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As of 2004, North Korea is divided into 9 provinces (Do) (도; sing. 道), 2 directly-governed cities (Chikhalsi; 직할시; sing. 直轄市), and 3 special administrative regions with various designations. These are subdivided into a special city (T'ŭkkŭpsi,), cities (Si), counties (Kun), wards (Kuyŏk, equivalent to South Korean Gu), and districts (Ku and Chigu). These subdivisions further divided into neighbourhoods (Tong), villages (Ri), and workers' districts (Rodongjagu).
(The English translations are not official, but approximations. Names are romanized according to the McCune-Reischauer system as officially used in North Korea; the editor was also guided by the spellings used on the 2003 National Geographic map of Korea).
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Provinces
Chagang Province (Chagang-do; 자강도; 慈江道)
Kangwŏn Province (Kangwŏndo; 강원도; 江原道)
Ryanggang Province (Ryanggang-do; 량강도; 兩江道--sometimes also spelled as 'Yanggang' in English)
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Special Administrative Regions
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Directly-governed cities
P'yŏngyang Directly Governed City (P'yŏngyang Chikhalsi; 평양 직할시; 平壤直轄市) - The city is classified as a Directly Governed City (Chikhalsi), not a Special City as Seoul in South Korea. In fact, the North Korean national newspaper and broadcasting say "Pyongyang Chikhalsi". Some sources, most of them come from South Korea, refer the city as a Special City; however these are the old sources. Moreover, South Korea has corrected the city as a Directly Governed City, according to a South Korean newspaper in 1994.
Rasŏn (Rajin-Sŏnbong) Directly Governed City (Rasŏn (Rajin-Sŏnbong) Chikhalsi; 라선 (라진-선봉) 직할시; 羅先 (羅津-先鋒) 直轄市)
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Former Directly Governed Cities
Ch'ŏngjin City (청진시; 淸津市) used to be a Directly Governed City, but is now part of North Hamgyŏng Province.
Hamhŭng City (함흥시; 咸興市) was a Directly Governed City in the 1960s, but is now part of South Hamgyŏng Province.
Kaesŏng City (개성시; 開城市) (distinct from Kaesŏng Industrial Region) was a Directly Governed City until 2003, but is now part of North Hwanghae Province.
Namp'o Special City (Namp'o T'ŭkkŭpsi; 남포 특급시; 南浦特級市) was a Directly Governed City until 2004, but is now part of South P'yŏng'an Province.
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Sources
The sources for this article are Chosun Ilbo's pages 행정구역 현황 ("Haengjeong Guyeok Hyeonhwang") and 행정구역 개편 일지 ("Haengjeong Guyeok Gaepyeon Ilji") (Korean only; updated 2004).
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See also
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