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The Seoul Metropolitan Area (Sudogwon; Korean: 수도권, [sʰu.do.k͈wʌ̹n]) or Gyeonggi region (경기 지방), is the metropolitan area of Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province, located in north-western South Korea. [4] Its population of 26 million (as of 2024) is ranked as the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the world.
Seoul, [b] officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, [c] is the capital and largest city of South Korea.The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, [8] emerged as the world's sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, trailing behind Paris, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and New York, and hosts more than half of South Korea's population.
2021 [70] 14: Brussels metropolitan area Belgium: €200.457 billion 211.242 2022 [70] 15: Barcelona metropolitan area Spain: €173.722 billion 205.513 2021 [70] 16: Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region Germany: €169.198 billion 200.161 2021 [68] 17: Rome metropolitan area Italy: €163.462 billion 193.376 ...
A highly developed country, 2025, South Korea's economy is ranked 12th largest in the world by nominal GDP and PPP-adjusted GDP is ranked 14th largest in the world. it is the world's eleventh-largest exporter and seventh-largest importer. South Korea performs well in metrics of education, human development, democratic governance, and innovation.
Seoul has three central business districts; the Downtown Seoul(CBD), Gangnam(GBD), and Yeouido(YBD). [12] The Downtown Seoul, which has 600 hundred years of history as unparalleled business district in entire Korea, is now a densely concentrated area around Gwanghwamun and Cheonggyecheon with headquarters of major companies, foreign financial institutions, largest news agencies and law firms.
Article 10 of the Local Autonomy Act defines the standards under which a populated area may become a city: an area which is predominantly urbanised and has a population of at least 50,000; a gun which has an urbanised area with a population of at least 50,000; or a gun which has a total population of at least 150,000 and multiple urbanised areas each with a population of at least 20,000. [1]
Population of the Korean Peninsula 1910–2016. According to Worldometers' South Korea Population Forecast statistics, South Korea is supposed to have a 0.36% yearly change increase by 2020, a 0.28% yearly change increase by 2025, a 0.18% yearly change increase by 2030, and a 0.04% yearly change increase by 2035. [17]
Seoul Transportation Corporation, branded as Seoul Metro (Korean: 서울교통공사), is a municipal-owned corporation owned by Seoul Metropolitan Government, and one of the two major operators of Seoul Metropolitan Subway with Korail.