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This is a list cities of South Korea by population including provincial-level divisions: special city (특별시/特別市) and metropolitan cities (광역시/廣域市), and municipal-level division: cities (시/市). Other municipal-level divisions: counties (군/郡 which have populations under 50K) and districts (구/區) are not included.
Seoul was designated a "special free city" (teukbyeol jayusi; 특별자유시; 特別自由市) separate from Gyeonggi Province on August 15, 1946; it became a "special metropolitan city" on August 15, 1949. [1] Metropolitan cities were called "direct control (meaning directly-administered) city" (jikhalsi; 직할시; 直轄市) before 1995.
The South Korean education system does not allow any leeways for students' rights. The Superintendent of Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Kwak No Hyun made a remark how "it is very embarrassing to discuss verbosely about the poor development of students' rights within the South Korean society" during his seminar in March 2011. [102]
January 13, 1962 – Education Autonomy Policy abolished. Absorbed into Seoul Metropolitan Government as Bureau of Education; January 1, 1964 – Education Autonomy Policy and Seoul Board of Education re-established with 2 bureaus and 7 divisions; December 30, 1972 – District offices of education established (Dongbu, Seobu, Nambu, Bukbu).
The Seoul Metropolitan Area (Sudogwon; Korean: 수도권, [sʰu.do.k͈wʌ̹n]) or Gyeonggi region (경기 지방), is the metropolitan area of Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province, located in north-western South Korea. [4] Its population of 26 million (as of 2024) is ranked as the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the world.
Schools in Seoul (2 C, 4 P) U. Universities and colleges in Seoul (31 C, 53 P) ... Seoul Metropolitan Library; Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education;
In the city government, there are 5 offices, 32 bureaus, and 107 divisions. The headquarters is located in the Seoul City Hall building which is in Taepyeongno, Jung-gu, Seoul. The Government started on September 28, 1946 as the Seoul City Government which became Seoul Metropolitan Government on August 15, 1949.
A gun (군; 郡) is one of the divisions of a province (along with si), and of the metropolitan cities of Busan, Daegu, Incheon and Ulsan (along with gu). A gun has a population of less than 150,000 (more than that would make it a city or si ), is less densely populated than a gu , and is more rural in character than either of the other 2 ...