North Gyeonggi Province
Gyeonggibuk-do (Hangul: 경기북도, ) is a proposed province in South Korea that would span the contiguous area of Northern Gyeonggi Province, Its name, "Gyeonggi" means "the area surrounding capital". Thus "Gyeonggi-do" can be translated as "province surrounding Seoul". Northern Gyeonggi Province is the portion of the South Korean Gyeonggi Province north of the Han River and Bukhan River. Geography. Nature and national parks. In North Gyeonggi-do, there is Bukhansan National Park in Uijeongbu. For provincial parks, there are the Chukryeongsan Natural Recreation Area, Gapyeong Yeoninsan Provincial Park. Besides the listed, the scenery of well-known  mountains including Soyosan of Dongducheon City, Yongmunsan of Gapyeong County, along with Hangang and Imjingang are famous tourism sites of Gyeonggi-do. Population. Northern Gyeonggi-do has shown a rapid increase in population due to the modernization and urbanization of the Republic of Korea. Administrative area. Northern Gyeonggi Province would consist of 8 cities (Specific: 2, normal: 6) and two counties. This is because many counties were elevated to city status owing to the influence of Seoul's new town development plan. Special cities are especially concentrated in the southern area of Gyeonggi-do. Listed below is each entity's  name in English, Hangul and Hanja. Transportation. Road. The road pavement rate throughout the province averages 86.5 percent. The area has access to many of South Korea's expressways, including Culture. Historical landmarks. Gyeonggi-do has long been a capital area, leaving many historic relics and ruins. For royal tombs (called reung), there are Donggureung of Guri, and Gwangreung, Hongreung and Yureung of Namyangju. For castles (called seong), there are Suwon Hwaseong, which is designated as the World Cultural Heritage, Haengjusanseong. Performing arts. There are also sightseeing opportunities at Jangheung Art Park, Publication Art Complex at Heyri, Paju. Heyri Art  Valley. Heyri Art Valley is Korea's largest art town. Various Korean artists constructed the cultural town of Heyri and it features several art galleries and museums. There are about 40 museums, exhibitions, concert halls and bookstores. According to the census of 2005, of the people of Gyeonggi-do 34.3% follow Christianity (21.9% Protestantism and 12.4% Catholicism) and 16.8% follow Buddhism. 51.1% of the population is mostly not religious or follow Islam or indigenous religions. Proposal to create North Gyeonggi Province. In May 2017, 12 assemblymen sponsored "경기북도 설치 등에 관한 법률안".