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Gyeonggi-do in South Korea

Gyeonggi-do [jīng jī dào] (Korean: 경기도) is a province near the capital of northwestern South Korea, with an area of​​10,184 square kilometers . Towns are connected.

Gyeonggi-do occupies 10.1% of South Korea’s area. It is a provincial administrative region of South Korea, bordering North Korea in the north, Jiangyuan Road in the east, Chungcheong Road in the south, and surrounds Seoul and Incheon.

Gyeonggi-do has a coastline of 332 kilometers. The Han River flows through Gyeonggi-do from east to west, dividing it into two parts, north and south. The area north of the Han River is mostly mountainous, and the area south of the Han River is mostly plain. In 2014, Gyeonggi-do’s GRDP (Gross Regional Domestic Product) was US$312.9 billion, accounting for 22.5% of South Korea’s.

Gyeonggi-do, South Korea is located in the central and western part of the Korean Peninsula, surrounded by Seoul Special City and Incheon Metropolitan City. The road covers an area of ​​10,200 square kilometers and has a population of 11.1 million. The seat of the provincial government is Suwon City. Administrative divisions: 27 cities and 4 counties.

Administrative division

In 1910, after Japan occupied Korea, the capital of Gyeonggi Province was moved from Suwon to Gyeongseongfu (now Seoul). In 1929, Suwon was renamed the city from the original eup and became independent from Gyeonggi-do. In 1967, the capital of Gyeonggi Province was moved from Seoul City to Suwon City.

As of 2016, Gyeonggi-do has jurisdiction over 28 cities, 3 counties, and 557 eups, myeons, and dongs. Among them, the provincial government is located in Suwon City, located at 1 Hyoyuan Road (Meishan Road 3 Street), Paldal District, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do.

Regional location

Gyeonggi-do 경기도 Gyeonggi-do is a provincial administrative region located in the central and western part of the Korean Peninsula. Gyeonggi-do is located in the central and western part of the Korean Peninsula, surrounded by Seoul Special City and Incheon Metropolitan City. Gyeonggi-do is located between 126 degrees to 127 degrees east longitude and 36 degrees to 38 degrees north latitude.

Ganghwa Bay is bordered to the west by the Yellow Sea (the waters near South Korea are called the West Sea). North across the 38th line, looking at South Hwanghae Dao and Kaesong Industrial Zone in North Korea. It is bordered by Gangwon-do to the east and Chungcheongnam-do and Chungcheongbei-do to the south.

Topography

Gyeonggi-do has mountains, seas and plains, and the terrain is high in the east and low in the west. There are plains such as Gimpo and Kanazawa along the coast. Gyeonggi-do is divided into southern and northern regions based on the Han River, which flows from east to west. The northern region is mountainous, and the southern region is a vast plain. The western subsidence coast is intersected by bays, islands and peninsulas.

Gyeonggi-do has formed a fertile plain under the nourishment of the Han River, and people have lived and worked here since prehistoric times. The Paleolithic sites in Jeongok-ri, Yeoncheon-gun, the Neolithic sites in Sadong, Henan City, and the Bronze Age sites in Shinam-ri, Yeoju fully testify all of this.

Hydrology

The main river in Gyeonggi-do is the Han River, which flows through the whole territory from southeast to northwest.

Climate Characteristics

Gyeonggi-do has a temperate monsoon climate with a pleasant climate. The annual range is large, and the dry and wet seasons are distinct. Precipitation is more in coastal areas than inland areas, and there are four distinct seasons in spring, summer, autumn and winter. The annual average temperature is 10°~12°. Spring begins in March. Due to the unstable air pressure in spring, the weather changes greatly, but the climate is warm and bright from mid-April; summer is hot and rainy; autumn is cool and dry, which is the season for harvesting red leaves; from the end of November to February, South Korea will enter Siberia. Within the high pressure circle, there are three cold and four warm phenomena of dry and cold.

Local customs

Gyeonggi-do is located in the center of the Korean Peninsula in Northeast Asia, and it has become a political, economic and cultural center for a long time. There are historical relics and traces of modern and modern history scattered around. Part of Gyeonggi Province became the jurisdiction of North Korea.