Seoul Capital Area
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Seoul Capital Area 수도권 |
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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 | |
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| Revised Romanization | Sudogwon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sudokwŏn |
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 (Hangul: 수도권; Hanja: 首都圈; RR: Sudogwon; MR: Sudokwŏn, [sʰudoɡwʌn]) or Gyeonggi region (Hangul: 경기 지방; Hanja: 京畿地方; RR: Gyeonggi Jibang; MR: Kyŏnggi 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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