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| Administrative divisions of South Korea |
|---|
| Provincial level |
| Province (도 道 do) |
| Special self-governing province (특별자치도 特別自治道 teukbyeol-jachi-do) |
| Special city (특별시 特別市 teukbyeol-si) |
| Metropolitan city (광역시 廣域市 gwangyeok-si) |
| Special self-governing city (특별자치시 特別自治市 teukbyeol-jachi-si) |
| Municipal level |
| City (시 市 si) |
| County (군 郡 gun) |
| District (구 區 gu) |
| Submunicipal level |
| District (구 區 gu) |
| Town (읍 邑 eup) |
| Township (면 面 myeon) |
| Neighbourhood (동 洞 dong) |
| Village (리 里 ri) |
The largest cities of South Korea have self-governing status equivalent to that of provinces. Seoul, the largest city and capital, is classified as a teukbyeolsi (Special City), while the next 6 largest cities (see the list below) are classified as gwangyeoksi (Metropolitan Cities; see Special cities of South Korea). Smaller cities are classified as si ("cities") and are under provincial jurisdiction, at the same level as counties (see Administrative divisions of South Korea).
- The name "Seoul" does not originate from Hanja. The official Chinese translation is written as 首爾/首尔, which is a transcription based on the pronunciation of "Seoul", but 漢城/汉城 remains frequently used. As a suffix, the character gyeong (京) is used, which means "capital".
- Seoul was designated a "Special Free City" (Teukbyeol Jayusi; 특별 자유시; 特別自由市) separate from Gyeonggi Province on August 15, 1946; it became a "Special City" on August 15, 1949.
| City | Hangul | Hanja | Province | Population (2012) |
Area | Founded (ROK) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andong | 안동 | 安東 | North Gyeongsang | 168,009 | 1521.26 | 1963-01-01 |
| Ansan | 안산 | 安山 | Gyeonggi | 715,313 | 149.06 | 1986-01-01 |
| Anseong | 안성 | 安城 | Gyeonggi | 180,900 | 553.47 | 1998-04-01 |
| Anyang | 안양 | 安養 | Gyeonggi | 614,170 | 58.46 | 1973-07-01 |
| Asan | 아산 | 牙山 | South Chungcheong | 275,350 | 542.15 | 1986-01-01 |
| Boryeong | 보령 | 保寧 | South Chungcheong | 106,106 | 569.01 | 1986-01-01 |
| Bucheon | 부천 | 富川 | Gyeonggi | 872,662 | 53.40 | 1973-07-01 |
| Busan | 부산 | 釜山 | Metropolitan city | 3,548,640 | 765.94 | 1914-04-01 |
| Changwon | 창원 | 昌原 | South Gyeongsang | 1,091,733 | 736.34 | 1980-04-01 |
| Cheonan | 천안 | 天安 | South Chungcheong | 574,148 | 636.22 | 1963-01-01 |
| Cheongju | 청주 | 淸州 | North Chungcheong | 662,852 | 153.45 | 1946-06-01 |
| Chuncheon | 춘천 | 春川 | Gangwon | 273,130 | 1116.35 | 1946-06-01 |
| Chungju | 충주 | 忠州 | North Chungcheong | 208,266 | 983.70 | 1956-07-08 |
| Daegu | 대구 | 大邱 | Metropolitan city | 2,508,563 | 885.60 | 1914-04-01 |
