Administrative Divisions

The major administrative divisions in South Korea are provinces, metropolitan cities (self-governing cities that are not part of any province), and one special city.

	Namea	hangul	hanja	population
Special city (Teukbyeolsi)a
1	Seoul (Special City)	서울특별시	서울(首爾)特別市	10,421,782
Metropolitan cities (Gwangyeoksi)a
2	Busan	부산광역시	釜山廣域市	3,635,389
3	Daegu	대구광역시	大邱廣域市	2,512,604
4	Incheon	인천광역시	仁川廣域市	2,628,000
6	Daejeon	대전광역시	大田廣域市	1,442,857
5	Gwangju	광주광역시	光州廣域市	1,456,308
7	Ulsan	울산광역시	蔚山廣域市	1,087,958
Provinces (Do)a
8	Gyeonggi-do	경기도	京畿道	10,415,399
9	Gangwon-do	강원도	江原道	1,592,000
10	Chungcheongbuk-do (Northern Chungcheong)	충청북도	忠淸北道	1,462,621
11	Chungcheongnam-do (Southern Chungcheong)	충청남도	忠淸南道	1,840,410
12	Jeollabuk-do (Northern Jeolla)	전라북도	全羅北道	1,890,669
13	Jeollanam-do (Southern Jeolla)	전라남도	全羅南道	1,994,287
14	Gyeongsangbuk-do (Northern Gyeongsang)	경상북도	慶尙北道	2,775,890
15	Gyeongsangnam-do (Southern Gyeongsang)	경상남도	慶尙南道	2,970,929
Special self-governing province (Teukbyeoljachi-do)a
16	Jeju-teukbyeoljachido (Jeju-do)	제주특별자치도	濟州特別自治道	560,000