Gyeonggi (region)
Gyeonggi
경기 지방 · 京畿地方 | |
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| Etymology: "Area Surrounding the Capital" | |
Gyeonggi marked in blue in central Korea | |
| Countries | North Korea South Korea |
| Dialects | Gyeonggi (문화어, 표준어) |
| Gyeonggi | |
| Hangul | 경기 지방 |
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| Hanja | 京畿地方 |
| RR | Gyeonggi jibang |
| MR | Kyŏnggi chibang |
Gyeonggi (Korean: 경기; Hanja: 京畿), alternatively spelled Kyŏnggi or Kyunggi, is a region of the Korean Peninsula that has historically occupied the west-central region of Korea. In modern times, the region hosts South Korea's Gyeonggi Province and Incheon Metropolitan City, and North Korea's Kaesong Industrial Region, and Changpung, and Ch'ŏrwŏn counties.