List of provincial-level cities of South Korea

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Position in hierarchy and types

Province-level cities have equal status to provinces in the South Korean administrative scheme, and are among the highest-ranked administrative divisions of South Korea. There are three kinds of first-level city in South Korea.

Type Hangul Hanja RR City names No. of cities
Special Metropolitan City Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". teukbyeolsi Seoul 1
Metropolitan City Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". gwangyeoksi Busan, Daegu, Incheon, Gwangju, Daejeon, Ulsan 6
Special Self-Governing City Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". teukbyeol-jachisi Sejong 1
  • Seoul was designated a "special free city" (teukbyeol jayusi; Script error: No such module "Lang".; Script error: No such module "Lang".) 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; Script error: No such module "Lang".; Script error: No such module "Lang".) before 1995.

Administration

In South Korean special metropolitan city and metropolitan cities, the mayor is the highest-ranking official in charge. The mayor is directly elected by the people registered in the city for a duration of four years (e.g., the mayor of Seoul).

Metropolitan functions such as water supply and public transport are integrated into the sole prefecture other than scattered to each municipality.

List of provincial-level cities

Name Hangul Hanja Type ISO Population
(2017)		 Area
(km2)		 Density
(/km2)		 City seat Region Province
split from		 Year of
Split
Busan Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Metropolitan city KR-26 3,416,918 769.89 4,438.18 Yeonje Yeongnam South Gyeongsang 1963
Daegu Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Metropolitan city KR-27 2,453,041 883.56 2,776.31 Jung Yeongnam North Gyeongsang 1981
Incheon Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Metropolitan city KR-28 2,925,967 1,062.60 2,753.59 Namdong Sudogwon Gyeonggi 1981
Gwangju Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Metropolitan city KR-29 1,496,172 501.24 2,984.94 Seo Honam South Jeolla 1986
Daejeon Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Metropolitan city KR-30 1,525,849 539.35 2,829.05 Seo Hoseo South Chungcheong 1989
Sejong Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Special self-governing city KR-50 356,278 465.23 594.52 Boram-dong Hoseo South Chungcheong 2012
Seoul Script error: No such module "Lang". 서울Script error: No such module "Lang".* Special metropolitan city KR-11 9,741,381 605.21 16,095.86 Jung Sudogwon Gyeonggi 1946
Ulsan Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Metropolitan city KR-31 1,157,077 1,060.79 1,090.76 Nam Yeongnam South Gyeongsang 1997

Notes: There are no Hanja for "Seoul"; in Chinese, it is written as Script error: No such module "Lang"./Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Zh), a transcription based on the pronunciation of "Seoul". As a suffix, the character Gyeong (Script error: No such module "Lang".; Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) is used, which means "capital".

See also

References

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