# Seoul

| Seoul 서울 |
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| Special Ceety |
| Seoul Special Ceety |
|   transcription(s) |
|  • Hangul | 서울특별시 |
|  • Hanja | 서울特別市 |
|  • Revised Romanization | Seoul Teukbyeolsi |
|  • McCune-Reischauer | Sŏul T'ŭkpyŏlsi |
| Seoul skyline |
| BannerSealCoat airms |
| Map o Sooth Korea wi Seoul heichlichtit |
| SeoulLocation o Seoul in Sooth Korea |
| Coordinates: ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Kintra |  Sooth Korea |
| Region | Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie |
| Destricts |
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* Dobong-gu (도봉구; 道峰區)
* Dongdaemun-gu (동대문구; 東大門區)
* Dongjak-gu (동작구; 銅雀區)
* Eunpyeong-gu (은평구; 恩平區)
* Gangbuk-gu (강북구; 江北區)
* Gangdong-gu (강동구; 江東區)
* Gangnam-gu (강남구; 江南區)
* Gangseo-gu (강서구; 江西區)
* Geumcheon-gu (금천구; 衿川區)
* Guro-gu (구로구; 九老區)
* Gwanak-gu (관악구; 冠岳區)
* Gwangjin-gu (광진구; 廣津區)
* Jongno-gu (종로구; 鍾路區)
* Jung-gu (중구; 中區)
* Jungnang-gu (중랑구; 中浪區)
* Mapo-gu (마포구; 麻浦區)
* Nowon-gu (노원구; 蘆原區)
* Seocho-gu (서초구; 瑞草區)
* Seodaemun-gu (서대문구; 西大門區)
* Seongbuk-gu (성북구; 城北區)
* Seongdong-gu (성동구; 城東區)
* Songpa-gu (송파구; 松坡區)
* Yangcheon-gu (양천구; 陽川區)
* Yeongdeungpo-gu (영등포구; 永登浦區)
* Yongsan-gu (용산구; 龍山區)
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| 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 / 24619.5% (Constituency Seats)
Leet
* Dobong-gu Gap district In Jae Keun (Democratic United)
* Dobong-gu Eul district Yoo Ihn-tae (Democratic United)
* Dongdaemun-gu Gap district Ahn Gyu Baek (Democratic United)
* Dongdaemun-gu Eul district Min Byung Doo (Democratic United)
* Dongjak-gu Gap district Jun Byung-Hun (Democratic United)
* Dongjak-gu Eul district Chung Mong Joon (Saenuri)
* Eunpyeong-gu Gap district Lee Mi Kyung (Democratic United)
* Eunpyeong-gu Eul district Lee Jae Oh (Saenuri)
* Gangbuk-gu Gap district Oh Young-Sik (Democratic United)
* Gangbuk-gu Eul district You Dae Woon (Democratic United)
* Gangdong-gu Gap district Shin Dong-Woo (Saenuri)
* Gangdong-gu Eul district Shim Jae Kwon (Democratic United)
* Gangnam-gu Gap district Shim Yoon Joe (Saenuri)
* Gangnam-gu Eul district Kim Jong Hoon (Saenuri)
* Gangseo-gu Gap district Shin Ki-Nam (Democratic United)
* Gangseo-gu Eul district Kim Sung Tae (Saenuri)
* Geumcheon-gu district Rhee Mok Hee (Democratic United)
* Guro-gu Gap district Lee In-Young (Democratic United)
* Guro-gu Eul district Park Young-Sun (Democratic United)
* Gwanak-gu Gap district Yoo Ki Hong (Democratic United)
* Gwanak-gu Eul district Lee Sang Kyu (Unified Progressive Party Unified Progressive)
* Gwangjin-gu Gap district Kim Han Gil (Democratic United)
* Gwangjin-gu Eul district Choo Mi Ae (Democratic United)
* Jongno-gu district Chung Sye-Kyun (Democratic United)
* Jung-gu district Chyung Hojoon (Democratic United)
* Jungnang-gu Gap district Seo Young Kyo (Democratic United)
* Jungnang-gu Eul district Park Hong Keun (Democratic United)
* Mapo-gu Gap district Noh Woong Rae (Democratic United)
* Mapo-gu Eul district Jung Cheong Rae (Democratic United)
* Nowon-gu Gap destrict Lee No Keun (Saenuri)
* Nowon-gu Eul destrict Woo Won-Shik (Democratic United)
* Nowon-gu Byeong district Roh Hoe Chan (Unified Progressive)
* Seocho-gu Gap district Kim Hoe Sun (Saenuri)
* Seocho-gu Eul district Kang Seoghoon (Saenuri)
* Seodaemun-gu Gap district Woo Sang Ho (Democratic United)
* Seodaemun-gu Eul district Chung Doo-Un (Saenuri)
* Seongbuk-gu Gap district You Seung-Hee (Democratic United)
* Seongbuk-gu Eul district Shin Geh-Ryoon (Democratic United)
* Seongdong-gu Gap district Choi Jae Cheon (Democratic United)
* Seongdong-gu Eul district Hong Ihk Pyo (Democratic United)
* Songpa-gu Gap district Park In-Sook (Saenuri)
* Songpa-gu Eul district Yoo Il Ho (Saenuri)
* Songpa-gu Byeong district Kim Eul Dong (Saenuri)
* Yangcheon-Gu Gap district Kil Jeong Woo (Saenuri)
* Yangcheon-Gu Eul district Kim Yongtae (Saenuri)
* Yeongdeungpo-gu Gap district Kim Young Joo (Democratic United)
* Yeongdeungpo-gu Eul district Shin Kyoung Min (Democratic United)
* Yongsan-gu district Chin Young (Saenuri)
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| Area |
|  • Total | 605.21 km2 (233.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) |
|  • Total | 9,733,509 |
|  • Density | 16,000/km2 (42,000/sq mi) |
|  • Demonym | 서울 사람 (Seoul saram) 서울시민 (Seoul-simin) Seoulite |
|  • Dialect | Gyeonggi |
| Bird | Korean Magpie |
| Colour | Seoul Reid |
| 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 |
| Website | seoul.go.kr |

