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During the period of Japanese colonial rule, Seoul was referred to by the Japanese exonym Keijō (京城), or the Korean reading of that name Gyeongseong. After World War II and Korea's liberation, the city officially adopted its current name. [5]
This is a list of cities in Asia that have several names in different languages, including former names.Many cities have different names in different languages. Some cities have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons.
Big municipal cities are given the power to subdivide themselves into non-autonomous districts (Korean: 일반구; Hanja: 一般區). [3] However, some big municipal cities have chosen not to divide themselves into districts, such as Bucheon, Gimhae, Hwaseong, or Namyangju. Currently, South Korea has a total of 17 big cities.
During the Japanese occupation from 1910 to 1945, the city was known by the Japanese pronunciation of its name, "Kaijō". [2] Between 1945 and 1950, Kaesong was part of South Korea and under its control. During the Korean War, North Korea captured the city, and the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement left the city
The Korean language has undergone many changes throughout their history and one major impact to this was the Japanese Occupation of Korea from 1910-1945. [9] The Korean language was banned, with schools and universities forbidding the speaking of Korean, and public places adopting Japanese instead.
Keijō was an urban city (부; 府) that had 2 wards: Keijō itself and Ryusan-ku (龍山區, 용산구, りゅうさんく). Gyeongseong was part of Gyeonggi Province, instead of being an independent city or prefecture as in Joseon and present days.
The name "Busan" is the Revised Romanization of the city's Korean name since the late 15th century. [11] It officially replaced the earlier McCune–Reischauer romanization Pusan in 2000. [12] [b] During the Japanese colonial period, the Japanese reading of the city's name was "Fuzan".
Jinju (Korean: 진주; Korean pronunciation:) is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was the location of the first (1592) and second (1593) Sieges of Jinju by Japanese forces during the Imjin War. The Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command is located in the eastern part of the city.