Sooth Gyeongsang Province
(Reguidit frae Gyeongsangnam-do)
Sooth Gyeongsang Province, or Gyeongsangnam-do, is a province in the sootheast o Sooth Korea. The provincial caipital is locatit at Changwon. It contains the major metropolitan centre an port o Busan. Locatit thare is UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple that hooses the Tripitaka Koreana an attracts mony tourists. Automobile an petrochemical factories are lairgely concentratit alang the soothren pairt o the province, extendin frae Ulsan throu Busan, Changwon, an Jinju.
Sooth Gyeongsang Province 경상남도 | |
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Korean transcription(s) | |
• Hangul | 경상남도 |
• Hanja | 慶尙南道 |
• McCune‑Reischauer | Kyŏngsangnam-do |
• Revised Romanization | Gyeongsangnam-do |
Kintra | Sooth Korea |
Region | Yeongnam |
Caipital | Changwon |
Subdiveesions | 10 cities; 10 counties |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Hong Jun-pyo |
Area | |
• Total | 10,533 km2 (4,067 sq mi) |
Area rank | 4t |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,160,154 |
• Rank | 2nd |
• Density | 300/km2 (800/sq mi) |
Metropolitan Seembols | |
• Flouer | Rose |
• Tree | Zelkova |
• Bird | White Heron |
Dialect | Gyeongsang |
Website | gsnd.net (in Inglis) |
Admeenistrative diveesions
eeditGyeongsangnam-do is dividit intae 8 ceeties (si) an 10 coonties (gun). The names belaw are gien in Inglis, hangul, an hanja.
Ceeties
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Sister destrict
eeditRoushie: Primorsky Krai,[1]
References
eedit- ↑ partnershipRoushie: К. ПУЛИКОВСКИЙ посетит Южную Корею
Freemit airtins
eeditWikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Gyeongsangnam-do. |
- Gyeongsangnam-do English-leid hame page Archived 2008-09-21 at the Wayback Machine