Republic of Korea - Demographics - Cities

Cities

Main article: List of cities in South Korea See also: Eight Provinces of Korea and List of regions of Korea

The table below lists the twenty largest cities within administrative city limits.

Largest cities or towns of South Korea
2010 Population and Housing Census of Korea
Rank City name Province Pop. Rank City name Province Pop.

Seoul


Busan

 1 Seoul Seoul 9,794,304 11 Goyang Gyeonggi 905,076
Incheon


Daegu
2 Busan Busan 3,414,950 12 Yongin Gyeonggi 856,765
3 Incheon Incheon 2,662,509 13 Bucheon Gyeonggi 853,039
4 Daegu Daegu 2,446,418 14 Ansan Gyeonggi 728,775
5 Daejeon Daejeon 1,501,859 15 Cheongju North Chungcheong 666,924
6 Gwangju Gwangju 1,475,745 16 Jeonju North Jeolla 649,728
7 Ulsan Ulsan 1,082,567 17 Anyang Gyeonggi 602,122
8 Suwon Gyeonggi 1,071,913 18 Cheonan South Chungcheong 574,623
9 Changwon South Gyeongsang 1,058,021 19 Namyangju Gyeonggi 529,898
10 Seongnam Gyeonggi 949,964 20 Pohang North Gyeongsang 511,390


Read more about this topic:  Republic Of Korea, Demographics

Famous quotes containing the word cities:

    “Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
    With conquering limbs astride from land to land,
    Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
    A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
    Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
    Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
    Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
    The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.”
    —Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)

    “Beyond the horizon, or even the knowledge, of the cities along the coast, a great, creative impulse is at work—the only thing, after all, that gives this continent meaning and a guarantee of the future. Every Australian ought to climb up here, once in a way, and glimpse the various, manifold life of which he is a part.”
    —Vance Palmer (1885–1959)

    “1st Murderer. Where’s thy conscience now?...
    2nd Murderer. I’ll not meddle with it. It makes a man a coward.... It fills a man full of obstacles. It made me once restore a purse of gold that by chance I found. It beggars any man that keeps it. It is turned out of towns and cities for a dangerous thing, and every man that means to live well endeavors to trust to himself and live without it.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)