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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] Some populous dong are subdivided into ga ( 가; 街 ), which are not a separate level of government, but only exist for use in addresses.
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World map showing boundaries of many high and low-level administrative divisions. The table below indicates the types and, where known, numbers of administrative divisions used by countries and their major dependent territories.
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.
Province-level cities have equal status to provinces in the South Korean administrative scheme, and are among the highest-ranked administrative divisions of South Korea. There are three kinds of first-level city in South Korea.
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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Administrative divisions of Korea may refer to: Provinces of Korea, of the Korean Empire and of Korea under Japanese rule Eight Provinces of Korea (later thirteen), under the Joseon Dynasty; Administrative divisions of North Korea; Administrative divisions of South Korea