Province-level cities are one of the first-level administrative divisions within South Korea.
Province-level cities have equal status to provinces in the South Korean administrative scheme, and are among the highest-ranked administrative divisions of South Korea.
There are three kinds of first-level city in South Korea.
Metropolitan functions such as water supply and public transport are integrated into the sole prefecture other than scattered to each municipality.
As a suffix, the character Gyeong (경; 京) is used, which means "capital".