Seoul
Seoul (Template:IPA-ko), offeecially the Seoul Special Ceety, is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Sooth Korea. A megaceety wi a population o ower 10 million, it is ane o the lairgest ceeties in the warld.[1] The Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie is the warld's seicont lairgest metropolitan aurie wi ower 24.5 million inhabitants, which includes the Incheon metropolis an maist o Gyeonggi province.[2]. Amaist hauf o Sooth Korea's population live in the Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie, an nearly a quarter in Seoul itself, makin it the kintra's foremost economic, political, an cultural center.
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Seoul haes been a major settlement for ower 2,000 years, wi its foondation dating back tae 18 B.C. when Baekje, ane o the Three Kinricks o Korea, establisht its caipital in wha is nou sooth-east Seoul. It continued as the the caipital o Korea durin the Joseon Dynasty an the Korean Empire. The Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie is hame tae fower UNESCO Warld Heritage Sites: Changdeokgung, Hwaseong Fortress, Jongmyo Shrine an the Ryal Tombs o the Joseon Dynasty.[3]
Today, Seoul is considered tae be a leadin global ceety, rankin amang the top ten global ceeties in the Global Ceeties Index of 2010.[4] It is ane o the warld's top ten financial an commercial centers,[5] hame tae major multinaitional conglomerates[6] such as Samsung, LG an Hyundai-Kia. In 2008, Seoul wis named the warld's saxt maist economically pouerful ceety bi Forbes.[7]
Seoul haes a hiechlie technologically advanced infrastructure.[8][9] Its Digital Media Ceety is the warld's first complex for IT an multimedia applications.[10] Seoul wis the first ceety tae feature DMB, a digital mobile TV technology an WiBro, a wireless hie-speed mobile internet service. It haes a fast, hie-penetration 100Mbps fibre-optic broadband netwirk, which is being upgradit tae 1Gbps bi 2012.[11] Seoul Station hooses the 350 km/h KTX bullet train an the Seoul Subway is the third lairgest in the warld, wi ower 200 million passengers ivery year.[12] Seoul is connectit via AREX tae Incheon Internaitional Airport, rated as the best airport in the warld bi Airports Council International.
Seoul hostit the 1988 Summer Olympics an the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The ceety wis named the World Design Capital for 2010 bi the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design an hostit the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit.
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[edit] Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Seoul haes mony twin touns an sister ceeties aroond the warld:[in chronological order][13]
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- ↑ Thomas Brinkhoff, www.citypopulation.de; South Korea, The registered population of the South Korean provinces and urban municipalities Registered population 2007-12-31. Retrieved on
- ↑ 나라지표:수도권 인구 집중 현황. Index.go.kr.
- ↑ Lists: Republic of Korea. UNESCO.
- ↑ The 2008 Global Cities Index. Foreign Policy.
- ↑ Citgy Mayors: World's best financial cities. Citymayors.com.
- ↑ See Leet o companies bi revenue.
- ↑ In Pictures: World's Most Economically Powerful Cities. Forbes.com.
- ↑ "KOREA: Future is now for Korean info-tech", AsiaMedia, Regents of the University of California, 14 June 2005.
- ↑ Tech capitals of the world - Technology. theage.com.au.
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- ↑ South Koreans could see 1Gbps web connections by 2012. Engadget.
- ↑ See Metro seestems bi annual passenger rides.
- ↑ Seul Metropolitan Government. International Cooperation: Sister Cities.
- ↑ Prefeitura.Sp - Descentralized CooperationTemplate:Dead link
- ↑ International Relations - São Paulo City Hall - Official Sister Cities. Prefeitura.sp.gov.br.
- ↑ The Many Lives of Tehran RoadTemplate:Dead link
- ↑ Miasta partnerskie Warszawy. um.warszawa.pl. Biuro Promocji Miasta.
- ↑ International Relations (PDF).
