ISO 3166-2:KR is the entry for South Korea

South Korea

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 (officially the Republic of Korea) in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1...

, part of the ISO 3166

ISO 3166

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 standard

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 published by the International Organization for Standardization

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 (ISO), which defines code

Code

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s for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., province

Province

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s or states) of all countries

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 coded in ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-1

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.

Currently for South Korea, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 capital metropolitan city, 6 metropolitan cities, and 9 provinces. 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

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest...

 code of South Korea. The second part is two digits:

• 11: capital metropolitan city
• 26–31: metropolitan cities
• 41–49: provinces

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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Code	Subdivision name	Subdivision category
KR-11	Seoul Teugbyeolsi [Seoul-T'ukpyolshi]	capital metropolitan city
KR-26	Busan Gwang'yeogsi [Pusan-Kwangyokshi]	metropolitan city
KR-27	Daegu Gwang'yeogsi [Taegu-Kwangyokshi]	metropolitan city
KR-30	Daejeon Gwang'yeogsi [Taejon-Kwangyokshi]	metropolitan city
KR-29	Gwangju Gwang'yeogsi [Kwangju-Kwangyokshi]	metropolitan city
KR-28	Incheon Gwang'yeogsi [Inch'on-Kwangyokshi]	metropolitan city
KR-31	Ulsan Gwang'yeogsi [Ulsan-Kwangyokshi]	metropolitan city
KR-43	Chungcheongbugdo [Ch'ungch'ongbuk-do]	province
KR-44	Chungcheongnamdo [Ch'ungch'ongnam-do]	province
KR-42	Gang'weondo [Kang-won-do]	province
KR-41	Gyeonggido [Kyonggi-do]	province
KR-47	Gyeongsangbugdo [Kyongsangbuk-do]	province
KR-48	Gyeongsangnamdo [Kyongsangnam-do]	province
KR-49	Jejudo [Cheju-do]	province
KR-45	Jeonrabugdo [Chollabuk-do]	province
KR-46	Jeonranamdo [Chollanam-do]	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
		Correction of 1 spelling mistake. Update of the source information

See also

• Subdivisions of South Korea
• FIPS region codes of South Korea

External links

• Provinces of South Korea, Statoids.com