**Seoul** (Korean: 서울, *Seoul*, pronoonced [sʌul] ( listen)), offeecially the **Seoul Special Ceety** (Korean: 서울특별시, *Seoul Teukbyeolsi*), 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. 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. 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 year, wi its foondation datin back tae 18 B.C. whan 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.

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. It is ane o the warld's tap ten financial an commercial centres, hame tae major multinaitional conglomerates sic as Samsung, LG an Hyundai-Kia. In 2008, Seoul wis named the warld's saxt maist economically pouerful ceety bi *Forbes*.

Seoul haes a hiechlie technologically advanced infrastructure. Its Digital Media Ceety is the warld's first complex for IT an multimedia applications. Seoul wis the first ceety tae featur 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. 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. 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

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties

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

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| * Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1960)
* Taipei, Taiwan (1968)
* Ankara, Turkey (1971)
* Guam, U.S. territory (1973)
* Honolulu, Unitit States (1973)
* San Francisco, Unitit States (1976)
* São Paulo, Brazil (1977)
* Tehran, Iran (1977)
* Bogotá, Colombie (1982)
* Jakarta, Indonesie (1984)
* Tokyo, Japan (1988)
* Moscow, Roushie (1991)
 | * New Sooth Wales, Australie state (1991)
* Paris, Fraunce (1991)
* Beijing, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (1992)
* Caracas, Venezuela (1992)
* Tegucigalpa, Honduras
* Mexico Ceety, Mexico (1993)
* Ulan Bator, Mongolie (1995)
* Hanoi, Vietnam (1996)
* Warsaw, Poland (1996)
* Cairo, Egyp (1997)
* Ottawa, Canadae (1997)
 | * Roum, Italy (2000)
* Astana, Kazakhstan (2004)
* Athens, Greece (2006)
* Bangkok, Thailand (2006)
* Washington, D.C., Unitit States (2006)
* Vancouver, Canadae (2007)
* Mumbai, Indie (2009)
* Bau-Bau, Indonesie (2010)
* Buenos Aires, Argentinae
* Tirana, Albanie
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