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Article 10 of the Local Autonomy Act defines the standards under which a populated area may become a city: an area which is predominantly urbanised and has a population of at least 50,000; a gun which has an urbanised area with a population of at least 50,000; or a gun which has a total population of at least 150,000 and multiple urbanised areas each with a population of at least 20,000. [1]
List of cities in South Korea This page was last edited on 2 December 2024, at 20:34 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4 ...
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
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.
[2] [3] Southern California and the New York City Metropolitan Area [4] have the largest populations of Koreans outside of the Korean Peninsula. [5] Among Korean Americans born in Korea , the Los Angeles metropolitan area had 226,000 as of 2012; Greater New York (including Northern New Jersey ) was home to 153,000 Korean-born Korean Americans ...
Centum City is just a couple stops on the subway from Gwangalli Beach, a happening strip of sand, cafes, bars and eateries looking out across the water to Busan’s iconic Gwangan Diamond Bridge ...
Following the Division of Korea in 1945, all of Cheorwon County was part of North Korea.. During the Korean War the region changed hands several times during the UN invasion of North Korea and the Chinese invasion of South Korea, by 1951 the frontlines had stabilized, cutting across Cheorwon County and the area became part of the Iron Triangle.
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.