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Administrative dong are usually distinguished from one another by number (as in the case of Myeongjang 1-dong and Myeongjang 2-dong). In such cases, each administrative dong has its own office and staff. The primary division of a dong is the tong (통; 統), but divisions at this level and below are seldom used in daily life. [6]
The districts of Seoul are the twenty-five gu (districts; Korean: 구; Hanja: 區) comprising Seoul, South Korea. The gu vary greatly in area (from 10 to 47 km 2 ) and population (from less than 140,000 to 630,000).
A gu (Korean: 구), or district, is an administrative unit in South Korea.There are two kinds of districts in South Korea.One is the autonomous district (자치구; jachigu) of special and metropolitan cities, which is a municipal entity similar to a city with its own mayor along with its own legislative council.
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The specific problem is: Division numbers change frequently. Many numbers given below lack citations, so it is unclear which year they refer to, and difficult to verify that they are not double-counting or missing some divisions. Numbers may be out of sync with linked articles, which sometimes also lack citations for verification.
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.
This category will contain the 25 gu (districts) which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. Subcategories This category has the following 30 subcategories, out of 30 total.
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.