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The Seoul Metropolitan Area is divided among the special city of Seoul, the metropolitan city of Incheon, and province of Gyeonggi. Seoul has 25 gu (local government wards), [12] Incheon has 8 gu and 2 counties, and Gyeonggi Province has 28 cities and 3 counties as the subdivisions.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government (Korean: 서울특별시청) is a local government of Seoul, South Korea. The mayor is elected to a four-year term by the citizens of Seoul and is responsible for the administration of the city government. The Seoul Metropolitan Government deals with administrative affairs as the capital city of South Korea.
Seoul was designated a "special free city" (teukbyeol jayusi; 특별자유시; 特別自由市) separate from Gyeonggi Province on August 15, 1946; it became a "special metropolitan city" on August 15, 1949. [1] Metropolitan cities were called "direct control (meaning directly-administered) city" (jikhalsi; 직할시; 直轄市) before 1995.
Seoul Metro: Seoul Metropolitan Government Line 3: Daehwa: Ogeum: 44 [Note 4] Orange 57.4 km [22] [23] [Note 5] 1985 2010 Korail / Seoul Metro: Government of South Korea / Seoul Metropolitan Government Line 4: Jinjeop: Oido: 51 [Note 6] Light blue 85.7 km [22] [23] [Note 7] 1985 2022 Korail / Seoul Metro / Namyangju City Urban Corporation Line 5
Seongbuk-gu was also included in the original eight, bringing a total of nine, as Seoul Metropolitan Government organization continued to advance to address the city's rapid expansion. When the city kept growing, Seoul annexed 5 gun (counties) and 84 ri-districts in 1963, significantly increasing its administrative area.
Map of South Korea. This is a list of places in South Korea which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
This is a list of the largest cities in Asia ranked according to population within their city limits.It deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries (municipalities) as opposed to urban areas or metropolitan areas, which are generally larger in terms of population than the main city.
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