Greater Seoul Aurie 수도권 | |
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| Kintra |  Sooth Korea |
| Major Ceeties | Seoul Special Ceety Incheon Metropolitan Ceety Suwon Goyang Seongnam Bucheon |
| Population (1 November 2010) | |
| • Metro | 23,616,000 |
| • Percentage o Sooth Korea’s total population | 49% |
| SMA = Seoul (9.7 mil.) + Incheon (2.6 mil.) + Gyeonggi (11.3 mil.) | |
| Seoul Caipital Area | |
| Hangul | 수도권 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanisation | Sudogwon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sudokwŏn |
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TheSeoul Caipital Aurie is a region locatit in the north-wast oSooth Korea. It is generally referred tae asSudogwon in Korean, an conteens three different admeenistrative destricts;Seoul,Incheon anGyeonggi-do.
The SNCA is technically distinct frae theSeoul Metropolitan Aurie (SMA), as the umwhile is a fixed entity, whilk the latter refers tae places currently considert unner the economic, industrial an cultural influence o Seoul. Syne the extension o theSeoul Metropolitan Subway (Korail commuter) taeAsan,Chungcheongnam-do anChuncheon,Gangwon-do, some hae classifee'd Asan, Cheonan, Chuncheon as nou athin the SMA, but no athin the SNCA. Housomeivver, the terms SNCA, SMA an Sudogwon are lairgely analogous an uised interchyngeably.
The Seoul Caipital Aurie haes apopulation o 25.6 million (as o 2012)[1] an is rankit as thethird lairgest metropolitan aurie in the warld. It forms the cultural, commercial, financial, industrial, an residential centre o Sooth Korea. The lairgest ceety is Seoul, wi a population o approximately 10.2 million fowk, follaeed bi Incheon, wi 2.6 million.
The Seoul Caipital Aurie occupees a broad area o relatively flat laund aroond theHan River strath. It conteens some o the maist fertile laund on theKorean Peninsula, awtho relatively little o it is nou uised for agricultur. TheGimpo Plain, ane o the kintra's lairger expanses o level arable laund, covers hintle o the area o the ceeties oGimpo anBucheon.
Coverin anerlie aboot 12% o the kintra's area, the Seoul metropolitan area is hame tae mair nor 48.2% o the naitional population, an is the warld's3rd lairgest urban aurie. This percentage haes risen steadily syne the mid-20t century, an the trend is expectit tae continue. Currently mair nor hauf o the fowk who muive frae ane region tae anither are muivin tae the caipital area.[2] Bi 2020, it is projectit that mair nor 52% o Sooth Korea's population will live athin the area, or 25,520,000 fowk.[3]
Various agencies hae been set up tae deal wi the intergovrenmental problems o the region. Proposals for consolidatin some or aw o the ceeties o the caipital area intae a haundful o metropolitan ceeties hae sicweys far no been implementit.
Development in the area is currently govrened bi theCapital Region Readjustment Planning Act (수도권정비계획법), first passed in 1982 an last revisit in 1996.
The Seoul naitional caipital area is dividit amang the special ceety oSeoul, the metropolitan ceety oIncheon, an province oGyeonggi-do. Seoul haes 25 gu (local govrenment wards), Incheon haes 8 gu an 2 coonties, an Gyeonggi-do haes 27 ceeties an 4 coonties as the subdiveesions.
The 25 destricts o Seoul.
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The 8 destricts an 2 coonties o Incheon.
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27 ceeties an 4 coonties o Gyeonggi-do.
Suwon[eedit |eedit soorce]Further information:Suwon The 4 gu o Suwon (수원; 水原).
Ansan[eedit |eedit soorce]Further information:Ansan The 2 gu o Ansan (안산; 安山).
Anyang[eedit |eedit soorce]Further information:Anyang, Gyeonggi-do The 2 gu o Anyang (안양; 安養). Bucheon[eedit |eedit soorce]Further information:Bucheon Seongnam[eedit |eedit soorce]Further information:Seongnam The 3 gu o Seongnam (성남; 城南).
Yongin[eedit |eedit soorce]Further information:Yongin The 3 gu o Yongin (용인; 龍仁).
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The ceeties o the caipital area are tichtly interconnectit bi road an rail. Mony o the kintra's railwey lines, maist notably theGyeongbu Line, terminate in the region. In addition, the needs for commuter rail are servit bi theSeoul Metropolitan Subway, which passes no anerlie throu Seoul an Incheon, but throu maist o the ootlyin ceeties an aw.
In addition, the region is a nexus for traivel bi air an watter. The kintra's twa lairgest airports,Incheon International Airport anGimpo Airport, are baith locatit in the metropolitan area. Internaitional an domestic ferries depairt frae Incheon's various ferry terminals several times a day; in addition, massive volumes o internaitional fricht pass throu the container terminals o Incheon (primarily boond tae an fraeCheenae).
Seoul Ring Expressway (Expressway No.100) connects satellite ceeties aroond Seoul,Ilsan, Toegyewon,Hanam,Pyeongchon, Songnae,Bundang,Pangyo anGimpo.
