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Administrative divisions of South Korea

Index 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). [1]

45 relations: Administrative divisions of North Korea, Borough, Busan, Cheonan, Cheongju, Daegu, Daejeon, District, Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, Gangwon Province, South Korea, Gimhae, Gojong of Korea, Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, Hangul, Hanja, Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, Incheon, ISO 3166-2:KR, Jeju Province, Jeonju, List of cities in South Korea, List of provincial-level governors in South Korea, List of South Korean regions by GDP, List of special cities of South Korea, Myeongjang-dong, Namyangju, Nate (web portal), Non-metropolitan district, North Chungcheong Province, North Gyeongsang Province, North Jeolla Province, North Korea, Province, Provinces of Korea, Revised Romanization of Korean, Romanization of Korean, Sejong City, Seoul, South Chungcheong Province, South Gyeongsang Province, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, Suwon, Ulsan.

Administrative divisions of North Korea

The administrative divisions of North Korea are organized into three hierarchical levels.

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Borough

A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries.

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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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Cheonan

Cheonan (Cheonan-si, sometimes spelled Chonan or Ch'onan) is a city located in the northeast corner of South Chungcheong, a province of South Korea, and is 83.6 km south of the capital, Seoul.

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Cheongju

Cheongju is the capital and largest city of North Chungcheong Province in South Korea.

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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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District

A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by local government.

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Encyclopedia of Korean Culture

The Encyclopedia of Korean Culture is a Korean language encyclopedia published by the Academy of Korean Studies and DongBang Media Co.

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Gangwon Province, South Korea

Gangwon-do is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon.

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Gimhae

Gimhae, also commonly spelled Kimhae, is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.

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Gojong of Korea

Gojong, the Emperor Gwangmu (8 September 1852 – 21 January 1919), was the twenty-sixth king of the Joseon dynasty and the first Emperor of 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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Hwaseong, Gyeonggi

Hwaseong is a city in Gyeonggi Province, 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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Jeju Province

Jeju Province, officially Jeju Self-Governing Province, is one of the nine provinces of South Korea.

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Jeonju

Jeonju is the 16th largest city in South Korea and the capital of North Jeolla Province.

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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 provincial-level governors in South Korea

This is a list of current governors of the provincial level divisions of South Korea.

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List of South Korean regions by GDP

This is a list of South Korean regions by GDP. All data are sourced from the latest regional statistics published by the South Korean Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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List of special cities of South Korea

Special cities are one of the first-level administrative divisions within South Korea.

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Myeongjang-dong

Myeongjang is a dong in Dongnae-gu, Busan, South Korea.

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Namyangju

Namyangju is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

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Nate (web portal)

Nate is a South Korean web portal, developed by SK Communications.

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Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England.

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North Chungcheong Province

North Chungcheong Province, officially Chungcheongbuk-do, is a province in the centre of 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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North Jeolla Province

North Jeolla Province or Jeollabuk-do (전라북도; 全羅北道; Jeollabuk-do) is a province in the southwest of South Korea.

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North Korea

North Korea (Chosŏn'gŭl:조선; Hanja:朝鮮; Chosŏn), officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK, PRK, DPR Korea, or Korea DPR), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.

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Province

A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state.

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Provinces of Korea

Korea's provinces (Do; hangul: 도; hanja: 道) have been the primary administrative division of Korea since the mid Goryeo dynasty in the early 11th century, and were preceded by provincial-level divisions (Ju and Mok) dating back to Unified Silla, in the late 7th century.

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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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Romanization of Korean

The romanization of Korean is a system for representing the Korean language using the Latin script.

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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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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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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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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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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_South_Korea

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