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Seoul Capital Area

Seoul Capital Area
수도권
Skyline of Seoul Capital Area
Location of Seoul Capital Area
Country

 South Korea


Major Cities Seoul Special City
Incheon Metropolitan City
Suwon
Ansan
Anyang
Goyang
Seongnam
Bucheon
Yongin
Population (2016)
 • Metro 25,514,000
 • Percentage of South Korea's total population ~50% (50,100,000)
  SMA = Seoul (10 mil.) + Incheon (2.98 mil.) + Gyeonggi (11.8 mil.)
GDP(Metro) US$ 845.9 billion
GDP per capita(Metro) US$ 34,355
Seoul Capital Area
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization Sudogwon
McCune–Reischauer Sudokwŏn

 South Korea

The Seoul Capital Area (SCA) is the metropolitan area of Seoul located in the north-west of South Korea. It is referred to as Sudogwon (Hangul수도권; Hanja首都圈; RRSudogwon; MRSudokwŏn, [sʰudoɡwʌn]) or Gyeonggi region (Hangul경기 지방; Hanja京畿地方; RRGyeonggi Jibang; MRKyŏnggi Jibang) in Korean, and contains three different administrative districts; Incheon, Seoul and Gyeonggi-do.

The Seoul Capital Area has a population of 24 million (as of 2012) and is ranked as the fourth largest metropolitan area in the world. Its area is about 11,704 km2. 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.


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