Its provincial government is in Suwon, but some of its government buildings are in Uijeongbu for the administrative conveniences of the northern region. It is in contact with 86 kilometres (53 mi) of cease-fire line to the north, 413 kilometres (257 mi) of coastline to the west, Gangwon-do to the east, Chungcheongbuk-do and Chungcheongnam-do to the south, and has Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea, in its center. Its dimension is 10% of Korea's territory, 10,171 square kilometres (3,927 sq mi). Gyeonggi Province is in the western central region of the Korean Peninsula, which is vertically situated in Northeast Asia and is between east longitude of 126 and 127, and north latitude of 36 and 38. After Incheon separated from Gyeonggi-do in 1981, Gyeonggi regions such as Ongjin County and Ganghwa County were incorporated into Incheon in 1995.

In 1967 the seat of the Gyeonggi provincial government was transferred from Seoul to Suwon. Additionally, Kaesong became North Korean territory, the only city to change control after the countries were divided at the 38th parallel, which is now part of North Korea's North Hwanghae Province. On October 1, 1910, it was renamed Keijo and a provincial government was placed in Keijo according to the reorganization of administrative districts.Īfter liberation and the foundation of two separate Korean states, Gyeonggi-do and its capital, Seoul, were separated with partial regions of Gyeonggi-do being incorporated into Seoul thereafter in 1946. The Gyeonggi region was divided into Hanseong (modern Seoul Hanseong-bu 한성부 漢城府), Incheon ( Incheon-bu 인천부 仁川府), Chungju ( Chungju-bu 충주부 忠州府), Gongju ( Gongju-bu 공주부 公州府), and Kaesong ( Kaesong-bu 개성부 開城府).ĭuring the Japanese colonial period, Hanseong-bu was incorporated into Gyeonggi-do. In 1895 the 23-Bu system, which reorganized administrative areas, was effected. Since the period of King Taejong and Sejong the Great, the Gyeonggi region has been very similar to the current administrative area of Gyeonggi-do. Headquarters of the provincial governor, Joseon Dynastyĭuring the Joseon, which was founded after the Goryeo, King Taejo of Joseon set the capital in Hanyang, while restructuring Gyeonggi's area to include Gwangju, Suwon, Yeoju, and Anseong, along with the southeast region. Since 1018 (the 9th year of Goryeo's King Hyeonjong), this area has been officially called 'Gyeonggi'. The Gyeonggi region started to rise as the central region of Goryeo as King Taejo of Goryeo (the kingdom following Silla) set up the capital in Gaesong. Afterward, the current location of Gyeonggi-do, one of the nine states of Later Silla, was called Hansanju. Ever since King Onjo, the founder of Baekje (one of the three kingdoms), founded the government in Wiryeseong of Hanam, the Han River Valley was absorbed into Goguryeo in the mid-fifth century, and became Silla's territory in the year 553 (the 14th year of King Jinheung). Gyeonggi-do has been a politically important area since 18 BCE, when Korea was divided into three nations during the Three Kingdoms period. 7.1 Universities of Gyeonggi Province(경기도).

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