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Changwon (Korean: 창원; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʰaŋ.wʌn]) is the capital and largest city of South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea (with a population of 1,025,702 as of 2023), and the 11th largest city of the country. [2] A port city, Changwon is bordered by Masan Bay to the south, and the cities of Busan and Gimhae to the
South Gyeongsang Province (Gyeongsangnam-do) is divided into 8 cities (si) and 10 counties (gun). Listed below is each entity's name in English, hangul and hanja . Cities
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ba.wikipedia.org Чханвон; Usage on eu.wikipedia.org Changwon; Usage on hu.wikipedia.org Cshangvon
Jinhae District (Korean: 진해구; RR: Jinhae-gu) is a district of Changwon, South Korea. This region is served by the Korean National Railroad, and is famous for its annual cherry blossom festival every spring. The city front is on a sheltered, island-studded bay, and is almost completely surrounded by mountains covered with pine trees.
During the Japanese rule over Korea, the province was known as Keishōnan-dō. In 1948, South Gyeongsang Province became part of South Korea. In 1963, Busan separated from South Gyeongsang Province to become a Directly Governed City (Jikhalsi). In 1983, the provincial capital moved from Busan to Changwon.
Masan (Korean: 마산) is an administrative region of Changwon, a city of South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was formerly an independent city from 1949 until 30 June 2010, when it was absorbed to Changwon along with Jinhae. Masan was redistricted as two districts within Changwon, Masanhappo District and Masanhoewon District. On 31 ...
South Korea’s second largest city, seaside Busan has emerged from the capital’s shadow to become a worthy destination of its own. South Korea’s second largest city, seaside Busan has emerged ...
Provinces (도, 道) are the highest-ranked administrative divisions in South Korea, which follows the East Asian tradition name Circuit (administrative division).Along with the common provinces, there are four types of special administrative divisions with equal status: special self-governing province, special city, metropolitan city, and special self-governing city.