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In other languages: 조선말, 한국어Guide to South Korea ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Information[edit | edit source]
South Korea is a country in Asia bordered by North Korea. The official language is Korean.[1]
South Korea Map[edit | edit source]
Provinces[edit | edit source]
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in South Korea. South Korea is comprised of the following provinces/cities, etc.
| Code | Name | Hangul | Hanja |
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| KR-11 | Seoul special city | 서울특별시 | |
| KR-26 | Busan metropolitan city | 부산광역시 | 釜山廣域市
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| KR-27 | Daegu metropolitan city | 대구광역시 | 大邱廣域市
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| KR-28 | Incheon metropolitan city | 인천광역시 | 仁川廣域市
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| KR-29 | Gwangju metropolitan city | 광주광역시 | 光州廣域市
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| KR-30 | Daejeon metropolitan city | 대전광역시 | 大田廣域市
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| KR-31 | Ulsan metropolitan city | 울산광역시 | 蔚山廣域市
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| KR-50 | Sejong metropolitan autonomous city | 세종특별자치시 | 世宗特別自治市
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| KR-41 | Gyeonggi Province | 경기도 | 京畿道
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| KR-42 | Gangwon Province | 강원도 | 江原道
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| KR-43 | North Chungcheong Province | 충청북도 | 忠淸北道
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| KR-44 | South Chungcheong Province | 충청남도 | 忠淸南道
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| KR-45 | North Jeolla Province | 전라북도 | 全羅北道
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| KR-46 | South Jeolla Province | 전라남도 | 全羅南道
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| KR-47 | North Gyeongsang Province | 경상북도 | 慶尙北道
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| KR-48 | South Gyeongsang Province | 경상남도 | 慶尙南道
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| KR-49 | Jeju Province (special self-governing province) |
제주특별자치도 | 濟州特別自治道
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "South Korea," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea, accessed 21 April 2015.