Sejong City

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Sejong City is South Korea’s planned administrative capital, designed to house numerous government ministries and ease congestion in Seoul.

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Sejong Special Self-Governing City 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative capital
planned city
special self-governing city
area approximately 465 square kilometers
capitalOf de facto administrative functions of South Korea
climate humid continental climate
contains Board of Audit and Inspection offices NERFINISHED
Government Complex Sejong 1 NERFINISHED
Government Complex Sejong 2 NERFINISHED
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs headquarters NERFINISHED
Ministry of Education headquarters NERFINISHED
Ministry of Environment headquarters NERFINISHED
Ministry of Health and Welfare headquarters NERFINISHED
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport headquarters NERFINISHED
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries headquarters NERFINISHED
Ministry of Public Administration and Security headquarters NERFINISHED
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy headquarters NERFINISHED
National Assembly Sejong building site (planned) NERFINISHED
Sejong Government Complex NERFINISHED
country South Korea
establishedAs special self-governing city of Sejong NERFINISHED
establishedDate 2012-07-01
formerName Yeongi County (area basis)
governmentType special self-governing city government
hasGovernmentBody Sejong City Council NERFINISHED
Sejong City Government NERFINISHED
hasTransport Sejong BRT (bus rapid transit) NERFINISHED
express bus connections to Seoul
road links to Daejeon
language Korean
locatedIn Chungcheong region NERFINISHED
Honam region NERFINISHED
South Chungcheong region NERFINISHED
locatedNear Cheongju NERFINISHED
Daejeon NERFINISHED
namedAfter Sejong the Great NERFINISHED
partOf Sejong Special Self-Governing City administrative division
planningStarted early 2000s
population over 300000
populationNote one of the fastest-growing cities in South Korea
purpose to decentralize national administration
to ease congestion in Seoul
to house numerous government ministries
river Geum River NERFINISHED
script Hangul NERFINISHED
timeZone Korea Standard Time NERFINISHED
urbanPlanFeature green belts and parks
mixed-use residential and administrative districts
pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly design
utcOffset +09:00

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Chungcheong region contains Sejong City
Chungcheong region hasMajorCity Sejong City
Ministry of Education of South Korea headquartersLocation Sejong City
this entity surface form: Sejong Special Self-Governing City
Gyeryongsan locatedIn Sejong City
Sejong Campus locatedIn Sejong City
Sejong Campus locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Sejong City
this entity surface form: Sejong Special Self-Governing City
Sejong Campus regionServed Sejong City
Sejong Campus isInSettlement Sejong City