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Hierarchical Characteristics of the Setting Method in Administrative District Names: Focusing on Jeonbuk Region

  • Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers
  • Abbr : JAKG
  • 2012, 1(1), pp.125-136
  • Publisher : Association of Korean Geographers
  • Research Area : Social Science > Geography

Cho Sung Wook 1

1전북대학교

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research is to analyze the regional name of county (Gun unit) and sub-county (Myon unit) for searching the pattern of setting method of the administrative district name focus on Jeonbuk region. The results are as follows; firstly, the names of Gun unit tend to be used as same as existing names without any change. Secondary, Myon unit names were more changable than Gun unit names. The setting type of Myon name in 1914’s use apply the existing name without transform (22.9%), integration Myon name of existing name (23.4%), reuse the administrative name of past (21.3%), and adoption new regional name from village name (11.2%), natural environmental based (16.0%), human environmental based (4.3%) and a new name without any regional relation (1.1%). Thirdly, the new city region of Japanese residence has the high ratio of the new name without original local based (68.2%). The results show that there is the significant difference in setting method of regional name in accordance with administrative hierarchical level.

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