ISO 3166-2:KR

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ISO 3166-2:KR is the entry for

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, 7 provinces, 2 special self-governing provinces, 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:

  • 11: special city
  • 26–31: metropolitan cities
  • 41–48: provinces
  • 49: special self-governing province
  • 50: special self-governing city

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
(ko)
(National 2000) 		Local variant Subdivision name
(ko) [note 1] 		Subdivision
name
(en) [note 2] 		Subdivision
category
KR-26 Busan-gwangyeoksi Busan 부산시 Busan metropolitan city
KR-43
Chungcheongbuk-do
 Chungbuk 충청북도 North Chungcheong province
KR-44
Chungcheongnam-do
 Chungnam 충청남도 South Chungcheong province
KR-27 Daegu-gwangyeoksi Daegu 대구 Daegu metropolitan city
KR-30 Daejeon-gwangyeoksi Daejeon 대전 Daejeon metropolitan city
KR-42 Gangwon-teukbyeoljachido Gangwon 강원특별자치도 Gangwon special self-governing province
KR-29 Gwangju-gwangyeoksi Gwangju 광주광역시 Gwangju metropolitan city
KR-41
Gyeonggi-do
 Gyeonggi 경기도 Gyeonggi province
KR-47
Gyeongsangbuk-do
 Gyeongbuk 경상북도 North Gyeongsang province
KR-48
Gyeongsangnam-do
 Gyeongnam 경상남도 South Gyeongsang province
KR-28
Incheon-gwangyeoksi
 Incheon 인천 Incheon metropolitan city
KR-49
Jeju-teukbyeoljachido
 Jeju 제주도 Jeju special self-governing province
KR-45
Jeollabuk-do
 Jeonbuk 전북특별자치도 North Jeolla province
KR-46
Jeollanam-do
 Jeonnam 전라남도 South Jeolla province
KR-50 Sejong 세종 Sejong special self-governing city
KR-11
Seoul-teukbyeolsi
 Seoul 서울 Seoul special city
KR-31
Ulsan-gwangyeoksi
 Ulsan 울산시 Ulsan metropolitan city
Notes
  1. ^ For reference only, Korean name in Korean script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. ^ For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

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


The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:

Effective date of change Short description of change (en)
2023-11-23 Change of category name from province to special self-governing province for KR-42; Update List Source

See also

  • Subdivisions of South Korea
  • FIPS region codes of South Korea
  • Neighbouring country: KP

External links

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