Admeenistrative diveesions o Sooth Korea

Sooth Korea is dividit intae 8 provinces ( do ), 1 special autonomous province ( teukbyeol jachido ), 6 metropolitan ceties ( gwangyeoksi ), an 1 special ceety ( teukbyeolsi ). These are further subdividit intae a variety o smawer entities, includin ceeties ( si ), coonties ( gun ), destricts ( gu ), touns ( eup ), tounships ( myeon ), neighborhuids ( dong ) an veelages ( ri ).

Note on translation: awtho the terms "Special Ceety", "Metropolitan Ceety", "Province", an "Ceety" are commonly uised on Inglis-leid govrenment wabsteids, the ither translations — "coonty", "toun", "destrict", etc. — are nae offeecial translations, an are anerlie intendit tae serve as uiseful illustrations o ilka entity's meanin. The northwastren islands o Yeonpyeong Island , Baengnyeong Island , Daecheong Island , an the muckle smawer Socheong Island are pairt o Ongjin.

Provincial level diveesions [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

Do (Province) [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

A "do" (道, 道 ) is equivalent tae a province an ane o the primary diveesions o the kintra, alang wi "teukbyeolsi" (特別市) an "gwangyeoksi (廣域市)". Sooth Korea haes 8 provinces an ane special sel-govrenin province (teukbyeol jachido; 特別自治도; 特別自治道 ).

Ilka province is subdividit intae ceeties ("si") an coonties ("gun").

Gwangyeoksi (Metropolitan Ceety) [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

Gwangyeoksi (廣域市; 廣域市 ), or "metropolitan cities", are major ceeties that are no pairt o ony province, but exist independently an are sel-govrened. Thay are comparable tae Cheenae's direct-controlled municipalities or even Breetish metropolitan coonties . Sooth Korea haes 6 metropolitan ceeties wi provincial status.

Ilka Metropolitan Ceety are dividit intae wards ("gu") an ootlyin coonties ("gun") comparable tae Breetish non-metropolitan coonties .

Teukbyeolsi (Special Ceety) [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

A "teukbyeolsi" (特別市; 特別市 ) is ane o the primary diveesions o the kintra, alang wi gwangyeoksi an do. Sooth Korea haes anerlie ane special ceety. Seoul is dividit intae destricts ("gu").

Leet o Province level diveesions [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

#	Romaja	Hangul	Hanja	Type	Caipital	Region	Population ¹	Aurie ²	Density ³	ISO
1	Seoul	서울市	(首爾)市 ⁴	Special Ceety	( Jung-gu, Seoul )	Sudogwon	10,421,782	605.25	17,219	KR-11
2	Busan	釜山市	釜山市	Metropolitan Ceety	( Yeonje-gu, Busan )	Yeongnam	3,635,389	763.46	4,762	KR-26
3	Incheon	仁川市	仁川市	Metropolitan Ceety	( Namdong-gu, Incheon )	Sudogwon	2,628,000	964.53	2,724.6	KR-28
4	Daegu	大邱市	大邱市	Metropolitan Ceety	( Jung-gu, Daegu )	Yeongnam	2,512,604	884.15	2,842	KR-27
5	Gwangju	光州市	光州市	Metropolitan Ceety	( Seo-gu, Gwangju )	Honam	1,415,953	501.36	2,824	KR-29
6	Daejeon	大田市	大田市	Metropolitan Ceety	( Seo-gu, Daejeon )	Hoseo	1,442,857	539.84	2,673	KR-30
7	Ulsan	蔚山市	蔚山市	Metropolitan Ceety	( Nam-gu, Ulsan )	Yeongnam	1,087,958	1,056.4	1,030	KR-31
8	Gyeonggi	京畿道	京畿道	Province	Suwon	Sudogwon	10,415,399	10,131	1,028	KR-41
9	Gangwon	江原道	江原道	Province	Chuncheon	Gwandong	1,592,000	16,894	94	KR-42
10	Chungcheongbuk	忠淸北道	忠?北道	Province	Cheongju	Hoseo	1,462,621	7,436	197	KR-43
11	Chungcheongnam	忠淸南道	忠?南道	Province	Daejeon	Hoseo	1,840,410 ⁵	8,352 ⁵	220 ⁵	KR-44
12	Jeollabuk	全羅北道	全羅北道	Province	Jeonju	Honam	1,890,669	8,043	235	KR-45
13	Jeollanam	全羅南道	全羅南道	Province	Muan	Honam	1,994,287	11,858	168	KR-46
14	Gyeongsangbuk	慶尙北道	慶尙北道	Province	Daegu	Yeongnam	2,775,890 ⁶	19,440 ⁶	143 ⁶	KR-47
15	Gyeongsangnam	慶尙南道	慶尙南道	Province	Changwon	Yeongnam	2,970,929	11,859	251	KR-48
16	Jeju	濟州道	濟州道	Special Sel-govrenin Province	Jeju Ceety	Jejudo	560,000	1,845.55	303	KR-49

Notes: ¹ as o 2000; ² km²; ³ per km²; ⁴see Names o Seoul ; ⁵ Daejeon excludit; ⁶ Daegu excludit ⁷ currently bein planned

History [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

Awtho the details o local admeenistration hae chynged dramatically ower time, the basic ootline o the current three-tiered seestem wis implementit unner the reign o Gojong in 1895. A seemilar seestem an aa remains in uise in North Korea .