Seoul Caipital Area

The Seoul Caipital Area is a region locatit in the north-wast o Sooth Korea. It is generally referred tae as Sudogwon in Korean, an conteens three different admeenistrative destricts; Seoul, Incheon an Gyeonggi-do.

Greater Seoul Area 수도권
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Major Ceeties	Seoul Special Ceety Incheon Metropolitan Ceety Suwon Goyang Seongnam Bucheon
Population  (1 November 2010)
• Metro [1]	23,616,000
• Percentage o Sooth Korea’s total population	49%
	SMA = Seoul (9.7 mil.) + Incheon (2.6 mil.) + Gyeonggi (11.3 mil.)

Seoul Caipital Area
Hangul	수도권
Hanja	首都圈
Revised Romanisation	Sudogwon
McCune–Reischauer	Sudokwŏn

The SNCA is technically distinct frae the Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA), as the umwhile is a fixed entity, whilk the latter refers tae places currently considert unner the economic, industrial an cultural influence o Seoul. Syne the extension o the Seoul Metropolitan Subway (Korail commuter) tae Asan, Chungcheongnam-do an Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, some hae classifee'd Asan, Cheonan, Chuncheon as nou athin the SMA, but no athin the SNCA. Housomeivver, the terms SNCA, SMA an Sudogwon are lairgely analogous an uised interchyngeably.

The Seoul Caipital Area haes a population o 25.6 million (as o 2012) an is rankit as the third lairgest metropolitan area in the warld. It forms the cultural, commercial, financial, industrial, an residential centre o Sooth Korea. The lairgest ceety is Seoul, wi a population o approximately 10.2 million fowk, follaeed bi Incheon, wi 2.6 million.

Geografie an climate

Relatit page: Geografie o Sooth Korea

The Seoul Caipital area occupees a braid area o relatively flat laund aroond the Han River strath. It conteens some o the maist fertile laund on the Korean Peninsula, awtho relatively little o it is nou uised for agricultur. The Gimpo Plain, ane o the kintra's lairger expanses o level arable laund, covers hintle o the area o the ceeties o Gimpo an Bucheon.

Demografics

Relatit page: Demografics o Sooth Korea

Coverin anerlie aboot 12% o the kintra's area, the Seoul metropolitan area is hame tae mair nor 48.2% o the naitional population, an is the warld's 3rd lairgest urban area. This percentage haes risen steadily syne the mid-20t century, an the trend is expectit tae continue. Currently mair nor hauf o the fowk that muive frae ane region tae anither are muivin tae the caipital area. Bi 2020, it is projectit that mair nor 52% o Sooth Korea's population will live athin the area, or 25,520,000 fowk.

Govrenment

Relatit page: Govrenment o Sooth Korea

Various agencies hae been set up tae deal wi the intergovrenmental problems o the region. Proposals for consolidatin some or aw o the ceeties o the caipital area intae a haundful o metropolitan ceeties hae sicweys far no been implementit.

Development in the area is currently govrened bi the Capital Region Readjustment Planning Act (수도권정비계획법), first passed in 1982 an last revisit in 1996.