Kiko - Kiko

…Gyeonggi-do, Gangwon-do, and Chungcheong-do are the central region, while Jeolla-do, Gyeongsang-do, and Jeju Island (now Jeju Province) are the southern region. Gyeonggi and Chungcheong-do are sometimes referred to as Giho, Gangwon-do as Kanto, Jeolla-do as Honam, and Gyeongsang-do as Yeongnam. The eight-province system of Hamgyong, Pyeongan, Hwanghae, Gangwon, Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, and Jeolla, which was established in the 15th century during the early Joseon period, was an excellent system that took into account natural geography, but during the Japanese colonial period, the five provinces of Hamgyong, Pyeongan, Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, and Jeolla were administratively divided into two provinces, north and south, to form a 13-province system, and currently, north and south have nine provinces each. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kiko" is listed below.

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…京畿道，江原道，忠清道を中部地方とし，全羅道，慶尚道，済州島(現在は済州道をなす)を南部地方とする。また京畿･忠清両道をさして畿湖，江原道を関東，全羅道を湖南，慶尚道を嶺南とよぶ場合もある。李朝初期の15世紀から行われた咸鏡，平安，黄海，江原，京畿，忠清，慶尚，全羅の8道制は自然地理を加味したすぐれたものであったが，日本の植民地時代には，行政的に咸鏡，平安，忠清，慶尚，全羅の5道をそれぞれ南北2道に分けた13道制をしき，現在は南北の両国家において，9道ずつの行政区画を行っている。…

※「畿湖」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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