evidence: Administrative divisions of South Korea explained South Korea is made up of 22 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (gwangyeoksi Korean: 광역시/廣域市), 1 special city (teukbyeolsi Korean: 특별시/特別市), 1 special self-governing city (teukbyeol-jachisi Korean: 특별자치시/特別自治市), and 14 provinces (do Korean: 도/道), including three special self-governing provinces (teukbyeol jachido Korean: 특별자치도/特別自治道) and five claimed by the ROK government.[1] [2] These are further subdivided into a variety of smaller entities, including cities (si Korean: 시/市), counties (gun Korean: 군/郡), districts (gu Korean: 구/區), towns (eup Korean: 읍/邑), townships (myeon Korean: 면/面), neighborhoods (dong Korean: 동/洞) and villages (ri Korean: 리/里).[3] [...] See main article: Dong (administrative division). A dong (Korean: 동; 洞) is the primary division of districts (gu), and of those cities (si) which are not divided into districts. The dong is the smallest level of urban government to have its own office and staff. In some cases, a single legal dong is divided into several administrative dong. Administrative dong are usually distinguished from one another by number (as in the case of Myeongjang 1-dong and Myeongjang 2-dong). In such cases, each administrative dong has its own office and staff.