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Seoul
서울
Special Ceety
Seoul Special Ceety
  transcription(s)
 • Hangul 서울특별시
 • Hanja 서울特別市[1]
 • Revised Romanization Seoul Teukbyeolsi
 • McCune-Reischauer Sŏul T'ŭkpyŏlsi
Seoul skyline
Seoul skyline
Map o Sooth Korea wi Seoul heichlichtit
Map o Sooth Korea wi Seoul heichlichtit
Seoul is located in South Korea
Seoul
Seoul
Location o Seoul in Sooth Korea
Coordinates: 37°33′59.53″N 126°58′40.69″E / 37.5665361°N 126.9779694°E / 37.5665361; 126.9779694Coordinates: 37°33′59.53″N 126°58′40.69″E / 37.5665361°N 126.9779694°E / 37.5665361; 126.9779694
Kintra  Sooth Korea
Region Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie
Destricts
Govrenment
 • Teep Seoul Metropolitan Govrenment
Mayor-Cooncil
 • Mayor Park Won-soon (Democratic Unitit)
 • Cooncil Seoul Metropolitan Cooncil
 • National Representation
 - Naitional Assembly
48 / 300
16.0% (Total Seats)
48 / 246
19.5% (Constituency Seats)
Aurie[2]
 • Special Ceety 605.21 km2 (233.67 sq mi)
Population (October 31, 2014[3])
 • Special Ceety 10,117,909
 • Density 17,000/km2 (43,000/sq mi)
 • Metro 25,620,000
 • Demonym 서울 사람 (Seoul saram), 서울시민 (Seoul-simin), Seoulite
 • Dialect Gyeonggi
Bird Korean Magpie
Colour Seoul Reid[4]
Flouer Forsythia
Font Seoul fonts (Han River an (Namsan (Seoul)
Mascot Haechi
Slogan “함께 만드는 서울, 함께 누리는 서울”(Literally "Seoul We Create Together, Seoul We Enjoy Together")
Sang "서울의 빛" ("The Lichts o Seoul")
Tree Ginkgo
Wabsteid seoul.go.kr

Seoul (Korean pronunciation: [sʌ.ul] ( listen)), offeecially the Seoul Special Ceety, is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Sooth Korea. A megaceety wi a population o ower 10 million, it is ane o the lairgest ceeties in the warld.[5] The Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie is the warld's seicont lairgest metropolitan aurie wi ower 24.5 million indwallers, whit includes the Incheon metropolis an maist o Gyeonggi province.[6]. Amaist hauf o Sooth Korea's population bide in the Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie, an nearly a quarter in Seoul itsel, makkin it the kintra's foremaist economic, poleetical, an cultural centre.

Seoul haes been a major dounset for ower 2,000 years, wi its foondation datin back tae 18 B.C. when Baekje, ane o the Three Kinricks o Korea, establisht its caipital in whit is nou sooth-east Seoul. It continued as the caipital o Korea durin the Joseon Dynasty an the Korean Empire. The Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie is hame tae fower UNESCO Warld Heritage Steids: Changdeokgung, Hwaseong Fortress, Jongmyo Shrine an the Ryal Tombs o the Joseon Dynasty.[7]

The day, Seoul is considered tae be a leadin global ceety, rankin amang the tap ten global ceeties in the Global Ceeties Index of 2010.[8] It is ane o the warld's top ten financial an commercial centres,[9] hame tae major multinaitional conglomerates[10] sic as Samsung, LG an Hyundai-Kia. In 2008, Seoul wis named the warld's saxt maist economically pouerful ceety bi Forbes.[11]

Seoul haes a hiechlie technologically advanced infrastructure.[12][13] Its Digital Media Ceety is the warld's first complex for IT an multimedia applications.[14] Seoul wis the first ceety tae feature DMB, a digital mobile TV technology an WiBro, a wireless hie-speed mobile internet service. It haes a fast, hie-penetration 100Mbps fibre-optic broadband netwirk, that is bein upgradit tae 1Gbps bi 2012.[15] Seoul Station hooses the 350 km/h KTX bullet train an the Seoul Subway is the third lairgest in the warld, wi ower 200 million passengers ivery year.[16] Seoul is connectit via AREX tae Incheon Internaitional Airport, rated as the best airport in the warld bi Airports Council International.

Seoul hostit the 1988 Simmer Olympics an the 2002 FIFA Warld Cup. The ceety wis named the Warld Design Caipital for 2010 bi the Internaitional Cooncil o Societies o Industrial Design an hostit the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit.

Internaitional relations[eedit | eedit soorce]

See also: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Sooth Korea

Twin touns — Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]

Seoul haes mony twin touns an sister ceeties aroond the warld:[in chronological order][17]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. ↑ Syne Seoul haes nae direct equivalent Hanja, the Hangul insteid is uised here. Housomeivver the ceety govrenment designatit the Cheenese Hanzi name as (首爾; Su-i in RR Romaja an Shǒu'ěr pinyin).
  2. ↑ "Seoul Statistics (Land Area)". Seoul Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 24 March 2010. 
  3. ↑ http://rcps.egov.go.kr:8081/ageStat.do?command=month
  4. ↑ "Color". 
  5. ↑ Thomas Brinkhoff, www.citypopulation.de; South Korea, The registered population of the South Korean provinces and urban municipalities Registered population 2007-12-31. Retrieved on
  6. ↑ "나라지표:수도권 인구 집중 현황". Index.go.kr. 
  7. ↑ "Lists: Republic of Korea". UNESCO. 
  8. ↑ "The 2008 Global Cities Index". Foreign Policy. 
  9. ↑ "Citgy Mayors: World's best financial cities". Citymayors.com. 
  10. ↑ See Leet o companies bi revenue.
  11. ↑ "In Pictures: World's Most Economically Powerful Cities". Forbes.com. 
  12. ↑ "KOREA: Future is now for Korean info-tech". AsiaMedia. Regents of the University of California. 14 June 2005. 
  13. ↑ "Tech capitals of the world - Technology". theage.com.au. 
  14. ↑ [1][deid airtin]
  15. ↑ "South Koreans could see 1Gbps web connections by 2012". Engadget. 
  16. ↑ See Metro seestems bi annual passenger rides.
  17. ↑ Seul Metropolitan Government. "International Cooperation: Sister Cities". 
  18. ↑ Prefeitura.Sp - Descentralized Cooperation[deid airtin]
  19. ↑ "International Relations - São Paulo City Hall - Official Sister Cities". Prefeitura.sp.gov.br. 
  20. ↑ The Many Lives of Tehran Road[deid airtin]
  21. ↑ "Miasta partnerskie Warszawy". um.warszawa.pl. Biuro Promocji Miasta. 
  22. ↑ "International Relations" (PDF). 
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