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Seoul. Ulsan. v. t. e. The districts of Seoul are the twenty-five gu ("districts"; hangeul: 구; hanja: 區) comprising Seoul, South Korea. The gu vary greatly in area (from 10 to 47 km 2) and population (from less than 140,000 to 630,000). Songpa-gu is the most populated, while Seocho-gu has the largest area. Gu are similar to London 's or New ...
Seoul, [b] officially Seoul Special City, [c] is the capital and largest city of South Korea.The broader Seoul Capital Area, encompassing Gyeonggi province and Incheon metropolitan city, emerged as the world's fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, trailing only Tokyo, New York City, and Los Angeles, hosting more than half of South Korea's population.
Sŏul toshim, Sŏul shinae. Downtown Seoul ( Korean : 서울 도심, 서울 도심부, 서울 시내 ), also known as Seoul Central Business District or Sadaemun-An is traditional city center and central business district of Seoul, located through Gwanghwamun of Jongno District and Seoul Station of Jung District along the Sejong-daero and Jong-ro.
Currently, South Korea has a total of 17 big cities. "Specific city" ( 특정시, 特定市) is an unofficial term for big city with municipal status. [citation needed] Due its legal status as an administrative city, Jeju City cannot be designated as a "big city" under the Local Autonomy Law, despite having an estimated population exceeding ...
Chongno. Jongno or Jong-ro ( Korean : 종로; lit. Bell Street) is a trunk road and one of the oldest major east–west thoroughfares in Seoul, South Korea. [1] Jongno connects Gwanghwamun Plaza to Dongdaemun . The area surrounding Jongno is a part of Downtown Seoul and one of the most prominent cultural, historical, and financial areas.
Official website. Yongsan District ( Korean: 용산구, romanized :Yongsan-gu, [jo̞ŋsʰa̠n ku]) is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. Yongsan has a population of 231,685 (2020) and has a geographic area of 21.87 km 2 (8.44 sq mi), and is divided into 19 dong (administrative neighborhoods). Yongsan is located near Downtown Seoul ...
On a 1751 map of China and Korea prepared in France, Seoul was marked as "King-Ki-Tao, Capitale de la Corée", using an approximation of the Chinese pronunciation of Gyeonggi Province (京畿道). The use of "King-Ki-Tao" to refer to Seoul was repeated again on the 1851 Tallis/Rapkin map of both Japan and Korea.
A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Korean Wikipedia article at [ [:ko:서울특별시도]]; see its history for attribution. The Seoul Metropolitan City roads, known as 서울특별시도 in Korean (Seoulteukbyeolsido), is a form network of highways that cover the metropolitan region of Seoul.