Gyeonggi Province

Gyeonggi Province
경기도
Province
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul경기도
 • Hanja京畿道
 • Revised RomanizationGyeonggi-do
 • McCune‑ReischauerKyŏnggido
From the left: Seongnam, Icheon, Siheung, Suwon, Gwangmyeong, Yongin, Ansan
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Coordinates: 37°30′N 127°15′E / 37.500°N 127.250°E / 37.500; 127.250
Country South Korea
RegionSeoul Metropolitan Area
CapitalSuwon
Subdivisions28 cities; 3 counties
Government
 • GovernorKim Dong-yeon
(Democratic)
 • LegislatureGyeonggi Assembly
Area
 • Total
10,199 km2 (3,938 sq mi)
 • Rank5th
Population
 (2020 census)
 • Total
13,511,676
 • Rank1st
 • Density1,327/km2 (3,440/sq mi)
GDP
 • TotalKRW 547 trillion
USD 438 billion (2022)
ISO 3166 codeKR-41
DialectGyeonggi
BlogOfficial blog
WebsiteOfficial website (English)

Gyeonggi Province (Korean: 경기도; RR: Gyeonggi-do, Korean pronunciation: [kjʌ̹ŋ.ɡi.do̞]) is the most populous province in South Korea.

Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a provincial-level special city since 1946. Incheon, the nation's third-largest city, is on the coast of the province and has been similarly administered as a provincial-level metropolitan city since 1981. The three jurisdictions are collectively referred to as Sudogwon and cover 11,730 km2 (4,530 sq mi), with a combined population of over 26 million - amounting to over half (50.25%) of the entire population of South Korea, and a third of the population of the Korean peninsula at the 2020 census.

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