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This is a list cities of South Korea by population including provincial-level divisions: special city (특별시/特別市) and metropolitan cities (광역시/廣域市), and municipal-level division: cities (시/市). Other municipal-level divisions: counties (군/郡 which have populations under 50K) and districts (구/區) are not included.
Gwangju [a] (Korean: 광주; Korean: ⓘ), formerly romanized as Kwangju, is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister.
Gwangju: 242,559 430.69 563.2 Gwangmyeong: 334,526 38.5 8,687.0 Hanam: ... List of cities in South Korea This page was last edited on 2 December 2024, at 20:34 ...
A city with a population of over 500,000 (such as Suwon, Cheongju, Cheonan and Jeonju) is considered as a specific city, which can set non-autonomous districts(gu). An administrative city does not have a city council and the mayor of the city is appointed by the provincial governor.
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.
Gwangju [a] (Korean: 광주; Korean pronunciation:) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, a suburb southeast of Seoul. The city is not to be confused with the much larger Gwangju , former capital of South Jeolla Province , or Guangzhou , the city of Guangdong , China in Hanja .
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Throughout South Korea, water management is a challenge. [91] Suwon is 11% self-sufficient in its use of water, and plans to increase this to 50% through rainwater harvesting , including building retention facilities; and by treating and reusing sewage.