![]() ![]() The Gyeonggi region was divided into Hanseong (modern Seoul Hanseong-bu 한성부 漢城府), Incheon ( Incheon-bu 인천부 仁川府), Chungju ( Chungju-bu 충주부 忠州府), Gongju ( Gongju-bu 공주부 公州府), and Kaesong ( Kaesong-bu 개성부 開城府).ĭuring the Japanese colonial period, Hanseong-bu was incorporated into Gyeonggi-do. In 1895 the 23-Bu system, which reorganized administrative areas, was effected. ![]() Since the period of King Taejong and Sejong the Great, the Gyeonggi region has been very similar to the current administrative area of Gyeonggi-do. Headquarters of the provincial governor, Joseon Dynastyĭuring the Joseon, which was founded after the Goryeo, King Taejo of Joseon set the capital in Hanyang, while restructuring Gyeonggi's area to include Gwangju, Suwon, Yeoju, and Anseong, along with the southeast region. Since 1018 (the 9th year of Goryeo's King Hyeonjong), this area has been officially called "Gyeonggi". The Gyeonggi region started to rise as the central region of Goryeo as King Taejo of Goryeo (the kingdom following Silla) set up the capital in Gaesong. Afterward, the current location of Gyeonggi-do, one of the nine states of Later Silla, was called Hansanju. ![]() Ever since King Onjo, the founder of Baekje (one of the three kingdoms), founded the government in Wiryeseong of Hanam, the Han River Valley was absorbed into Goguryeo in the mid-fifth century, and became Silla's territory in the year 553 (the 14th year of King Jinheung). Gyeonggi-do has been a politically important area since 18 BCE, when Korea was divided into three nations during the Three Kingdoms period. The three jurisdictions are collectively referred to as Sudogwon and cover 11,730 km 2 (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 at the 2020 Census. 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. ![]() 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. Thus, Gyeonggi-do can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Its name, Gyeonggi, means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Gyeonggi Province ( Korean: 경기도, Korean pronunciation: ) is the most populous province in South Korea. ![]()
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