Eup (administrative division)

An eup or ŭp (Korean: 읍) is an administrative unit in both North Korea and South Korea similar to the unit of town.

Eup
Hangul	읍
Hanja	邑
Revised Romanization	eup
McCune–Reischauer	ŭp

In South Korea

Main article: List of towns in South Korea

Along with "myeon", an "eup" is one of the divisions of a county ("gun"), and of some cities ("si") with a population of less than 500,000. The main town or towns in a county—or the secondary town or towns within a city's territory—are designated as "eup"s. Towns are subdivided into villages ("ri"). In order to form an eup, the minimum population required is 20,000.^[1][2][3]

See also

• Administrative divisions of North Korea
• Administrative divisions of South Korea