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The important cities of North Korea have self-governing status equivalent to that of provinces. Pyongyang , the largest city and capital, is classified as a chikhalsi ( capital city ), while three cities (see the list below) are classified as t'ŭkpyŏlsi (special city).
This is a list of all second-level administrative divisions of North Korea, including cities, counties, workers' districts, districts, and wards, organized by province or directly governed city. Pyongyang Directly Governed City
Rank Name Administrative division Pop. Rank Name Administrative division Pop. Pyongyang Hamhung: 1: Pyongyang: Pyongyang Capital City: 3,255,288: 11: Sunchon: South ...
Note: Pyongyang is classified as a capital city (chikhalsi), not a special city as Seoul in South Korea. In fact, the North Korean national newspaper and broadcasting say "Pyongyang Chikhalsi". Some sources, most of them coming from South Korea, refer the city as a special city; however, these are old sources.
List of cities in North Korea; Special cities of North Korea This page was last edited on 4 November 2019, at 03:56 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
See List of second-level administrative divisions of North Korea for a complete list. The DPRK's second-level divisions. The most common second-level division is the county (kun; 군; 郡), a less urbanized area within a province or directly governed city. The more populous districts within provinces are cities (si; 시; 市).
These provinces are based on the divisions of the Japanese era, but correspond somewhat to the present South Korean provinces and the special cities partitioned out of them, owing to the alterations in the provincial division effected by South Korea being more conservative relatively to those effected by the north.
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.