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Admeenistrative diveesions o Sooth Korea
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Sooth Korea is dividit intae 8 provinces (do), 1 special autonomous province (teukbyeol jachido), 6 metropolitan ceties (gwangyeoksi), an 1 special ceety (teukbyeolsi). These are further subdividit intae a variety o smawer entities, includin ceeties (si), coonties (gun), destricts (gu), touns (eup), tounships (myeon), neighborhuids (dong) an veelages (ri).
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Note on translation: awtho the terms "Special Ceety", "Metropolitan Ceety", "Province", an "Ceety" are commonly uised on Inglis-leid govrenment wabsteids, the ither translations ā "coonty", "toun", "destrict", etc. ā are nae offeecial translations, an are anerlie intendit tae serve as uiseful illustrations o ilka entity's meanin. The northwastren islands o Yeonpyeong Island, Baengnyeong Island, Daecheong Island, an the muckle smawer Socheong Island are pairt o Ongjin.