SEOUL "MAGIC" 서울

Seoul (Korean 서울 [sʰʌ.ul], Soul - literally: "capital") is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Korea. It forms the only city of special subordination in the country, divided into 25 self-governing districts. The official name of the city is the City of Special Subordination Seoul (Korean: 서울 특별시 Soul-thukpölsi)

Population - 10.1 million people (2015), or 19.5% of the country's population. It forms the Seoul-Incheon metropolitan area with a population of 23.5 million (2015), the fourth largest in the world. Located in the north-west of the Republic of Korea near the Yellow Sea, on a plain surrounded by mountains, on the banks of the Hangang River, 24 km from the border with the DPRK.