| Daejeon | 대전 | 大田 | Metropolitan city | 1,518,651 | 539.86 | 1935-10-01 |
| Dangjin | 당진 | 唐津 | South Chungcheong | 151,013 | 694.08 | 2012-01-01 |
| Dongducheon | 동두천 | 東豆川 | Gyeonggi | 96,215 | 95.66 | 1981-07-01 |
| Donghae | 동해 | 東海 | Gangwon | 94,617 | 180.17 | 1980-04-01 |
| Gangneung | 강릉 | 江陵 | Gangwon | 217,494 | 1040.07 | 1955-09-01 |
| Geoje | 거제 | 巨濟 | South Gyeongsang | 232,891 | 401.61 | 1989-01-01 |
| Gimcheon | 김천 | 金泉 | North Gyeongsang | 135,421 | 1009.50 | 1949-08-14 |
| Gimhae | 김해 | 金海 | South Gyeongsang | 507,726 | 463.28 | 1981-07-01 |
| Gimje | 김제 | 金堤 | North Jeolla | 92,911 | 544.99 | 1989-01-01 |
| Gimpo | 김포 | 金浦 | Gyeonggi | 260,997 | 276.64 | 1998-04-01 |
| Gongju | 공주 | 公州 | South Chungcheong | 124,359 | 940.36 | 1986-01-01 |
| Goyang | 고양 | 高陽 | Gyeonggi | 961,451 | 267.31 | 1992-02-01 |
| Gumi | 구미 | 龜尾 | North Gyeongsang | 413,893 | 615.52 | 1978-02-15 |
| Gunpo | 군포 | 軍浦 | Gyeonggi | 287,311 | 36.36 | 1989-01-01 |
| Gunsan | 군산 | 群山 | North Jeolla | 276,538 | 675.38 | 1914-04-01 |
| Guri | 구리 | 九里 | Gyeonggi | 194,537 | 33.30 | 1986-01-01 |
| Gwacheon | 과천 | 果川 | Gyeonggi | 71,799 | 35.86 | 1986-01-01 |
| Gwangju | 광주 | 光州 | Metropolitan city | 1,466,516 | 501.26 | 1935-10-01 |
| Gwangju | 광주 | 廣州 | Gyeonggi | 266,444 | 430.96 | 2001-03-21 |
| Gwangmyeong | 광명 | 光明 | Gyeonggi | 355,618 | 38.50 | 1981-07-01 |
| Gwangyang | 광양 | 光陽 | South Jeolla | 150,565 | 453.84 | 1989-01-01 |
| Gyeongju | 경주 | 慶州 | North Gyeongsang | 265,028 | 1324.39 | 1955-09-01 |
| Gyeongsan | 경산 | 慶山 | North Gyeongsang | 243,746 | 411.70 | 1989-01-01 |
| Gyeryong | 계룡 | 鷄龍 | South Chungcheong | 42,427 | 60.74 | 2003-09-19 |
| Hanam | 하남 | 河南 | Gyeonggi | 148,122 | 93.07 | 1989-01-01 |
| Hwaseong | 화성 | 華城 | Gyeonggi | 517,505 | 687.54 | 2001-03-21 |
| Icheon | 이천 | 利川 | Gyeonggi | 204,331 | 531.09 | 1996-03-01 |
| Iksan | 익산 | 益山 | North Jeolla | 308,458 | 506.70 | 1947-02-23 |
| Incheon | 인천 | 仁川 | Metropolitan city | 2,808,286 | 1032.41 | 1914-04-01 |
| Jecheon | 제천 | 堤川 | North Chungcheong | 137,317 | 883.09 | 1980-04-01 |
| Jeongeup | 정읍 | 井邑 | North Jeolla | 120,114 | 692.93 | 1981-07-01 |
| Jeonju | 전주 | 全州 | North Jeolla | 647,504 | 206.22 | 1935-10-01 |
| Jeju | 제주 | 濟州 | Jeju | 423,853 | 977.80 | 1955-09-01 |
| Jinju | 진주 | 晋州 | South Gyeongsang | 336,310 | 712.62 | 1939-10-01 |
| Naju | 나주 | 羅州 | South Jeolla | 88,094 | 608.15 | 1981-07-01 |
| Namyangju | 남양주 | 南楊州 | Gyeonggi | 580,151 | 458.54 | 1989-01-01 |
| Namwon | 남원 | 南原 | North Jeolla | 87,367 | 752.50 | 1981-07-01 |
| Nonsan | 논산 | 論山 | South Chungcheong | 127,056 | 554.85 | 1996-03-01 |
| Miryang | 밀양 | 密陽 | South Gyeongsang | 109,087 | 799.01 | 1989-01-01 |
