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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.
However disputes within the National Assembly and ruling of the Constitutional Court of Korea prevented the relocation. [1] On 2 July 2012 some functions of government have moved to Sejong and became the de facto administrative capital of South Korea.
Three Kingdoms of Korea: Jolbon — first capital of Goguryeo (37 BCE — 3 CE) Gungnae City — second capital of Goguryeo (3 — 427 CE) Pyongyang — third capital of Goguryeo (427 — 668 CE) Wiryeseong (modern Seoul) — first capital of Baekje (18 BCE — 475 CE) Ungjin (modern Gongju) — second capital of Baekje (476 — 538 CE)
South Korea, [c] officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), [d] is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone , with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east.
of South Korea; Provincial level; Province : Special self-governing province (Jeju, Gangwon and North Jeolla) Special city : Metropolitan city : Special self-governing city : Municipal level; Specific city : City : County : Autonomous District : Submunicipal level; Administrative city : Non-autonomous District
A gu (Korean: 구), or district, is an administrative unit in South Korea.There are two kinds of districts in South Korea.One is the autonomous district (자치구; jachigu) of special and metropolitan cities, which is a municipal entity similar to a city with its own mayor along with its own legislative council.
The day celebrates the promulgation of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea in 1948. yes yes no (since 2008) Liberation Day: 광복절 Gwangbokjeol: August 15: The day celebrates the national liberation from the Empire of Japan in 1945. On the same day in 1948, the government of the Republic of Korea was established.
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).