- Dong (administrative division)
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Dong (administrative division) Hangul 동 Hanja 洞 Revised Romanization dong McCune–Reischauer tong Administrative divisions
of South KoreaProvincial level Province
(道 도 do)Special Self-Governing Province
(特別自治道 특별자치도 teukbyeoljachi-do)Special city
(特別市 특별시 teukbyeol-si)Metropolitan city
(廣域市 광역시 gwangyeok-si)Municipal level City
(市 시 si)County
(郡 군 gun)District
(區 구 gu)Town
(邑 읍 eup)Township
(面 면 myeon)Neighbourhood
(洞 동 dong)Ri
(里 리 ri)A dong is the lowest administrative unit of districts (gu; 구)[1] and of those cities (si) which are not divided into wards throughout Korea. The unit is often translated as neighbourhood and has been used in both administrative divisions of North Korea[2] and South Korea.[3][4]
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In South Korea
A dong is the smallest level of urban government to have its own office and staff in South Korea. In some cases, a single legal dong (법정동, beopjeong-dong) is divided into several administrative dong (행정동, haengjeong-dong). In such cases, each administrative dong has its own office and staff.[5][6][7] Administrative dongs are usually distinguished from one another by number (as in the case of Myeongjang 1-dong and Myeongjang 2-dong).
The primary division of a dong is the tong (통; 統), but divisions at this level and below are seldom used in daily life. Some populous dong are subdivided into ga (가; 街), which are not a separate level of government, but only exist for use in addresses. Many major thoroughfares in Seoul, Suwon, and other cities are also subdivided into ga.
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Notes
- ^ Korea annual, Volume 1991 (37 ed.). Yonhap News Agency. 2000. p. 126. ISBN 8974330512.
- ^ Hunter, (1999) p.154
- ^ Nelson, (2000), p.30
- ^ No, (1993), p.208
- ^ "동 洞 [Dong]" (in Korean). Nate / Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=291712&v=44. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "동 洞 [Dong]" (in Korean). Nate / Encyclopedia Britannica. http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=B&i=127489&v=44. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "행정동 行政洞 [Haengjeong-dong (trans. Administrative dong)]" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=188263&contentno=188263. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
References
- Hunter, Helen-Louise. (1999), Kim Il-sŏng's North Korea, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0275962962
- Nelson, Laura C. (2000) Measured excess: status, gender, and consumer nationalism in South Korea, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0231116160
- Yusuf, Shahid; Evenett, Simon J., Wu, Weiping. (2001) Facets of globalization: international and local dimensions of development World Bank Publications, pp.226-227 ISBN 082134742X
- No, Chŏng-hyŏn (1993) Public administration and the Korean transformation: concepts, policies, and value conflicts, Kumarian Press, ISBN 1565490223
Categories:- South Korea geography stubs
- Neighbourhoods in South Korea
- Neighbourhoods in North Korea
- Subdivisions of South Korea
- Subdivisions of North Korea
- Country subdivisions of Asia
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