Administrative Division of South Korea

	ISO-3166-2	Fips	GN	Name of Subdivision	Type	Capital	Population	area in km²	continent
1	11	11	11	Seoul Special City	t’ŭkpyŏlsi (capital city)	Seoul	10,349,312	579.6	AS
2	26	10	10	Busan Metropolitan City	gwangyŏksi (metropolitan city)	Pusan	3,798,113	343.3	AS
3	27	15	15	Daegu Metropolitan City	gwangyŏksi (metropolitan city)	Taegu	2,229,040	454.4	AS
4	28	12	12	Incheon Metropolitan City	gwangyŏksi (metropolitan city)	Inch'ŏn	1,817,919	179.6	AS
5	29	18	18	Gwangju Metropolitan City	gwangyŏksi (metropolitan city)	Kwangju	1,139,003	613.1	AS
6	30	19	19	Daejeon Metropolitan City	gwangyŏksi (metropolitan city)	Taejŏn			AS
7	31	21	21	Ulsan Metropolitan City	gwangyŏksi (metropolitan city)	Ulsan			AS
8	41	13	13	Gyeonggi-do	do (province)	Suwŏn	6,155,632	10,472.8	AS
9	42	06	06	Gangwon-do	do (province)	Ch'unch'ŏn	1,580,430	17,059.8	AS
10	43	05	05	Chungcheongbuk-do	to (province)	Ch'ŏngju	1,389,686	7,410.8	AS
11	44	17	17	Chungcheongnam-do	do (province)		2,013,926	8,628.2	AS
12	45	03	03	Jeollabuk-do	to (province)	Chŏnju			AS
13	46	16	16	Jeollanam-do	do (province)				AS
14	47	14	14	Gyeongsangbuk-do	to (province)		2,860,595	19,531.8	AS
15	48	20	20	Gyeongsangnam-do	do (province)	Ch'angwŏn			AS
16	49	01	01	Jeju-do	do (province)	Cheju		1,876.9	AS

Date	modification	fips	name	new fips	new name
1998.12.01	change	10	Pusan-jikhalsi *	10	Pusan-gwangyŏksi *
1998.12.01	change	12	Inch’on-jikhalsi *	12	Inchŏn-gwangyŏksi *
1998.12.01	change	15	Taegu-jikhalsi *	15	Taegu-gwangyŏksi *
1998.12.01	change	18	Kwangju-jikhalsi *	18	Kwangju-gwangyŏksi *
1998.12.01	change	19	Taejon-jikhalsi	19	Taejŏn-gwangyŏksi
2002.01.10	change	08	Kyǒngsang-namdo	20	Kyǒngsang-namdo
2002.01.10	add	21	Ulsan-gwangyǒksi

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