Administrative divisions of South Korea

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South Korea is made up of 22 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 14 provinces (do 도/道), including three special self-governing provinces (teukbyeol jachido 특별자치도/特別自治道) and five claimed by the ROK government.[1][2] These are further subdivided into a variety of smaller entities, including cities (si 시/市), counties (gun 군/郡), districts (gu 구/區), towns (eup 읍/邑), townships (myeon 면/面), neighborhoods (dong 동/洞) and villages (ri 리/里).[3]

  1. ^ "Administrative division". South Korea Government. Archived from the original on June 1, 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Local Governments". Korea.net. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  3. ^ Stevens, Andrew. "Seoul Mayor first among equals". City Mayors. Retrieved 30 April 2018.