Dong (administrative division)

Neighborhood
Hangul 동
Hanja æ´ž
Revised Romanization dong
McCune–Reischauer tong
Administrative neighborhood
Hangul 행정동
Hanja 行政洞
Revised Romanization haengjeongdong
McCune–Reischauer haengchŏngtong
Legal-status neighborhood
Hangul 법정동
Hanja 法定洞
Revised Romanization beopjeongdong
McCune–Reischauer pŏpchŏngtong

A dong or neighborhood is a submunicipal level administrative unit of a city[1] and of those cities which are not divided into wards throughout Korea. The unit is often translated as neighborhood and has been used in both administrative divisions of North Korea[2] and South Korea.[3][4]

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-status neighborhood is divided into several administrative neighborhoods. 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.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Korea annual, Volume 1991 (37 ed.). Yonhap News Agency. 2000. p. 126. ISBN 89-7433-051-2.
  2. ↑ Hunter, (1999) p.154
  3. ↑ Nelson, (2000), p.30
  4. ↑ No, (1993), p.208
  5. ↑ 동 洞 [Dong] (in Korean). Nate / Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  6. ↑ 동 洞 [Dong] (in Korean). Nate / Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  7. ↑ 행정동 行政洞 [Haengjeong-dong (trans. Administrative dong)] (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-09-06.

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