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Seoul
capital and largest city of South Korea
Details
- Instance of
- Special City of Korea, city, megacity, metropolis, largest city, national capital
- Inception
- 6 June 1395
- Location
- Seoul Capital Area
- Country
- South Korea, Korea under Japanese rule
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Jung District
- Capital of
- South Korea, Joseon, Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, United States Army Military Government in Korea, Korean Empire, First Republic of South Korea, Second Republic of South Korea, Third Republic of South Korea, Fourth Republic of South Korea, Fifth Republic of South Korea
- Present in work
- Civilization V, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Cloud Atlas, Colossal, KPop Demon Hunters, The Host, Castaway on the Moon
- Population
- 9668465, 9806538, 9904312, 10575447, 10297004, 10373234, 10595943, 10627790, 9645932, 8366756, 6889470, 5536169
- Area
- 605.25
- Elevation
- 38 m
- category for films shot at this location
- Category:Films shot in Seoul
- category for honorary citizens of entity
- Category:Honorary citizens of Seoul
- category for maps or plans
- Category:Maps of Seoul
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Seoul
- category for people buried here
- Q108696415
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Seoul
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Seoul
- contains the administrative territorial entity
- Gangnam District, Gangdong District, Gangbuk District, Gangseo District, Gwanak District, Gwangjin District, Guro District, Geumcheon District, Nowon District, Dobong District, Dongdaemun District, Dongjak District
- demonym
- 서울 시민, Seoulite, Séoulien, Séoulienne, Seulano
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Showdown in Seoul, Seoul, Seoul, Seoul
- economy of topic
- economy of Seoul
- enclave within
- Gyeonggi Province
- executive body
- Seoul Metropolitan Government
- flag
- flag of Seoul
- has characteristic
- primate city
- hashtag
- Seoul, 서울
- head of government
- Park Won-soon, Lee Myung-bak, Oh Se-hoon, Oh Se-hoon, Goh Kun, Soon Cho
- history of topic
- history of Seoul, timeline of Seoul
- IPA transcription
- səˈul
- language used
- Korean
- legislative body
- Seoul municipal council
- local dialing code
- 02
- located in or next to body of water
- Han River, Cheonggyecheon, Jungnangcheon, Anyangcheon, Tancheon, Yangjaecheon, Q12608949
- located in time zone
- UTC+09:00
- name
- Hán Thành
- named after
- capital city
- native label
- 서울
- office held by head of government
- Mayor of Seoul
- official language
- Korean
- official name
- 서울특별시
- official symbol
- Ginkgo biloba, Forsythia, Eurasian Magpie
- open data portal
- Public data for all Seoul citizens
- owner of
- Seoul Facilities Corporation, Gangnam Station, Seoul Subway Line 9, Jamsil Station, Yangjae Station, Jonggak Station, City Hall Station
- postal code
- 01000–01200
- pseudonym
- 首爾
- related category
- Category:Seoul-related lists
- replaces
- Keijō
- shares border with
- Gyeonggi Province, Incheon
- significant event
- 1988 Summer Olympics, 2008 Namdaemun fire, 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2010 G20 Seoul summit, Second Battle of Seoul, 1986 Asian Games
- social media followers
- 70300
- time of earliest written record
- 4th century BCE
- topic's main category
- Category:Seoul
- topic's main Wikimedia portal
- Portal:Seoul
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