Dong (administrative division)

Neighborhood
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanizationdong
McCune–Reischauertong
Administrative neighborhood
Hangul
행정동
Hanja
Revised Romanizationhaengjeongdong
McCune–Reischauerhaengjŏngdong
Legal-status neighborhood
Hangul
법정동
Hanja
Revised Romanizationbeopjeongdong
McCune–Reischauerpŏpchŏngdong

A dong (Korean) or neighborhood is a submunicipal level administrative unit of a city[1] and of those cities which are not divided into wards throughout Korea. The unit is often translated as neighborhood and has been used in both administrative divisions of North Korea[2] and South Korea.[3][4]

  1. ^ Korea annual, Volume 1991 (37 ed.). Yonhap News Agency. 2000. p. 126. ISBN 978-89-7433-051-4.
  2. ^ Hunter, (1999) p.154
  3. ^ Nelson, (2000), p.30
  4. ^ No, (1993), p.208