ISO 3166-2:KR

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ISO 3166-2:KR is the entry for South Korea (officially the Republic of Korea) in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

Currently for South Korea, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 special city, 6 metropolitan cities, 8 provinces, 1 special self-governing province, and 1 special self-governing city. All of them are province-level subdivisions.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is KR, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of South Korea. The second part is two digits:

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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CodeRevised RomanizationISO/TR 11941McCune–ReischauerNameSubdivision category
KR-11Seoul-teukbyeolsi [Seoul]Seoul TeugbyeolsiSeoul-T'ŭkpyŏlshiSeoulspecial city
KR-26Busan-gwangyeoksi [Busan]Busan Gwang'yeogsiPusan-KwangyŏkshiBusanmetropolitan city
KR-27Daegu-gwangyeoksi [Daegu]Daegu Gwang'yeogsiTaegu-KwangyŏkshiDaegumetropolitan city
KR-30Daejeon-gwangyeoksi [Daejeon]Daejeon Gwang'yeogsiTaejŏn-KwangyŏkshiDaejeonmetropolitan city
KR-29Gwangju-gwangyeoksi [Gwangju]Gwangju Gwang'yeogsiKwangju-KwangyŏkshiGwangjumetropolitan city
KR-28Incheon-gwangyeoksi [Incheon]Incheon Gwang'yeogsiInchŏn-KwangyŏkshiIncheonmetropolitan city
KR-31Ulsan-gwangyeoksi [Ulsan]Ulsan Gwang'yeogsiUlsan-KwangyŏkshiUlsanmetropolitan city
KR-50SejongSejongspecial self-governing city
KR-43Chungcheongbuk-do [Chungbuk]ChungcheongbugdoCh'ungch'ŏngbuk-doNorth Chungcheongprovince
KR-44Chungcheongnam-do [Chungnam]ChungcheongnamdoCh'ungch'ŏngnam-doSouth Chungcheongprovince
KR-42Gangwon-do [Gangwon]Gang'weondoKang-won-doGangwonprovince
KR-41Gyeonggi-do [Gyeonggi]GyeonggidoKyŏnggi-doGyeonggiprovince
KR-47Gyeongsangbuk-do [Gyeongbuk]GyeongsangbugdoKyŏnsangbuk-doNorth Gyeongsangprovince
KR-48Gyeongsangnam-do [Gyeongnam]GyeongsangnamdoKyŏnsangnam-doSouth Gyeongsangprovince
KR-45Jeollabuk-do [Jeonbuk]JeonrabugdoChŏllabuk-doNorth Jeollaprovince
KR-46Jeollanam-do [Jeonnam]JeonranamdoChŏllanam-doSouth Jeollaprovince
KR-49Jeju-teukbyeoljachido [Jeju]JejudoCheju-doJejuspecial self-governing province

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:

Newsletter Date issued Description of change in newsletter
Newsletter I-1 2000-06-21 Correction of 1 spelling mistake. Update of the source information

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