4.04 Million Visitors on the Website for Naming Contest of Gyeonggi Northern Special Self-Governing Province

More than 4 million people visited the naming contest for the new name of Gyeonggi Northern Special Self-Governing Province, and over 50,000 people proposed new names.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 20th that from last month 18th to this month 19th, during the one-month-long naming contest for the new name of Gyeonggi Northern Special Self-Governing Province, 4,046,762 people visited the website and proposed 52,435 new names.

It was also revealed that 60,643 people participated in a preliminary event held to raise awareness of the necessity and justification of Gyeonggi Northern Special Self-Governing Province alongside the contest.

Gyeonggi Province viewed the need for a symbolic name befitting the ‘growth potential’ of Northern Gyeonggi and held a nationwide contest to create a new name that symbolizes the identity and historicity of Northern Gyeonggi while embodying future-oriented values.

Gyeonggi Northern Special Self-Governing Province New Name Contest Poster

Gyeonggi Province will conduct a first round of judging by experts in promotion, naming, historians, and related fields on the submitted entries by next month 18th to select 10 candidate names.

Then, from March 21st to April 7th, an online vote open to the entire nation and a final review will be held for the 10 candidates, and the grand prize and other winning entries will be announced on April 26th.

Kang Hyun-seok, head of the Gyeonggi Northern Special Self-Governing Province Promotion Team, said, "We thank all the citizens who warmly supported the naming contest for the new name of Gyeonggi Northern Special Self-Governing Province," adding, "We will do our best to select a new name that reflects the expectations and hopes of the people for Gyeonggi Northern Special Self-Governing Province. We also ask for your great interest in the nationwide vote for the candidate names."

Gyeonggi Province will award cash prizes rather than local currency, including 10 million won for the grand prize (1 person), 1 million won for excellence awards (2 people), and 500,000 won for encouragement awards (7 people).

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