_Sun-sin/DA1anQ5T">Admiral Yi Sun-sin</a> led Korean forces to a much celebrated naval victory at Okpo, Geojedo (옥포해전), as well as on the 28th of July, 1592 at Gyeonnaeryang (견내량해전) also known as the Hansan Great victory (한산대첩). In the year 1597 the first and only naval defeat to the Japanese in Korean history took place at Chilcheon, Geoje (칠천량해전). </p><p>During the <a href="/facts/Korean_War/Qo93pNhE">Korean War</a>, <a href="/facts/United_Nations/fgXLnmgT">UN Forces</a> established the <a href="/facts/Geoje_POW_Camp/1uPslNY0">Geoje POW Camp</a> in 1951 for captured North Koreans.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> 31 prisoners died during conflicts there.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a>: 259–60 <i><a href="/facts/Koje_Unscreened/B1wtHEAp">Koje Unscreened</a></i> (1953), written by journalists <a href="/facts/Alan_Winnington/FVzL4TtT">Alan Winnington</a> and <a href="/facts/Wilfred_Burchett/usqmWRTB">Wilfred Burchett</a>, focused on the poor conditions in the camp.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p><p>In 1953, Geoje became an independent county, and in the early 1970s the shipbuilding industry began producing ships, which led to population growth. In 1995, Geoje finally had a large enough population to be classified as a city (시).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <p>It is now the hub for a major driving force in Korea's economic development, the shipbuilding industry.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p><p>Geoje is the hometown of two <a href="/facts/President_of_South_Korea/68FumoI0">Presidents of South Korea</a>: <a href="/facts/Kim_Young-sam/HstLAsl5">Kim Young-sam</a> (1993–1998)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/Moon_Jae-in/0xbdKLfy">Moon Jae-in</a> (2017-2022).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> </p><p>It was the final port of call of the <a href="/facts/SS_Meredith_Victory/jfEjljv3">SS <i>Meredith Victory</i></a> at Christmastide 1950, when that ship evacuated some fourteen thousand North Korean civilians from Hungnam.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Islands_of_South_Korea/LJ12uqIB">Islands of South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Geography_of_South_Korea/lAvH0gVo">Geography of South Korea</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <p> Media related to Geoje Island at Wikimedia Commons </p> <ul><li><a href="http://gfra.net">Geoje Foreigner's Residents Association – Foreigners' Club in Okpo</a></li></ul> <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Geojedo¶ms=34_51_29_N_128_37_06_E_region:KR_type:isle_source:dewiki">34°51′29″N 128°37′06″E / 34.85806°N 128.61833°E / 34.85806; 128.61833</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"거제도 (巨濟島)", Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean), Academy of Korean Studies, retrieved 2024-06-10 <a href="https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0001872" target="_blank">https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0001872</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"거제도 (巨濟島)", Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean), Academy of Korean Studies, retrieved 2024-06-10 <a href="https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0001872" target="_blank">https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0001872</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Fixed link connects Busan, Geoje Island". 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