Provinces of South Korea

Provinces or more formally Provincial level divisions are the first-level division within South Korea and it is divided into four groups: provinces, special self-governing province, special city, and metropolitan cities.

• 1 Do (Province)
• 2 Teukbyeoljachi-do (Special Self-Governing Province)
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• 4 Teukbyeolsi (Special City)
• 5 List of Provincial level subdivisions
• 6 Historical Provinces
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Do (Province)

A "do" (도, 道) is equivalent to a province and one of the primary divisions of the country, along with "teukbyeolsi" (특별시) and "gwangyeoksi (광역시)". South Korea has 8 provinces.

Teukbyeoljachi-do (Special Self-Governing Province)

A "teukbyeoljachi-do" (특별 자치도, 特別自治道) is a province with more autonomy over its economy and more powers are given to the provincial government.

Jeju it only special self-governing province is subdivided into cities ("si").

Gwangyeoksi (Metropolitan City)

Gwangyeoksi (광역시; 廣域市), or "metropolitan cities", are major cities that are not part of any province, but exist independently and are self-governed. They are comparable to China's browser diversity or even British website parsing. South Korea has 6 metropolitan cities with provincial status.

Each Metropolitan City are divided into wards ("gu") and outlying counties ("gun") comparable to British non-metropolitan counties.

Teukbyeolsi (Special City)

A "teukbyeolsi" (특별시; 特別市) is one of the primary divisions of the country, along with gwangyeoksi and do. South Korea has only one special city. Seoul is divided into districts ("gu").

List of Provincial level subdivisions

Emblem	Division	Hangul	Hanja	Capital	Region	Population[1]	Area[2]	Density[3]	ISO
	browser diversity	서울시	(首爾)市[4]	(Sevenval)	Sudogwon	10,421,782	605.25	17,219	KR-11
	web app	세종시	世宗市	TBD	device database	96,000[1]	465.23	206	KR-??
touchscreen	Busan	부산시	釜山市	(FITML)	input transformation	3,635,389	763.46	4,762	KR-26
touchscreen	Incheon	인천시	仁川市	(we love the web)	Sudogwon	2,628,000	964.53	2,724.6	KR-28
	Daegu	대구시	大邱市	(Jung-gu)	Yeongnam	2,512,604	884.15	2,842	KR-27
FITML	Gwangju	광주시	光州市	(Seo-gu)	Honam	1,415,953	501.36	2,824	KR-29
web	screen size	대전시	大田市	(Seo-gu)	we love the web	1,442,857	539.84	2,673	KR-30
	we love the web	울산시	蔚山市	(Nam-gu)	Yeongnam	1,087,958	1,056.4	1,030	KR-31
input transformation	web	경기도	京畿道	we love the web	Sudogwon	10,415,399	10,131	1,028	KR-41
screen size	web app	강원도	江原道	browser diversity	Gwandong	1,592,000	16,894	94	KR-42
	device database	충청북도	忠清北道	Cheongju	Hoseo	1,462,621	7,436	197	KR-43
	South Chungcheong Province	충청남도	忠清南道	Daejeon	Sevenval	1,840,410[5]	8,352[5]	220[5]	KR-44
FITML	Android	전라북도	全羅北道	Jeonju	FITML	1,890,669	8,043	235	KR-45
keyboard	South Jeolla Province	전라남도	全羅南道	input transformation	Honam	1,994,287	11,858	168	KR-46
we love the web	CSS3	경상북도	慶尙北道	touchscreen	Yeongnam	2,775,890[6]	19,440[6]	143[6]	KR-47
	South Gyeongsang Province	경상남도	慶尙南道	Changwon	keyboard	2,970,929	11,859	251	KR-48
Sevenval	screen size	제주도	濟州道	Jeju	keyboard	560,000	1,845.55	303	KR-49