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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.
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 ...
Provinces (Chinese: 省; pinyin: Shěng) are the most numerous type of province-level divisions in the People's Republic of China (PRC). There are currently 22 provinces administered by the PRC and one province that is claimed, but not administered, which is Taiwan , currently administered by the Republic of China (ROC).
Name Country View Population Mayor or governor or president Beijing: China: 21,542,000 (2018, municipality) Yin Yong: Pyongyang: North Korea: 2,870,000 (2016)
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.
ISO 3166-2:KR is the entry for South Korea (officially the Republic of Korea) in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Provinces of North and South Korea. At the end of World War II in 1945, Korea was divided into Northern Korea and Southern Korea under trusteeship of the Soviet Union and the United States. The peninsula was divided at the 38th parallel in 1945. In 1948, the two zones became the independent countries of North Korea and South Korea.
An enlargeable map of South Korea. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to South Korea: South Korea – densely populated sovereign presidential republic located on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. [1] Also known as the "Land of the Morning Calm".