Sooth Gyeongsang Province

Sooth Gyeongsang Province 경상남도
Province
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	경상남도
• Hanja	慶尙南道
• McCune‑Reischauer	Kyŏngsangnam-do
• Revised Romanization	Gyeongsangnam-do
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Caipital	Changwon
Subdiveesions	10 cities; 10 counties
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Hong Jun-pyo
Area
• Total	10,533 km2 (4,067 sq mi)
Area rank	4t
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,160,154
• Rank	2nd
• Density	300/km2 (800/sq mi)
Metropolitan Seembols
• Flouer	Rose
• Tree	Zelkova
• Bird	White Heron
Dialect	Gyeongsang
Website	gsnd.net (in Inglis)

Sooth Gyeongsang Province, or Gyeongsangnam-do, is a province in the sootheast o Sooth Korea. The provincial caipital is locatit at Changwon. It contains the major metropolitan centre an port o Busan. Locatit thare is UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple that hooses the Tripitaka Koreana an attracts mony tourists. Automobile an petrochemical factories are lairgely concentratit alang the soothren pairt o the province, extendin frae Ulsan throu Busan, Changwon, an Jinju.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Main airticle: Ceeties an Coonties o Gyeongsangnam-do

Gyeongsangnam-do is dividit intae 8 ceeties (si) an 10 coonties (gun). The names belaw are gien in Inglis, hangul, an hanja.

Ceeties

Changwon (창원시; 昌原市, caipital) Geoje (거제시; 巨濟市) Gimhae (김해시; 金海市) Jinju (진주시; 晉州市)

Miryang (밀양시; 密陽市) Sacheon (사천시; 泗川市) Tongyeong (통영시; 統營市) Yangsan (양산시; 梁山市)

Coonties

Changnyeong (창녕군; 昌寧郡) Geochang (거창군; 居昌郡) Goseong (고성군; 固城郡) Hadong (하동군; 河東郡)

Haman (함안군; 咸安郡) Hapcheon (합천군; 陜川郡) Hamyang (함양군; 咸陽郡)

Namhae (남해군; 南海郡) Sancheong (산청군; 山淸郡) Uiryeong (의령군; 宜寧郡)

Sister destrict

Roushie: Primorsky Krai,

Freemit airtins

• Gyeongsangnam-do English-leid hame page Archived 2008-09-21 at the Wayback Machine