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Gyeonggi Province (Gyeonggi-do) is divided into 28 cities (si) and 3 counties (gun). Listed below is each entity's name in English, hangul and hanja.
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| Name | Population | Area (km2) | Population Density (/km2) |
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| Ansan | 742,788 | 144.78 | 5,130.5 |
| Anseong | 167,511 | 553.46 | 302.7 |
| Anyang | 622,379 | 58.52 | 10,635.3 |
| Bucheon | 868,517 | 53.44 | 16,252.2 |
| Dongducheon | 93,718 | 95.66 | 979.7 |
| Gimpo | 232,364 | 276.64 | 840.0 |
| Goyang | 938,784 | 267.31 | 3,512.0 |
| Gunpo | 278,790 | 36.38 | 7,663.2 |
| Guri | 211,720 | 33.3 | 5,836.1 |
| Gwacheon | 72,088 | 35.81 | 2,013.1 |
| Gwangju | 242,559 | 430.69 | 563.2 |
| Gwangmyeong | 334,526 | 38.5 | 8,687.0 |
| Hanam | 139,414 | 93.07 | 1,497.9 |
| Hwaseong | 497,907 | 844 | 590.0 |
| Icheon | 196,230 | 461.20 | 425.5 |
| Namyangju | 551,395 | 458.44 | 1,202.8 |
| Osan | 166,809 | 42.76 | 3,905.1 |
| Paju | 341,203 | 672.42 | 507.4 |
| Pocheon | 159,490 | 826.38 | 193.0 |
| Pyeongtaek | 406,191 | 452.18 | 898.3 |
| Seongnam | 970,847 | 141.82 | 6,845.6 |
| Siheung | 417,037 | 166.6 | 2,503.2 |
| Suwon | 1,095,957 | 121.09 | 9,050.8 |
| Uijeongbu | 430,769 | 81.59 | 5,279.7 |
| Uiwang | 135,058 | 53.95 | 2,503.4 |
| Yangju | 179,923 | 310.34 | 579.8 |
| Yeoju | 107,121 | 607.79 | 176.2 |
| Yongin | 923,937 | 591.32 | 1,562.5 |
| Gapyeong County | 56,815 | 843.46 | 67.3 |
| Yangpyeong County | 92,529 | 877.08 | 105.5 |
| Yeoncheon County | 45,572 | 695.61 | 65.5 |
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