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Gyeonggi is the most populous province in South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Suwon. Seoul—South Korea's largest city and national capital—is located in the heart of the province, but is separately administered as a provincial-level Special City.

1 Geography

Gyeonggi Province is located in the northwest of South Korea. The province is bounded on the east by Gangwon province, on the south by North and South ChungcheongSouth Chungcheong Province Korean Name Revised RomanizationChungcheongnam-do McCune-ReischauerCh'ungch'ongnam-do Hangul Hanja Short NameChungnam (Ch'ungnam;; ) Statistics Population(excluding Daejeon)1,840,410( 2000 census) Area (excluding Daejeon)8,352 k provinces, and on the west by IncheonIncheon Metropolitan City Korean Name Revised RomanizationIncheon Gwangyeoksi McCune-ReischauerInch'on Kwangyokshi Hangul Hanja Short NameIncheon (Inch'on;; ) Statistics Population5,450,000( 2000, approximate) Area964. 53 km² GovernmentMetropolitan City A and the Yellow SeaThe Yellow Sea (in North and South Korea, it is also called the West Sea is the northern part of the East China Sea, which in turn is a part of the Pacific Ocean. It is located between Mainland China and the Korean peninsula. Its name comes from the sand. The province almost completely surrounds Seoul. To the north lies Kaesong Industrial RegionKaesong Industrial Region Korean Name McCune-ReischauerKaesong Kongop Chigu Revised RomanizationGaeseong Gongeop Jigu Hangul Hanja Short NameKaesong (Gaeseong;; Statistics Population? Area? GovernmentIndustrial Region Administrative Divisions(unknown) Spl and North HwanghaeNorth Hwanghae Province Korean Name McCune-ReischauerHwanghae-bukto Revised RomanizationHwanghaebuk-do Hangul Hanja Short NameHwangbuk (Hwangbuk;; ) Statistics Population? Area? km² Capital Sariwon Administrative Divisions3 cities Shi ;16 counties Kun Spl Province in North KoreaThe Democratic People's Republic of Korea DPRK Korean: Choson Minjujuui Inmin Konghwaguk Hangul: ; Hanja: ), commonly known as North Korea is a country in eastern Asia, covering the northern half of the peninsula of Korea. To the south it borders South Ko.