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Administrative divisions of South Korea
South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (gwangyeoksi 광역시/廣域市), 1 special city (teukbyeolsi 특별시/特別市), 1 special self-governing city (teukbyeol-jachisi 특별자치시/特別自治市), and 9 provinces (do 도/道), including one special self-governing province (teukbyeol jachido 특별자치도/特別自治道).
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Busan
Busan, formerly known as Pusan and now officially is South Korea's second most-populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.5 million inhabitants.
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Changwon
Changwon is the capital city of Gyeongsangnam-do, on the southeast coast of South Korea.
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Chinese language
Chinese is a group of related, but in many cases mutually unintelligible, language varieties, forming a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.
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Daegu
Daegu (대구, 大邱, literally 'large hill') formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the nation with over 2.5 million residents.
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Daejeon
Daejeon is South Korea's fifth-largest metropolis.
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Goyang
Goyang (Goyang-si) is a city in Gyeonggi Province in the north of South Korea.
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Gwangju
Gwangju is the sixth largest city in South Korea.
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Gyeonggi Province
Gyeonggi-do (Hangul: 경기도) is the most populous province in South Korea.
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Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul (from Korean hangeul 한글), has been used to write the Korean language since its creation in the 15th century by Sejong the Great.
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Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters.
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Hansol-dong
Hansol-dong is part of Sejong City, South Korea.
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Honam
Honam (literally "south of the lake") is a region coinciding with the former Jeolla Province in what is now South Korea.
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Hoseo
Hoseo (literally "west of the lake") is a region coinciding with the former Chungcheong Province in what is now South Korea.
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Incheon
Incheon (formerly romanized as Inchŏn; literally "kind river"), officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시), is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi to the east.
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ISO 3166-2:KR
ISO 3166-2:KR is the entry for South Korea (officially the Republic of Korea) in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
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Jung District, Daegu
Jung District (Jung-gu) is a ''gu'', or district, covering the downtown area of Daegu, South Korea.
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Jung District, Seoul
Jung District, is one of the 25 gu which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea.
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List of cities in South Korea
The largest cities of South Korea have an autonomous status equivalent to that of provinces.
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List of cities of South Korea
A city is a municipal administrative unit in South Korea.
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Mayor of Seoul
The Mayor of Seoul (Korean: 서울특별시장, hanja: 서울特別市長) is the chief executive for the metropolitan government of Seoul, the capital and largest city of South Korea.
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Nam District, Ulsan
Nam District (Nam-gu) is a district of Ulsan, South Korea.
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Namdong District
Namdong District (Namdong-gu) is a municipal disctict in Incheon, South Korea.
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North Gyeongsang Province
North Gyeongsang Province (경상북도; RR: Gyeongsangbuk-do), also known as Gyeongbuk, is a province in eastern South Korea.
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Provinces of South Korea
Provinces are one of the first-level divisions within South Korea.
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Regions of Korea
Korea has traditionally been divided into a number of unofficial regions that reflect historical, geographical, and dialect boundaries within the peninsula.
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Revised Romanization of Korean
The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea proclaimed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to replace the older McCune–Reischauer system.
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Sejong City
Sejong (Hangul: 세종; Hanja: 世宗), officially Sejong Special Self-Governing City (Hangul: 세종특별자치시; Hanja: 世宗特別自治市) and formerly known as Yeongi (연기, 燕岐) County is South Korea's central administrative city.
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Seo District, Daejeon
Seo District (Seo-gu) is a gu ("district") of Daejeon, South Korea.
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Seo District, Gwangju
Seo District (Seo-gu) is a district, meaning west-district in Korean (Korean hanja), but situated in the center of the Gwangju city, South Korea.
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Seongnam
Seongnam is the second largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country.
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Seoul
Seoul (like soul; 서울), officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the capital, Constitutional Court of Korea and largest metropolis of South Korea.
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Seoul Capital Area
The Seoul Capital Area (SCA), Sudogwon or Gyeonggi region is the metropolitan area of Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi-do located in north-west South Korea.
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South Chungcheong Province
South Chungcheong Province (충청남도, Chungcheongnam-do, literally "Chungcheong Southern Province"), abbreviated as Chungnam, is a province in the west of South Korea.
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South Gyeongsang Province
South Gyeongsang Province (translit) is a province in the southeast of South Korea.
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South Jeolla Province
South Jeolla Province or Jeollanam-do is a province in the southwest of South Korea.
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.
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Special cities of North Korea
Special cities are one of the first-level administrative division within North Korea.
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Suwon
Suwon (Hangul: 수원, Hanja: 水原) is the capital and largest metropolis of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea's most populous province which surrounds Seoul, the national capital. Suwon lies about south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety". With a population close to 1.2 million, it is larger than Ulsan, although it is not governed as a metropolitan city. Suwon has existed in various forms throughout Korea's history, growing from a small settlement to become a major industrial and cultural center. It is the only remaining completely walled city in South Korea. The city walls are one of the more popular tourist destinations in Gyeonggi Province. Samsung Electronics R&D center and headquarters are in Suwon. The city is served by two motorways, the national railway network, and the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. Suwon is a major educational center, home to 11 universities. Suwon is home to football club Suwon Samsung Bluewings, which have won the K League on four occasions and AFC Champions League twice. The KT Wiz of the Korea Baseball Organization also plays in Suwon.
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Ulsan
Ulsan, officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolis with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants.
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Yeongnam
Yeongnam (Hangul: 영남,; literally "south of the passes") is the name of a region that coincides with the former Gyeongsang Province in what is now South Korea.
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Yeonje District
Yeonje District is a gu in central Busan, South Korea.
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Yongin
Yongin is a major city in the Seoul Capital Area, located in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
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Metropolitan cities of South Korea, Special cities of South Korea.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_special_cities_of_South_Korea
