South Korea - Administrative Divisions

Administrative Divisions

See also Special cities of Korea and Provinces of Korea

The major administrative divisions in South Korea are provinces, metropolitan cities (self-governing cities that are not part of any province), one special city and one special autonomous city.

Map	Namea	Hangul	Hanja	Population
Gangwon Seoul Incheon Gyeonggi South Chungcheong North Chungcheong Sejong Daejeon North Gyeongsang North Jeolla Daegu Ulsan Busan South Gyeongsang Gwangju South Jeolla Jeju North Korea Japan Yellow Sea (West Sea) Korea Strait (Western Channel) Korea Strait (Tsushima Strait) Sea of Japan (East Sea)	Special city (Teukbyeolsi)a
	Seoul	서울특별시	서울特別市b	9,794,304
	Special self-governing city (Teukbyeol-jachisi)a
	Sejong	세종특별자치시	世宗特別自治市	122,263
	Metropolitan cities (Gwangyeoksi)a
	Busan	부산광역시	釜山廣域市	3,635,389
	Daegu	대구광역시	大邱廣域市	2,512,604
	Incheon	인천광역시	仁川廣域市	2,628,000
	Daejeon	대전광역시	大田廣域市	1,442,857
	Gwangju	광주광역시	光州廣域市	1,456,308
	Ulsan	울산광역시	蔚山廣域市	1,087,958
	Provinces (Do)a
	Gyeonggi	경기도	京畿道	10,415,399
	Gangwon	강원도	江原道	1,592,000
	North Chungcheong	충청북도	忠淸北道	1,462,621
	South Chungcheong	충청남도	忠淸南道	1,840,410
	North Jeolla	전라북도	全羅北道	1,890,669
	South Jeolla	전라남도	全羅南道	1,994,287
	North Gyeongsang	경상북도	慶尙北道	2,775,890
	South Gyeongsang	경상남도	慶尙南道	2,970,929
	Special self-governing province (Teukbyeoljachi-do)a
	Jeju	제주특별자치도	濟州特別自治道	560,000