Seoul

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Seoul

Total population

9,635,445

Air quality index

83Moderate

Elevation34 m

WeatherAvg high 62.3°F

Coordinates37.57°, 126.98°

Demographic figures from Statistics Korea (KOSTAT). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea, and the largest city in the whole of Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, behind New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Paris, and London, and hosts more than half of South Korea's population. Although Seoul's population peaked at over 10 million, it has gradually decreased since 2014, standing at about 9.6 million residents as of 2024.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Bae Yong-joon

South Korean actor and businessman

Im Yoon-ah

South Korean singer and actress (born 1990)

Jang Dong-geon

South Korean actor and singer (born 1972)

J

Joo

South Korean singer and actress

Yum Jung-ah

South Korean actress

Seo Hyo-rim

South Korean actress

Shin Hyun-been

South Korean actress

Jung Il-woo

South Korean actor

Kim Bum

South Korean actor

Lee Yoon-ji

South Korean actress

Sim Hun

Korean writer (1901 - 1936)

Lee Sang-yoon

South Korean actor

Jin Ji-hui

South Korean actress

Yoon Je-moon

South Korean actor

A

Ahn Jung-hyo

South Korean writer (1941–2023)

Oh Yeon-soo

South Korean actress

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Seoul

• Kampung Seberang Marang
  2691.3 mi away
• Kuhmoinen
  4330.7 mi away · pop. 2,159
• Pöytäniemi
  4346.1 mi away
• Vettenmaa
  4380.5 mi away
• Jørpeland
  4958.4 mi away · pop. 7,815
• Haugesund
  4958.8 mi away · pop. 47,346
• Norheim
  4959.4 mi away
• Randaberg
  4970.1 mi away · pop. 9,609
• Skudeneshavn
  4971.9 mi away · pop. 3,360
• Moi
  4972.3 mi away · pop. 2,019
• Ålgård
  4975.4 mi away · pop. 12,164
• Vikeså
  4976.1 mi away · pop. 1,075

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Seoul

Seoul, Seoul, Seoul (a Dynamic Approach to Korea, Vol. 2)

Kyung-Koo Han · 2014

Rebel Seoul

Axie Oh · 2017

Blue Seoul Nights

Kara Atkin · 2022

Heart and Seoul

Jen Frederick · 2020

Palaces of Seoul

Edward Ben Adams · 1972

How to Master Korean Handwriting

Seoul Seoul Press · 2022

Yatzee Score Cards

Seoul Seoul Publishers · 2017

JOUR CORÉen

Seoul Seoul Press · 2022

Search results from Open Library.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Seoul, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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