List of cities in South Korea

[1] Cases outside of these standards require specific legislation, such as the special bill by the National Assembly to designate Gyeryong as a city.

[citation needed] Under Article 3 of the Local Autonomy Act, a city with a population of less than 500,000 may create administrative subdivisions in the form of dong in its urbanised area and eup or myeon in its rural area, while a city with a population of more than 500,000 may create administrative subdivisions in the form of non-autonomous gu.

Big municipal cities are given the power to subdivide themselves into non-autonomous districts (Korean: 일반구; Hanja: 一般區).

[3] However, some big municipal cities have chosen not to divide themselves into districts, such as Bucheon, Gimhae, Hwaseong, or Namyangju.

As such, Jeju City does not enjoy special autonomy and only has the same legal powers as the much smaller Seogwipo.