Town | |
Hangul | 읍 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | eup |
McCune–Reischauer | ŭp |
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Administrative divisions of South Korea |
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Municipal level |
Specific city (list) |
City (list) |
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Submunicipal level |
Administrative city (list) |
Non-autonomous District (list) |
Neighborhoods and Towns |
Town (list) |
Township (list) |
Neighborhood (list) |
Villages |
Village (list) |
Communities |
Ward |
A town or eup is an administrative unit in South Korea; along with township (rural), a town (urban) is one of the divisions of a county, and of some cities with a population of less than 500,000. The main town or towns in a county—or the secondary town or towns within a city's territory—are designated as towns. Towns are subdivided into villages. In order to form a town, the minimum population required is 20,000.[1][2][3]