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These are overseen by the [[Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces]].}}, three '''special self-governing provinces''', six '''metropolitan cities''' (self-governing cities that are not part of any province), one '''special city''' and one '''special self-governing city'''. {| class="wikitable" |- !Map!!Name (city/ province)!![[Hangul]]!![[Hanja]]!![[Population]]<sup>c</sup> |- |rowspan="28" |{{South Korea Provincial level Labelled Map}} ! colspan="6"|Special city (''Teukbyeol-si'')<sup>a</sup> |- |[[Seoul]]||{{lang|ko|서울특별시}}||{{lang|ko|서울特別市}}<sup>b</sup>||9,830,452 |- ! colspan="6"|Metropolitan city (''Gwangyeok-si'')<sup>a</sup> |- |[[Busan]]||{{lang|ko|부산광역시}}||{{lang|ko|釜山廣域市}}||3,460,707 |- |[[Daegu]]||{{lang|ko|대구광역시}}||{{lang|ko|大邱廣域市}}||2,471,136 |- |[[Incheon]]||{{lang|ko|인천광역시}}||{{lang|ko|仁川廣域市}}||2,952,476 |- |[[Gwangju]]||{{lang|ko|광주광역시}}||{{lang|ko|光州廣域市}}||1,460,972 |- |[[Daejeon]]||{{lang|ko|대전광역시}}||{{lang|ko|大田廣域市}}||1,496,123 |- |[[Ulsan]]||{{lang|ko|울산광역시}}||{{lang|ko|蔚山廣域市}}||1,161,303 |- ! colspan="6"|Special self-governing city (''Teukbyeol-jachi-si'')<sup>a</sup> |- |[[Sejong City|Sejong]]||{{lang|ko|세종특별자치시}}||{{lang|ko|世宗特別自治市}}||295,041 |- ! colspan="6"|Province (''Do'')<sup>a</sup> |- |[[Gyeonggi Province|Gyeonggi]]||{{lang|ko|경기도}}||{{lang|ko|京畿道}}||12,941,604 |- |[[North Chungcheong Province|North Chungcheong]]||{{lang|ko|충청북도}}||{{lang|ko|忠淸北道}}||1,595,164 |- |[[South Chungcheong Province|South Chungcheong]]||{{lang|ko|충청남도}}||{{lang|ko|忠淸南道}}||2,120,666 |- |[[South Jeolla Province|South Jeolla]]||{{lang|ko|전라남도}}||{{lang|ko|全羅南道}}||1,890,412 |- |[[North Gyeongsang Province|North Gyeongsang]]||{{lang|ko|경상북도}}||{{lang|ko|慶尙北道}}||2,682,897 |- |[[South Gyeongsang Province|South Gyeongsang]]||{{lang|ko|경상남도}}||{{lang|ko|慶尙南道}}||3,377,126 |- ! colspan="6"|Special self-governing province (''Teukbyeol-jachi-do'')<sup>a</sup> |- |[[Jeju Province|Jeju]]||{{lang|ko|제주특별자치도}}||{{lang|ko|濟州特別自治道}}||661,511 |- |[[Gangwon Province, South Korea|Gangwon]]||{{lang|ko|강원특별자치도}}||{{lang|ko|江原特別自治道}}||1,545,452 |- |[[Jeonbuk State|Jeonbuk]]||{{lang|ko|전북특별자치도}}||{{lang|ko|全北特別自治道}}||1,847,089 |- ! colspan="6"|Claimed Province but not controlled ([[North Korea]]) |- |''[[North Hamgyeong Province (Republic of Korea)|North Hamgyeong]]'' ||{{lang|ko|함경북도}}||{{lang|ko|咸鏡北道}}||— |- |''[[South Hamgyeong Province (Republic of Korea)|South Hamgyeong]]''||{{lang|ko|함경남도}}||{{lang|ko|咸鏡南道}}||— |- |''[[North Pyeongan Province (Republic of Korea)|North Pyeongan]]''||{{lang|ko|평안북도}}||{{lang|ko|平安北道}}||— |- |''[[South Pyeongan Province (Republic of Korea)|South Pyeongan]]'' |{{lang|ko|평안남도}}||{{lang|ko|平安南道}}||— |- |''[[Hwanghae Province (Republic of Korea)|Hwanghae]]''||{{lang|ko|황해도}}||{{lang|ko|黃海道}}||— |} {{Smaller|<sup>a</sup> [[Revised Romanisation of Korean|Revised Romanisation]]; <sup>b</sup> See [[Names of Seoul]]; <sup>c</sup> May {{As of|2018}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mois.go.kr/frt/sub/a05/totStat/screen.do|script-title=ko:행정안전부> 정책자료> 통계> 주민등록 인구통계|website=[[Ministry of the Interior and Safety (South Korea)|Ministry of the Interior and Safety]]|access-date=2 May 2018|archive-date=20 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420175139/http://www.mois.go.kr/frt/sub/a05/totStat/screen.do|url-status=dead}}</ref>; <sup>d</sup> [[Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces|Areas that belong to the territory under the Constitution of the Republic of Korea but have not been recovered.]]}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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