A ''myeon'', ''myŏn'', ''myon'', or township ( ko, 면) is an administrative unit in
South Korea
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similar to the unit of
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
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Along with
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
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, township is of a
county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
and some
cities of fewer than 500,000 population. ''Myeon'' have smaller populations than towns and represent the rural areas of a county or city. Townships are subdivided into
villages. The minimum population limit is 6,000.
See also
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Administrative divisions of South Korea
References
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