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Eastern Asia

Seoul, officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea and of the whole of Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area encompasses Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon; the city itself covers about 605.21 square kilometres. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
9,579,449 1
Q1 2026 figure.
Area (sq km)
605.21 1
Founding Year
18 BCE 1
Traditional founding of the settlement at the site by the people of Baekje, per Wikipedia's history section; the article gives no separate founding date for the modern city.
Population Estimate Year
2026 1
Elevation (m)
38 1
Latitude
37.56 degrees north 1
Longitude
126.99 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Continental 3
Time Zone
UTC+09:00 2
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South Korea, Countries

Seoul is South Korea's capital.

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The Korean Peninsula, Regions

Seoul (formerly Hanseong/Hanyang), on the Korean Peninsula, became the capital under Yi Seong-gye.

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Capital Of

South Korea, Countries

Seoul is South Korea's capital.

Source Seoul (Wikipedia)

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How a Korean word for capital city became the name Seoul, Articles
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Choi Seung-hee

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The Vegetarian

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Based on Han's 1997 short story "The Fruit of My Woman", The Vegetarian is a three-part novel set in modern-day Seoul and tells the story of Yeong-hye, a part-time graphic artist and home-maker, whose decision to stop eating meat or animal products after a bloody nightmare about human cruelty leads to devastating consequences in her personal and family life.

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In the 1940s and 1950s, he was imprisoned multiple times by the North and South Korean governments during his early new religious ministries, formally founding the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, simply known as the Unification Church, in Seoul, South Korea, in 1954.
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97, Uisadang-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07327
Seoul National University

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Seoul National University (SNU; Korean: 서울대학교) is a public research university in Seoul, South Korea.
Yonsei University

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Yonsei University (Korean: 연세대학교; Hanja: 延世大學校) is a private Christian research university in Seoul, South Korea.
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is a public research university in Seoul, South Korea
Sources
1. Seoul (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section, first sentence
    Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea, and the largest city in the whole of Korea.
  • Infobox: population_total
    9579449
  • Infobox: population_as_of
    2026
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    605.21
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    38 m
  • Infobox coordinates
    126.99
  • History section, opening sentence
    Seoul's history traces back to 18 BC when it was founded by the people of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
  • Associated With: South Korea, Lead section
  • Capital Of: South Korea, Lead section, capital fact
    Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea, and the largest city in the whole of Korea.
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2. GeoNames: Seoul - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1835848
    37.566 126.9784 P PPLC KR 11 10349312 38 Asia/Seoul
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 38 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 126.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 126.75
37.75 126.75 Dwa
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Wikidata: Seoul
  • Wikidata Q8684, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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Korean Peninsula (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: The Korean Peninsula, History section
Quote, Associated With: The Korean Peninsula, History section
moved the capital from Kaesong to Hanseong (formerly Hanyang; modern-day Seoul).
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