List of districts in South Korea

Districts of South korea
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Administrative divisions
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Provincial level
Province (list)
Special self-governing province (Jeju, Gangwon and North Jeolla)
Special city (Seoul)
Metropolitan city (list)
Special self-governing city (Sejong)
Municipal level
Specific city (list)
City (list)
County (list)
Autonomous District (list)
Submunicipal level
Administrative city (list)
Non-autonomous District (list)
Neighborhoods and Towns
Town (list)
Township (list)
Neighborhood (list)
Villages
Village (list)
Communities
Ward
District
Hangul
구
Hanja
Revised Romanizationgu
McCune–Reischauerku
Autonomous district
Hangul
자치구
Hanja
Revised Romanizationjachigu
McCune–Reischauerchach'igu
non-autonomous district
Hangul
일반구
Hanja
Revised Romanizationilbangu
McCune–Reischauerilban'gu
This article is part of
a series on the
Administrative divisions
of South Korea
Provincial level
Province (list)
Special self-governing province (Jeju, Gangwon and North Jeolla)
Special city (Seoul)
Metropolitan city (list)
Special self-governing city (Sejong)
Municipal level
Specific city (list)
City (list)
County (list)
Autonomous District (list)
Submunicipal level
Administrative city (list)
Non-autonomous District (list)
Neighborhoods and Towns
Town (list)
Township (list)
Neighborhood (list)
Villages
Village (list)
Communities
Ward

A gu (Korean: 구), or district, is an administrative unit in South Korea. There are two kinds of districts in South Korea. One is the autonomous district (자치구; jachigu) of special and metropolitan cities, which is a municipal entity similar to a city with its own mayor along with its own legislative council. The other is the non-autonomous district (일반구; ilbangu) of municipal cities. Cities with over 500,000 people are allowed to have gu (notable exceptions to this rule are the cities of Gimhae, Hwaseong, and Namyangju).