Seoul

E19209
capital city megacity metropolis special city

Seoul is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea, known as a major global center for technology, culture, and finance.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Seoul, South Korea 7
Keijō 3
Seoul Special City 2

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
megacity ⓘ
metropolis ⓘ
special city ⓘ
callingCode +82-2 ⓘ
capitalOf South Korea ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
containsHistoricPalace Changdeokgung Palace Complex ⓘ
surface form: Changdeokgung

Changgyeonggung ⓘ
Deoksugung ⓘ
Gyeongbokgung GENERATED ⓘ
Gyeonghuigung ⓘ
country South Korea ⓘ
currency South Korean won ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasFamousArea Hongdae GENERATED ⓘ
Itaewon ⓘ
hasHostedEvent 1986 Asian Games ⓘ
1988 Summer Olympics (main host city) ⓘ
2002 FIFA World Cup matches ⓘ
hasInternationalAirport Gimpo International Airport ⓘ
hasLegislature Seoul Metropolitan Council ⓘ
hasMajorBusinessDistrict Gangnam District ⓘ
hasMajorShoppingDistrict Myeong-dong GENERATED ⓘ
hasMajorUniversity Korea University ⓘ
Seoul National University ⓘ
Yonsei University ⓘ
hasMayor Oh Se-hoon ⓘ
hasSubwaySystem Seoul Metropolitan Subway ⓘ
hasSymbol Seoul city bird: Magpie ⓘ
Seoul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Seoul city flower: Forsythia

Seoul city tree: Ginkgo ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Changdeokgung Palace Complex ⓘ
Jongmyo Shrine ⓘ
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty ⓘ
isCulturalCenterOf South Korea ⓘ
isDividedInto 25 districts ⓘ
isEconomicCenterOf South Korea ⓘ
isFinancialCenterOf South Korea ⓘ
isFinancialDistrict Yeouido GENERATED ⓘ
isGlobalCity true GENERATED ⓘ
isPoliticalCenterOf South Korea ⓘ
isTechHeadquartersFor LG Electronics ⓘ
Samsung Electronics GENERATED ⓘ
isTechnologicalHubOf South Korea GENERATED ⓘ
knownFor K-pop industry ⓘ
Korean cuisine ⓘ
finance sector ⓘ
technology industry ⓘ
largestCityOf South Korea ⓘ
locatedIn East Asia ⓘ
Korean Peninsula ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Han River ⓘ
nativeName Seoul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 서울특별시
officialLanguage Korean ⓘ
officialName Seoul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Seoul Special City
populationRank largest city in South Korea ⓘ
one of the largest cities in the world ⓘ
servedByAirport Incheon International Airport ⓘ
shortNativeName Seoul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 서울
summerClimate hot and humid GENERATED ⓘ
timeZone Korea Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +09:00 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode Seoul self-link ⓘ
winterClimate cold and dry GENERATED ⓘ
writingSystem Hangul ⓘ

Referenced by (104)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Korea → largestCity → Seoul ⓘ
Yeouido-dong → locatedIn → Seoul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gyeongseong (colonial name for Seoul)
Incheon → locatedNear → Seoul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Keijō
Imo Incident → location → Seoul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Keijō
Samil Undong → location → Seoul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seoul, South Korea
AlphaGo → matchLocation → Seoul ⓘ
Seoul → nativeName → Seoul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 서울특별시
Seoul → officialName → Seoul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seoul Special City
subject surface form: Son Kee-chung
this entity surface form: Seoul, South Korea
Lee Byung-chul → residence → Seoul ⓘ
subject surface form: Son Kee-chung
this entity surface form: Seoul, South Korea
Yoo Soon-taek → residence → Seoul ⓘ
Parasite → setIn → Seoul ⓘ
Seoul → shortNativeName → Seoul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 서울