Dong (administrative division)
A dong (Korean: 동) or neighborhood is a submunicipal level administrative unit of a city and of those cities which are not divided into wards throughout Korea. The unit is often translated as neighborhood and has been used in both administrative divisions of North Korea and South Korea.
| Neighborhood | |
| Hangul | 동 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | dong |
| McCune–Reischauer | tong |
| Administrative neighborhood | |
| Hangul | 행정동 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | haengjeongdong |
| McCune–Reischauer | haengjŏngdong |
| Legal-status neighborhood | |
| Hangul | 법정동 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | beopjeongdong |
| McCune–Reischauer | pŏpchŏngdong |
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| Administrative divisions of South Korea |
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| Provincial level |
| Province (list) |
| Special self-governing province (Jeju, Gangwon and Jeonbuk) |
| Special city (Seoul) |
| Metropolitan city (list) |
| Special self-governing city (Sejong) |
| Municipal level |
| Specific city (list) |
| City (list) |
| County (list) |
| Autonomous District (list) |
| Submunicipal level |
| Administrative city (list) |
| Non-autonomous District (list) |
| Neighborhoods and Towns |
| Town (list) |
| Township (list) |
| Neighborhood (list) |
| Villages |
| Village (list) |
| Communities |
| Ward |
| This article is part of a series on the |
| Administrative divisions of North Korea |
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| Provincial level |
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Province (도 道 to) |
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Special municipality (특별시 特別市 t'ŭkpyŏlsi) |
| Municipal level |
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City (시 市 si) |
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County (군 郡 kun) |
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District (구역 區域 kuyŏk) |
| Submunicipal level |
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Town (읍 邑 ŭp) |
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Neighbourhood (동 洞 dong) |
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Village (리 里 ri) |
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Workers' District (로동자구 勞動者區 rodongjagu) |
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