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Metropolitan area in South Korea
Place in South Korea ----
Seoul Capital Area
수도권
Seoul, the largest city in the metropolitan area
Country
South Korea
Major cities
Seoul Incheon Suwon Ansan Anyang Goyang Seongnam Bucheon Yongin
Area
• Capital area
12,685 km2 (4,898 sq mi)
Population
(2020)
• Metro
26,037,000[1]
• Metro density
2,053/km2 (5,320/sq mi)
• Percentage of South Korea's total population
~50% (52 million)
GDP
[2]
• Seoul Capital Area
KR₩1,137 trillion US$909.6 billion (2022)
HDI (2021)
0.952[3] very high · 1st
Seoul Capital Area
Hangul
수도권
Hanja
首都圈
Revised Romanization
Sudogwon
McCune–Reischauer
Sudokwŏn
Gyeonggi Region
Hangul
경기 지방
Hanja
京畿地方
Revised Romanization
Gyeonggi jibang
McCune–Reischauer
Kyŏnggi chibang
The Seoul Capital Area (SCA; Korean: 수도권, [sʰu.do.k͈wʌ̹n]) or Gyeonggi region (경기 지방), is the metropolitan area of Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province, located in north-west South Korea. Its population of 26 million (as of 2024)[1] is ranked as the fourth largest metropolitan area in the world. Its area is about 12,685 km2 (4,898 sq mi). It forms the cultural, commercial, financial, industrial, and residential center of South Korea. The largest city is Seoul, with a population of approximately 10 million people, followed by Incheon, with 3 million inhabitants.
The SeoulCapitalArea (SCA; Korean: 수도권, [sʰu.do.k͈wʌ̹n]) or Gyeonggi region (경기 지방), is the metropolitan area of Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province...
Seoul Metropolitan Area to rural areas in northern Chungnam province and western Gangwon Province, that lie over 100 km (62 mi) away from the capital...
Korea, and the country's most extensive urban center. The broader SeoulCapitalArea, encompassing Gyeonggi province and Incheon metropolitan city, emerged...
The N Seoul Tower (Korean: N 서울타워), officially the YTN Seoul Tower and commonly known as Namsan Tower or Seoul Tower, is a communication and observation...
part of the SeoulCapitalArea, making Goyang one of Seoul's satellite cities. It is one of the largest cities in the SeoulCapitalArea, with a population...
A capital region, also called a capital district or capital territory, is a region or district surrounding the country's capital city. It is not always...
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Solomon Islands, although Honiara remained the capital of Guadalcanal Province. South Korea's capital city, Seoul, while traditionally located within Gyeonggi...
cover a large part of the SeoulCapitalArea; totaling 200.60 km (124.65 mi) in route length. The underground section between Seoul Station and Cheongnyangni...
as the Greater Gangnam Area, is a geographic and cultural region in Seoul. While Gangnam can refer to the entire region of Seoul south of the Han River...
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2012 at 03:59:59 KST (UTC+9) for all nationwide (including SeoulCapitalArea such as Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon) so all analog broadcastings...
Society) held services in a makeshift prayer hall located in the downtown area of Seoul. Fewer than three thousand Muslims were known to be living in Korea...
urban lifestyle; half of them live in high-rises concentrated in the SeoulCapitalArea with 25 million residents and the world's sixth-leading global city...
of the national capital, Seoul, in the northeast corner of South Chungcheong, serving as a transportation hub to the SeoulCapitalArea and surrounding...
capital of numerous kingdoms on the Korean Peninsula since it was established. It is believed that humans were living in the area that is now Seoul along...
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million, of which roughly half live in the SeoulCapitalArea, the ninth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon...
Yongin (Korean pronunciation: [joŋ.in]) is a city in the SeoulCapitalArea, the largest in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. With a population over 1 million...
(IATA: ICN, ICAO: RKSI) is the main international airport serving Seoul, the capital of South Korea. It is also one of the largest and busiest airports...
Korean capital. It is part of the SeoulCapitalArea, along with Seoul itself and Gyeonggi Province, forming the world's fourth-largest metropolitan area by...
growing Seoul City and allow for development to take place across the SeoulCapitalArea. Line 2 was built in 1978–84 together with the Seongsu Branch (the...
satellite city of Seoul. It is largely a residential city located immediately southeast of Seoul and belongs to the SeoulCapitalArea. Seongnam, the first...
operates three locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, five in Los Angeles, and six in SeoulCapitalArea, South Korea. Its original bakery opened in 2002...
most populous province in South Korea. Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as...
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