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Gyeonggi Province (Korean: 경기도; RR: Gyeonggi-do, Korean pronunciation: [kjʌ̹ŋ.ɡi.do̞]) is the most populous province in South Korea.. Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a provincial-level special city since 1946.
Gyeonggi Province (Gyeonggi-do) is divided into 28 cities (si) and 3 counties (gun). Listed below is each entity's name in English, hangul and hanja. Cities.
Gyeonggi (Korean: 경기; Hanja: 京畿), alternatively spelled Kyŏnggi or Kyunggi, is a region of the Korean Peninsula that has historically occupied the west-central region of Korea. In modern times, the region hosts South Korea's Gyeonggi Province and Incheon Metropolitan City , and North Korea's Kaesong Industrial Region , and Changpung ...
The National Cancer Center of Korea is located in Ilsan. Ilsan is also home to Lake Park (호수공원).The lake covers 72.9 acres (295,000 m 2) and is the largest artificial lake in Asia. [2]
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.
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.
Three provinces—Hwanghae, Gyeonggi, and Gangwon (Kangwŏn)—were modified or split as a part of this. The special cities of Seoul (South Korea) and P'yŏngyang (North Korea) were formed in 1946. Between 1946 and 1954, five new provinces were created: Jeju in South Korea, and North and South Hwanghae , Chagang , and Ryanggang in North Korea.
Gyeonggi-do: Gyeonggi Province: ... A map of all South Korean metropolitan cities' districts (gu), municipal cities (si), and counties (gun). Si (city)