| Mokpo | 목포 | 木浦 | South Jeolla | 244,256 | 50.08 | 1914-04-01 |
| Mungyeong | 문경 | 聞慶 | North Gyeongsang | 76,045 | 911.17 | 1986-01-01 |
| Osan | 오산 | 烏山 | Gyeonggi | 194,775 | 42.76 | 1989-01-01 |
| Paju | 파주 | 坡州 | Gyeonggi | 382,816 | 672.57 | 1996-03-01 |
| Pocheon | 포천 | 抱川 | Gyeonggi | 157,684 | 826.50 | 2003-10-19 |
| Pohang | 포항 | 浦項 | North Gyeongsang | 517,322 | 1128.76 | 1949-08-14 |
| Pyeongtaek | 평택 | 平澤 | Gyeonggi | 428,075 | 454.62 | 1986-01-01 |
| Sacheon | 사천 | 泗川 | South Gyeongsang | 114,654 | 398.25 | 1956-07-08 |
| Sangju | 상주 | 尙州 | North Gyeongsang | 104,652 | 1254.83 | 1986-01-01 |
| Samcheok | 삼척 | 三陟 | Gangwon | 71,825 | 1185.86 | 1986-01-01 |
| Sejong | 세종 | 世宗 | Special self-governing city | 122,263 | 465.23 | 2012-07-01 |
| Seogwipo | 서귀포 | 西歸浦 | Jeju | 153,241 | 870.87 | 1981-07-01 |
| Seongnam | 성남 | 城南 | Gyeonggi | 979,412 | 141.82 | 1973-07-01 |
| Seosan | 서산 | 瑞山 | South Chungcheong | 161,610 | 740.66 | 1989-01-01 |
| Seoul | 서울 | 서울 | Special city | 10,251,297 | 605.27 | 1914-04-01 |
| Siheung | 시흥 | 始興 | Gyeonggi | 400,891 | 135.02 | 1989-01-01 |
| Sokcho | 속초 | 束草 | Gangwon | 88,723 | 105.00 | 1963-01-01 |
| Suncheon | 순천 | 順天 | South Jeolla | 272,274 | 907.41 | 1949-08-14 |
| Suwon | 수원 | 水原 | Gyeonggi | 1,098,010 | 121.09 | 1949-08-14 |
| Taebaek | 태백 | 太白 | Gangwon | 49,837 | 303.57 | 1981-07-01 |
| Tongyeong | 통영 | 統營 | South Gyeongsang | 140,140 | 238.85 | 1955-09-01 |
| Uijeongbu | 의정부 | 議政府 | Gyeonggi | 430,198 | 81.59 | 1963-01-01 |
| Uiwang | 의왕 | 儀旺 | Gyeonggi | 150,379 | 54.00 | 1989-01-01 |
| Ulsan | 울산 | 蔚山 | Metropolitan city | 1,136,948 | 1057.50 | 1962-06-01 |
| Wonju | 원주 | 原州 | Gangwon | 321,146 | 872.56 | 1955-09-01 |
| Yangju | 양주 | 楊州 | Gyeonggi | 199,956 | 309.77 | 2003-10-19 |
| Yangsan | 양산 | 梁山 | South Gyeongsang | 267,108 | 485.18 | 1996-03-01 |
| Yeongcheon | 영천 | 永川 | North Gyeongsang | 103,174 | 920.29 | 1981-07-01 |
| Yeongju | 영주 | 榮州 | North Gyeongsang | 114,446 | 669.05 | 1980-04-01 |
| Yeosu | 여수 | 麗水 | South Jeolla | 292,627 | 501.27 | 1949-08-14 |
| Yongin | 용인 | 龍仁 | Gyeonggi | 898,530 | 591.36 | 1996-03-01 |
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Renamed cities
Defunct cities
- Masan (마산; 馬山, established 1 April 1914) and Jinhae (진해; 鎭海, established 1 September 1955) merged into Changwon on 1 July 2010.
- Songjeong (송정; 松汀, established 1 November 1986) merged into Gwangju (Metropolitan city) on 1 January 1988.
- Songtan (송탄; 松炭, established 1 July 1981) merged into Pyeongtaek on 10 May 1995.
- Yeocheon (여천; 麗川, established 1 January 1986) merged into Yeosu on 1 April 1998.