Seoul

Object type (Freebase): Topic Location City/Town/Village Administrative Division South Korean special city Dated location Statistical region Olympic host city Base Equivalent Location Ontology Instance Literature Subject Filming location Award Winner Bibs Location Travel destination South Korean capital metropolitan city Administrative Area Newspaper circulation area

Names:

Greek:
Σεούλ
Esperanto:
Seulo
English:
Seoul
Chinese:
漢城
Vietnamese:
Seoul
Catalan:
Seül
Italian:
Seul
Arabic:
سول
Czech:
Soul
Indonesian:
Seoul
Spanish:
Seúl
Russian:
Сеул
Dutch:
Seoel
Portuguese:
Seul
Norwegian:
Seoul
Turkish:
Seul
Latvian:
Seula
Lithuanian:
Seulas
Thai:
โซล
Romanian:
Seul
Polish:
Seul
French:
Séoul
Bulgarian:
Сеул
Malay:
Seoul
Croatian:
Seul
German:
Seoul
Hungarian:
Szöul
Persian:
سئول
Hindi:
सियोल
Finnish:
Soul
Danish:
Seoul
Japanese:
ソウル特別市
Hebrew:
סיאול
Serbian:
Сеул
Korean:
서울특별시
Swedish:
Seoul
Chinese (traditional):
首爾
Slovak:
Soul
Ukrainian:
Сеул
Slovenian:
Seul

Seoul (Korean pronunciation: [sʌ.ul] ( listen), English /soʊl/, "Capital City", from ancient Sillan "Seorabeol"), officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of more than 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world. The Seoul National Capital Area, which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province, is the world's second largest metropolitan area with more than 25 million inhabitants. Nearly one of every four South Koreans lives in Seoul; half of South Koreans live in the metropolitan area, as well as 275,000 international residents. Situated on the Han River, Seoul has been a city of national importance for more than 2,000 years. It was founded in 18 BCE when Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, established its capital in what is now southeast Seoul. It continued as the capital of Korea under the Joseon Dynasty and the Korean Empire. The Seoul National...

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Updated: 2013-02-19 10:41:15.919586 (UTC)