Editing List of cities in South Korea (section)

== City status==
Article 10 of the Local Autonomy Act defines the standards under which a populated area may become a city: an area which is predominantly [[urban area|urbanised]] and has a population of at least 50,000; a {{Transliteration|ko|[[gun (administrative division)|gun]]}} which has an urbanised area with a population of at least 50,000; or a {{Transliteration|ko|gun}} which has a total population of at least 150,000 and multiple urbanised areas each with a population of at least 20,000.<ref name="LocalAutonomyAct">{{cite act |url=https://www.law.go.kr/법령/지방자치법 |script-title=ko:지방자치법 |trans-title=Local Autonomy Act |type=As Amended by Law |index=18661 |date=28 December 2021}} An English translation is available from the Korea Legislative Research Institute, but is out of date: {{cite act |url=https://elaw.klri.re.kr/eng_service/lawView.do?hseq=52374&lang=ENG |title=Local Autonomy Act |type=As Amended by Law |index=16057 |date=24 December 2018}} Article 7 of the 2018 version of the law is similar in content to Article 10 of the 2021 version of the law, aside from cross-references to other articles.</ref> {{citation needed span|text=Cases outside of these standards require specific legislation, such as the special bill by the [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]] to designate [[Gyeryong]] as a city.|date=February 2022}}

Under Article 3 of the Local Autonomy Act, a city with a population of less than 500,000 may create administrative subdivisions in the form of {{Transliteration|ko|[[Dong (administrative division)|dong]]}} in its urbanised area and {{Transliteration|ko|[[Eup (administrative division)|eup]]}} or {{Transliteration|ko|[[Myeon (administrative division)|myeon]]}} in its rural area, while a city with a population of more than 500,000 may create administrative subdivisions in the form of non-autonomous {{Transliteration|ko|[[Gu (administrative division)|gu]]}}.<ref>Article 3, Local Autonomy Act (2021). Article 3 of the 2018 version of the law has similar provisions.</ref>