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Guide to South Korea ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Information

South Korea is a country in Asia bordered by North Korea. The official language is Korean.[1]

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Provinces

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
KR-11 Seoul special city 서울특별시
KR-26 Busan metropolitan city 부산광역시 釜山廣域市


KR-27 Daegu metropolitan city 대구광역시 大邱廣域市


KR-28 Incheon metropolitan city 인천광역시 仁川廣域市


KR-29 Gwangju metropolitan city 광주광역시 光州廣域市


KR-30 Daejeon metropolitan city 대전광역시 大田廣域市


KR-31 Ulsan metropolitan city 울산광역시 蔚山廣域市


KR-50 Sejong metropolitan autonomous city 세종특별자치시 世宗特別自治市


KR-41 Gyeonggi Province 경기도 京畿道


KR-42 Gangwon Province 강원도 江原道


KR-43 North Chungcheong Province 충청북도 忠淸北道


KR-44 South Chungcheong Province 충청남도 忠淸南道


KR-45 North Jeolla Province 전라북도 全羅北道


KR-46 South Jeolla Province 전라남도 全羅南道


KR-47 North Gyeongsang Province 경상북도 慶尙北道


KR-48 South Gyeongsang Province 경상남도 慶尙南道


KR-49 Jeju Province
(special self-governing province)
제주특별자치도 濟州特別自治道


References

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "South Korea," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea, accessed 21 April 2015.