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Seoul
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Seoul

Capital and largest city of South Korea

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Also known as Seoul Special City · Sŏul T'ŭkpyŏlsi · Wiryeseong · Namgyeong · Hanseong · Hanyang

Country
Located in
Population
Area
  • 605.25 km²
Elevation
  • 38 m
Head of government
Founded
  • June 6, 1395
Postal code
  • 01000–01200

Overview

Over time

Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source

Population

All data

337 statements · 15% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Official name
  • 서울특별시
Office held by the head of government
Owner of
Capital of
Shares border with
Legislative body
Twinned administrative body
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Time of earliest written record
  • 4th century BCE
Native label
  • 서울 revised romanization: Seoul · mccune–reischauer romanization: Sŏul · pronunciation audio: Ko-Seoul.ogg
Located in or next to body of water
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Demonym
Executive body
Geoshape
  • Data:South Korea/Seoul.map
Economy of topic
Replaces
Named after
Member of
Official symbol
Pseudonym
  • 首爾
Location
Category for people buried here
Continent
Language used
Official language
Related category
Different from
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Capital
IPA transcription
Enclave within
Category for honorary citizens of entity
Present in work
Has characteristic
Flag
Local dialing code
  • 02
Social media followers
Name

On other databases

127 identifiers linking Seoul across the web's reference databases