North Gyeonggi Province

Gyeonggibuk-do (Hangul: 경기북도, Korean pronunciation: [kjʌŋ.ɡi.buk.do]) is a proposed province in South Korea that would span the contiguous area of Northern Gyeonggi Province, Its name, Gyeonggi means "the area surrounding capital". Thus Gyeonggi-do can be translated as "province surrounding Seoul". Northern Gyeonggi Province is the portion of the South Korean Gyeonggi Province north of the Han River and Bukhan River.

Gyeonggibuk-do

경기북도
Proposed Province
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul경기북도
 • Hanja京畿北道
 • Revised RomanizationGyeonggibuk-do
 • McCune‑ReischauerKyŏnggibukdo
Coordinates: 37°45′N 127°02′E
CountrySouth Korea
RegionSudogwon
CapitalUijeongbu
Subdivisions8 cities; 2 counties
Area
 • Total4,266 km2 (1,647 sq mi)
Area rank10th
Population
 (January, 2019)
 • Total3,401,994
 • Rank2nd
 • Density797.5/km2 (2,066/sq mi)
Metropolitan Symbols
 • FlowerForsythia
 • TreeGinkgo
 • BirdDove
ISO 3166 codeKR-41
DialectGyeonggi

Geography

Nature and national parks

In North Gyeonggi-do, there is Bukhansan National Park in Uijeongbu. For provincial parks, there are the Chukryeongsan Natural Recreation Area, Gapyeong Yeoninsan Provincial Park. Besides the listed, the scenery of well-known mountains including Soyosan of Dongducheon City, Yongmunsan of Gapyeong County, along with Hangang and Imjingang are famous tourism sites of Gyeonggi-do.

Population

Northern Gyeonggi-do has shown a rapid increase in population due to the modernization and urbanization of the Republic of Korea.

Administrative area

Northern Gyeonggi Province would consist of 8 cities (Specific: 2, normal: 6) and two counties.[1] This is because many counties were elevated to city status owing to the influence of Seoul's new town development plan. Special cities are especially concentrated in the southern area of Gyeonggi-do.

Listed below is each entity's name in English, Hangul and Hanja.

Map # Name Hangul Hanja Population (2015.5)[2] Subdivisions
— Specific City —
3 Goyang 고양시 高陽市 972,797 3 ilban-gu — 46 haengjeong-dong
8 Namyangju 남양주시 南楊州市 640,579 5 eup, 4 myeon, 7 haengjeong-dong
— City —
10 Uijeongbu 의정부시 議政府市 431,149 15 haengjeong-dong
14 Paju 파주시 坡州市 416,439 4 eup, 9 myeon, 7 haengjeong-dong
19 Yangju 양주시 楊州市 203,519 1 eup, 4 myeon, 6 haengjeong-dong
20 Guri 구리시 九里市 186,611 8 haengjeong-dong
24 Pocheon 포천시 抱川市 155,629 1 eup, 11 myeon, 2 haengjeong-dong
26 Dongducheon 동두천시 東豆川市 97,407 8 haengjeong-dong
— County —
30 Gapyeong 가평군 加平郡 61,403 1 eup, 5 myeon
31 Yeoncheon 연천군 漣川郡 45,314 2 eup, 8 myeon

Claimed
Further information: Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces

Transportation

Road

The road pavement rate throughout the province averages 86.5 percent. The area has access to many of South Korea's expressways, including

Private

Culture

Historical landmarks

Gyeonggi-do has long been a capital area, leaving many historic relics and ruins. For royal tombs (called reung), there are Donggureung of Guri, and Gwangreung, Hongreung and Yureung of Namyangju. For castles (called seong), there are Suwon Hwaseong, which is designated as the World Cultural Heritage, Haengjusanseong.

Performing arts

There are also sightseeing opportunities at Jangheung Art Park, Publication Art Complex at Heyri, Paju.

Heyri Art Valley

Heyri Art Valley is Korea's largest art town. Various Korean artists constructed the cultural town of Heyri and it features several art galleries and museums. There are about 40 museums, exhibitions, concert halls and bookstores.

Religion in Gyeonggi-do (2005)[3]

  Not religious or Other (51.1%)
  Protestantism (21.9%)
  Buddhism (16.8%)
  Catholicism (12.4%)

According to the census of 2005, of the people of Gyeonggi-do 34.3% follow Christianity (21.9% Protestantism and 12.4% Catholicism) and 16.8% follow Buddhism.[3] 51.1% of the population is mostly not religious or follow Islam or indigenous religions.

Football

Basketball

Football

Tourism

Entertainment
  • Hallyuworld theme park, which is based on the ‘Korean Fever’, is under construction in Goyang

Proposal to create North Gyeonggi Province
Main article: Partition of Gyeonggi Province

In May 2017, 12 assemblymen sponsored "경기북도 설치 등에 관한 법률안".[4]

References
  1. "Administrative Map". Gyeonggi Province. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  2. "Population". Gyeonggi Province. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  3. 2005 Census - Religion Results Archived 2015-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
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